Gloucestershire and Parliament 1835

Introduction - Abbreviations

Introduction

This map shows parliamentary boroughs and polling places in Gloucestershire in 1835. Gloucestershire returned 2 members. Gloucester, Bristol, Cirencester, Stroud and Tewkesbury returned 2 members each. Cheltenham returned 1 member. The page Gloucestershire Places 1835 describes the location of the places, and has links to the maps. There is a general introduction to this series of maps of the English counties.

Abbreviations and Parliamentary Status

Abbreviations of town names have two letters each

BR Bristol - Borough returning 2 members

CC Chipping Camden - polling place

CH Cheltenham - Borough returning 1 member, and polling place

CI Cirencester - Borough returning 2 members (1835 map doesn't show it as a polling place, which is surprising)

CO Coleford - polling place

DU Dursley - place of election for Western Division, and polling place

GL Gloucester - Borough returning 2 members, place of election for Eastern Division, and polling place

NE Newnham - polling place

NO Northleach - polling place

NT Newent - polling place

SO Sodbury - polling place

ST Stroud - Borough returning 2 members, and polling place

TE Tewkesbury - Borough returning 2 members, and polling place

TH Thornbury - polling place

WO Wotton under Edge - polling place


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