Matterdale Matters

List below shows which way those tenant occupiers of a rent of �50 or above voted in 1868 General Election [142-175] and those with rateable value of �12 but under �50 rental [176-186]

No secret ballots until 1872!

Hod = HODGSON [Whig] ; How = HOWARD [Tory] ; M = MARSHALL [Tory]

Hod	How	M	no.	Surname	first name	title	address 1	address2	County
			142	AIREY	John		Dowthwaite head
1			143	BELL	John	Rev	Parsonage	Matterdale
1			144	BENNET	Thomas		Walthwaite	Matterdale
1			145	BENNET	John	senior	High gate close	Matterdale
1			146	BENNET	John	junior	High gate close	Matterdale
			147	BROWN	Thomas			Matterdale end
			148	BROWNRIGG	Isaac		Brownrigg
			149	CRACKENTHORPE	William		Newbiggin hall		Westmorland
	1	1	150	DAWSON	Benjamin			Matterdale end
	1	1	151	DAWSON	Joseph		Dowthwaite head	Matterdale
	1	1	152	EDMONDSON	Joseph		Dockray	Matterdale
			153	GREEN	Matthew			Watermillock
	1	1	154	GREENHOW	John			Matterdale end
			x	HARRISON	Joseph			Penrith
1			155	HARRISON	John		Millbeck	Under Skiddaw
1			156	HARRISON	Thomas			Hail Garth
	1	1	157	JACKSON	John		Crookwath	Matterdale
			158	LAMB	George			Troutbeck
	1	1	159	LECK	James		High row	Matterdale
			160	MACHELL	Thomas			Patterdale	Westmorland
	1	1	161	MARTIN	Joseph		Cove
1			162	MARTIN	Edward		Millses
			163	MARTIN	John		Jenny hill
			164	MURRAY	John		Baldhow end
	1	1	165	ROBINSON	John		Park gate	Matterdale
	1	1	166	RIGG	John		High row	Matterdale
			167	SEGGETT	James			Penrith
1			168	SLEE	Isaac		Red syke	Matterdale
1			169	STEPHENSON	Joseph		Troutbeck foot
	1	1	170	SUTTON	Richard Cheer			Stanwix
			x	TINKLER	Robert		Great Dockray	Penrith
		1	171	WATSON	John		Dockray	Matterdale
	1	1	172	WILKINSON	Thomas	Rev	Bankhouse	Matterdale
			173	WILSON	Edward		Gill	Greystoke
	1	1	174	WINDER	Joseph		Brownrigg	Matterdale
			175	WRIGHT	Martin	Rev	Ingleton	near Gainford	Durham

	1	1	176	DAWSON	James	Troutbeck
	1	1	177	DAWSON	Joseph	Borrascale
1			178	GIBSON	Thomas	Gillsrow
	1	1	179	NEWTON	George	Highrow
	1	1	180	PARKER	Thomas	Dowthwaitehead
		1	181	POTTS	William	Cobble hall
	1	1	182	RICHARDSON	George	Lobs
1			183	SIMPSON	Jonathan	Gill head
1			184	SMITH	Wallace	Dowthwaitehead
	1	1	185	TAYLOR	John	Dockray
		1	186	WILSON	Thomas	Dockray