Burgess Rolls / Voters' Lists
These annual publications list those who were eligible to vote in local elections from 1848 onwards, and in local and national elections from 1879 onwards. However, they cover only those places which were in the Borough of Bradford at the time:
1848 onwards Bradford, Bowling, Great and Little Horton, Manningham
1873 Bolton
1882 Allerton, Heaton, Thornbury, Tyersal
1899 Eccleshill, Idle, North Bierley (i.e. Low Moor/Wibsey/Wyke areas), Thornton, Tong
1930 Clayton (gaps)
1937 Esholt.
Names are arranged alphabetically within wards (and polling districts) until 1883, thereafter in street order within each ward and polling district. In the Reference Library.
Gibson, J.S.W.- Electoral registers since 1832, and Burgess Rolls. 2nd. ed. 1990. (H 929.341)
