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What do these electoral abbreviations mean?
« on: Tuesday 07 July 15 23:15 BST (UK) »
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Re: What do these electoral abbreviations mean?
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Re: What do these electoral abbreviations mean?
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 08 July 15 00:10 BST (UK) »
Not really, but thanks.

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Re: What do these electoral abbreviations mean?
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 08 July 15 00:24 BST (UK) »
As they are qualifications for an electoral register, at a guess I'd say

Fr = freeholder
Le = leaseholder
Rt = Right to occupy ??
Co = Community/communal something ??

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Denys (France); Rossier/Rousseau (Switzerland); Montgomery (Antrim, IRL & North Sydney NSW);  Finn (Co.Carlow, IRL & NSW); Wilson (Leicestershire & NSW); Blue (Sydney NSW); Fisher & Barrago & Harrington(all Tipperary, IRL)

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Re: What do these electoral abbreviations mean?
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 08 July 15 09:00 BST (UK) »
Not an electoral register, but a poll-book -- showing who people voted for.

From the start of that section ...

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Re: What do these electoral abbreviations mean?
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 08 July 15 09:14 BST (UK) »
What was the date of that list in the Original Post, please?
Nursall   ~    Buckinghamshire
Avies ~   Norwich

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Re: What do these electoral abbreviations mean?
« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 08 July 15 09:20 BST (UK) »
1868 election for Swineshead, polled at Donington, South Lincs.

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Re: What do these electoral abbreviations mean?
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 08 July 15 16:51 BST (UK) »
I'd thought the same as Bookbox, but hadn't got such good reference to hand. "RT" to me is obviously "Renting", and so on. Isn't it wonderful how people find references on here, and help out each other's research?
Threlfall (Southport), Isherwood (lancs & Canada), Newbould + Topliss(Derby), Keating & Cummins (Ireland + lancs), Fisher, Strong& Casson (all Cumberland) & Downie & Bowie, Linlithgow area Scotland . Also interested in Leigh& Burrows,(Lancashire) Griffiths (Shropshire & lancs), Leaver (Lancs/Yorks) & Anderson(Cumberland and very elusive)

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Re: What do these electoral abbreviations mean?
« Reply #8 on: Thursday 09 July 15 18:41 BST (UK) »
Thanks. What does W.T.P. mean?
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