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S.J Detective
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Hi Everyone,
I wonder if someone can explain the term 'Ten pound occupier and householder'? I have an ancestor who lived in a dwelling house on Oxford Street in Leicester and this has been taken from the electoral register entry for 1872.
Was this a sign of wealth or status in society at the time?
I presume it was the worth of his land and house, but would I be correct in assuming that?
Thanks for looking
SJ Detective
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Leicestershire - Cotterill (Kegworth), Quincey (Hinckley), Abbott, Hollingworth, Hill, Kilby, Haywood, Brigstock, Neal, Howett, Broom, Marriott, Payne, Rawson, Foster, Squires
Rutland - Saddington
Notts - Hollingworth (Lenton), Stokes, Street, Henson
Northants (Wakerley) - Woodcock
Cambs (Grt Wilbraham, Chesterton, Fulbourn, Swaffham's) - Cross, Hancock, Ireson, Fulcher, Asplen, Isaacson, Edwards
Warks (Nuneaton) - Carter, Green
Derby - Stokes
Essex - Andrews
Suffolk (Ipswich) - Bodycot
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behindthefrogs
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I thought that but the 1832 act seems to suggest a fifty pound limit. I think this was removed by the second reform act in 1867 when anyone who paid rates or had over fifty pounds in savings could register to vote.
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Living in Berkshire. Origin Northampton & Milton Keynes DETAILS OF THE FOLLOWING NAMES CAN BE FOUND IN SURNAME INTERESTS AT FOOT OF PAGE Wilson, Higgs, Buswell, PARCELL, Matthews, TAMKIN, Seckington, Pates, Williams, Webb, Arthur, MAYNARD, Caves, Norman, Winch, Culverhouse, Drakeley. Johnson, Routledge, SHIRT, SAICH, Mills, SAUNDERS, EDLIN, Perry, Vickers, Pakeman, Griffiths, Marston, Turner, Child, Sheen, Gray, Woolhouse Census Info is Crown Copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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S.J Detective
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Thanks Cazmel & behindthefrogs for your information and help.
SJ Detective
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Leicestershire - Cotterill (Kegworth), Quincey (Hinckley), Abbott, Hollingworth, Hill, Kilby, Haywood, Brigstock, Neal, Howett, Broom, Marriott, Payne, Rawson, Foster, Squires
Rutland - Saddington
Notts - Hollingworth (Lenton), Stokes, Street, Henson
Northants (Wakerley) - Woodcock
Cambs (Grt Wilbraham, Chesterton, Fulbourn, Swaffham's) - Cross, Hancock, Ireson, Fulcher, Asplen, Isaacson, Edwards
Warks (Nuneaton) - Carter, Green
Derby - Stokes
Essex - Andrews
Suffolk (Ipswich) - Bodycot
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