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A History of the County of Essex
… and aleconners, normally 2 of each, up to 1881. The election of marsh bailiff or haywarden is first recorded in … though two were chosen in 1640 and 1650. The last recorded election of officers was in 1664. The leet reported in 1588 … serve both Salisbury Hall and Higham. 24 The last recorded election of constable was in 1730. An aleconner was chosen in …
A History of the County of Essex
… borough with two divisions, east and west. 1 At the 1918 election Walthamstow East was won by a Conservative and the … West was consistently held by Labour until the by-election of 1967, when a Conservative won it for the first … East was regained by the Conservatives at the by-election of 1969. In 1970 Labour regained Walthamstow West, …
A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
… of the twentyseventh of Henry VIII.; and the right of election, vested in the burgesses of the town, continued to … and Newtown, in choosing a member. The right of election is now in every person of full age occupying, either … return of a parliamentary representative, and the right of election was vested in all the burgesses, resident and …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… or Garrett lane, between Wandsworth and Tooting, a mock election used to be held after every parliamentary election, to which Foote's dramatic production of "the Mayor …
Old and New London
… to protect their rights; and the time of their first election of a mayor being the period of a new Parliament, it … that the "mayor" should be re-chosen after every general election. "Some facetious members of the club," he adds, "gave in a few years local notoriety to this election; and when party spirit ran high in the days of …
The Environs of London
… which he has inclosed in his park. Garrett. Garrett election. The hamlet of Garrett appears to have been about … fifty houses, and is well known as the scene of a mock election which took place there for many years upon the … in the decline, it was wholly dropped at the last general election, and a short time hence perhaps its memory will be …
Warborough (Including Shillingford)
A History of the County of Oxford: Volume 18, Benson, Ewelme, and the Chilterns (Ewelme Hundred)
… no. 3; Roe, 'Warborough', 35. R.J. Robson, The Oxfordshire Election of 1754 (1949), 63, 142; SJC, MUN.XI.1719. Above, …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… use of a spring at Aucombe near Shearwater. At the 1884 election four of the five members returned were opposed to … and pushed on with as fast as possible; by the next election in 1885 they were well advanced, but again four …