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Rated
property, dwelling houses and Elective Franchises: |
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Source:
"The Borough of Stoke-upon-Trent" John Ward, 1843 |
Rated
property, dwelling houses and Elective Franchises:
Table
- shewing the superficial contents of the Borough, - the annual rated Value of
the property,- the number of Dwelling-houses in 1838,- and the number of
Persons returned on the Registers, as entitled to the Elective Franchise in
1832 and 1838:-
|
Townships
|
Acres
|
Property
assessed 1837
|
Houses
|
Electors
1832
|
Electors
1838
|
|
Tunstall
|
800
|
£13,451
4s 4d
|
1,370
|
96
|
115
|
|
Burslem,
Sneyd and Rushton Grange
|
1,450
|
£35,622
1s 0d *
|
2,748
|
357
|
394
|
|
Hanley
and Shelton
|
1,530
|
£35,629
16s 6d
|
4,082
|
405
|
534
|
|
Penkhull
with Boothen, (with Stoke)
|
1,660
|
£33,933
6s 8d #
|
1,520
|
284
|
220
|
|
Fenton
Vivian, and Fenton Culvert
|
1,620
|
934
|
95
|
|
Longton
and Lane End
|
800
|
£18,439
6s 8d
|
2,417
|
207
|
303
|
|
Totals:
|
7,860
|
£137,075
15s 2d
|
13,071
|
1,349
|
1,661
|
*
All the Coal Mines and Canal Property in the Parish (Abbey Hulton included)
are comprised in this amount).
#
This amount embraces all the Canal Property in Stoke Parish.
Note:
those persons, who by renting Tenements of Ten Pounds per Annum, or upwards,
were first registered under the Reform Act in 1832.
footnote......
Reform Bill of
1832
The Reform Bill of
1832 provided for the redistribution of parliamentary seats, and virtually
tripled the electorate. It disenfranchised 56 boroughs, among them the
so-called rotten boroughs, some of which had no population at all, and those
known as pocket boroughs, in which the number of representatives had been
controlled by aristocratic landowners. The parliamentary representation of
other boroughs was reduced, while that of a number of large towns and of the
counties generally was increased. Representation in Ireland and Scotland was
also increased. The electorate was broadened by the elimination or lessening
of various restrictive residential requirements and financial qualifications.
On the whole, the
Reform Bill of 1832 resulted in the transfer of political power from the
landowning aristocrats to the middle class, and in the subordination of the
House of Lords to the popular will.
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