Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 212 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Durham City poll books
Covering Dates: 1761-c.1868
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DURHAM CITY POLL BOOKS (Ref: D/X 212/1-13)Ref: D/X 212/1
Durham City poll book for election held 7-12 December 1761 (Candidates: Major-General John Lambton and Major Ralph Gowland), 1762
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 212/2Durham City Poll book for election held, 2-5 August 1830, (Candidates: Michael Angelo Taylor, Esq., Sir Roger Gresley, bart; and Colonel Chaytor) with proceedings and addresses at the election; an appendix containing the speeches of the several candidates, previous to and during the election, some never before published: to which are annexed the bye-laws of the corporation of 1728; the charter granted by Bishop Egerton, 1780, and a list of the members who have served in Parliament for the city of Durham from the time of Oliver Cromwell, down to 1830, with notes, biographical and historical', 1830
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 212/3-4Durham City poll book for election held 2-5 August 1830, with a description (of the proceedings (Candidates described in No. 2 above), 1830 (2 copies)
(2 volumes)
Ref: D/X 212/5Durham City poll book for election held 11 & 12 December 1832, 'being the first General Election after the passing of the Reform Bill'. (Candidates: William Charles Harland, Esq., William Richard Carter Chaytor, Esq., and the Hon. Arthur Trevor), 1832
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 212/6Durham City poll book for election held 12-14 January 1835, with a description of the proceedings and copies of the speeches etc. (Candidates: T. C. Granger, Esq., the Hon. Arthur Trevor and William Charles Harland, Esq.) n.d.(fragmentary)
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 212/7-8Durham City poll book for election held 26-28 July 1837, with a description of the proceedings, and copies of the speeches, etc. (Candidates: the Hon. Arthur Trevor, William Charles Harland, Esq., and Thomas Colpitts Granger, Esq.), 1837 (2 copies)
(2 volumes)
Ref: D/X 212/9Poll book for Durham City election held 3-5 April 1843, with a description of the proceedings and copies of the speeches etc. (Candidates: the Right Hon. Arthur Trevor Viscount Dungannon and John Bright, Esq.), 1843
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 212/10Poll book for Durham City election held 7-9 July 1843, with a description of the proceedings and copies of the speeches, etc. (Candidates: Thomas Colpitts Granger, Esq., William Atherton, Esq., and Lord Adolphus Vane), 1852
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 212/11Poll book for Durham City election held 1-3 December 1843, with a description of the proceedings and copies of the speeches, etc. (Candidates: Lord Adolphus Vane and Henry Fenwick, Esq.), 1852
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 212/12Poll book for Durham City election held 25 June 1853, (Candidates: John Robert Mowbray, Esq., and Sir Charles Eurwicke Douglas), (fragmentary)
(1 volume)
Ref: D/X 212/13Durham City Canvas book (fragmentary), n.d., post 1868
(1 volume)