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BL* in the Rochester District Poll Book for 1865 ???
« on: Thursday 16 April 15 15:39 BST (UK) »
I found "BL*", instead of an entry number, against several names in the Rochester District Poll Book for 1865 on Ancestry.   Please does anyone know what it might stand for?

Many thanks.

Diana
Hakes - Piddington, Northants; Bucks
Hillyard, Lebatt & Bodsworth - Piddington, Northants
Bonner - Warwickshire & Leicestershire
Caughlin - Clonmore Co. Wicklow/Carlow
Muzzell - Sussex
Jones - Rushbury, Shropshire; Nuneaton & Birmingham, Warwickshire; Piddington & Northampton, Northants
Penhorwood - Devon
Shutt - Devon & Kent
Oliver, Davies & James - Pembrokeshire
Green, Enser, Oldham, Bramman, Billings & Watmough - Nottinghamshire

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Re: BL* ???
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 16 April 15 15:44 BST (UK) »
Jut a guess, but it could be a reference to the "British Library".

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Malky

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Re: BL* ???
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 16 April 15 15:48 BST (UK) »
Can you give a link to the entry in the Poll Book?
Stan
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Re: BL* ???
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 16 April 15 15:56 BST (UK) »
Sorry, I don't know how to add a link!   I tried copying it and it was about six lines long - that didn't seem right.   The Poll Books are in the London Metropolitan Archives.   I hope I have attached a copy of the page.

Diana
Hakes - Piddington, Northants; Bucks
Hillyard, Lebatt & Bodsworth - Piddington, Northants
Bonner - Warwickshire & Leicestershire
Caughlin - Clonmore Co. Wicklow/Carlow
Muzzell - Sussex
Jones - Rushbury, Shropshire; Nuneaton & Birmingham, Warwickshire; Piddington & Northampton, Northants
Penhorwood - Devon
Shutt - Devon & Kent
Oliver, Davies & James - Pembrokeshire
Green, Enser, Oldham, Bramman, Billings & Watmough - Nottinghamshire

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Re: BL* in the Rochester District Poll Book for 1865 ???
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 16 April 15 16:05 BST (UK) »
There are also Ma*, Da*, Tu* as well as Bl*

Stan
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Re: BL* in the Rochester District Poll Book for 1865 ???
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 16 April 15 16:09 BST (UK) »
Tu* is Tunbridge, Gr* is Gravesend, Ma* is Maidstone, T.W.* is Tunbridge Wells, and Da* is Dartford, but Bl* does not have a consistent place.

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Re: BL* in the Rochester District Poll Book for 1865 ???
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 16 April 15 16:16 BST (UK) »
Thank you, maybe something will spring to mind now that I know what the other abbreviations mean.   It's a pity no-one thought to put a key at the front or back of the book.

Diana
Hakes - Piddington, Northants; Bucks
Hillyard, Lebatt & Bodsworth - Piddington, Northants
Bonner - Warwickshire & Leicestershire
Caughlin - Clonmore Co. Wicklow/Carlow
Muzzell - Sussex
Jones - Rushbury, Shropshire; Nuneaton & Birmingham, Warwickshire; Piddington & Northampton, Northants
Penhorwood - Devon
Shutt - Devon & Kent
Oliver, Davies & James - Pembrokeshire
Green, Enser, Oldham, Bramman, Billings & Watmough - Nottinghamshire

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Re: BL* in the Rochester District Poll Book for 1865 ???
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 16 April 15 16:34 BST (UK) »
Just a thought?

Is it not the initials of the Candidates for election, so that a record is kept of who voted?

Just realised I was looking at the wrong part of the form! Sorry! ;D
Garrad (Suffolk, Essex, Somerset), Crocker (Somerset), Vanstone (Devon, Jersey), Sims (Wiltshire), Bridger (Kent)

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Re: BL* in the Rochester District Poll Book for 1865 ???
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 16 April 15 16:56 BST (UK) »
The people on this page (Charles Addington Hanbury, Isaac James) who were marked Bl* also appear in the book for Blackheath district.

Alexander
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