Cosgrove - Poll Books 1702 - 1868Electoral Rolls 1833

Cosgrove Poll Books 1702 - 1868
Poll Books listed who voted at elections and who they voted for.
The earliest ones are from around 1700 and they continued until 1872 when the secret ballot was introduced.

Cosgrove Electoral Rolls 1833 - 1949

The Electoral system in England was administered by Parish units, developed through the years and transferring power from the Church to elected secular officers and Members of Parliament. Old Stratford was included in the parish of Cosgrove from Watling Street, eastwards, to Cosgrove village. People living on the west side of Watling Street were included in the parish of Passenham. The first Electoral Roll is dated 1833, but only occupiers of property of over £50 were included on the voting list. In 1886 all male householders were included, but also included some women if they were in business.

Records below show the whole of the parish of Cosgrove and include those Old Stratford people who lived on the east side of Watling Street. Also recorded are people entitled to vote because they owned property or land in the parish of Cosgrove, but they themselves lived elsewhere. It is possible that people failed to register for the electoral roll during some years, and qualified under more than one category in others - thus appearing twice. It is not clear whether they voted more than once!
Electoral Rolls 1833 - 1839	Electoral Rolls 1870 - 1879	Electoral Rolls 1895 - 1899	Electoral Rolls 1908 - 1909
Electoral Rolls 1840 - 1849	Electoral Rolls 1880 - 1885	Electoral Rolls 1900 - 1901	Electoral Rolls 1910 - 1911
Electoral Rolls 1850 - 1859	Electoral Rolls 1886 - 1889	Electoral Rolls 1902 - 1903	Electoral Rolls 1912 - 1913
Electoral Rolls 1860 - 1869	Electoral Rolls 1890- 1894	Electoral Rolls 1904 - 1905	Electoral Rolls 1914 - 1915
		Electoral Rolls 1906 - 1907	No Electoral Rolls 1916 - 1918 (War Years)


It was not until 1919 that women appeared on the electoral rolls in their own right.
Electoral Roll 1919	Electoral Roll 1926	Electoral Roll 1933	No Electoral Rolls 1940 - 1945 (War Years)
Electoral Roll 1920	Electoral Roll 1927	Electoral Roll 1934	Electoral Roll 1946
Electoral Roll 1921	Electoral Roll 1928	Electoral Roll 1935	Electoral Roll 1947
Electoral Roll 1922	Electoral Roll 1929	Electoral Roll 1936	Electoral Roll 1948
Electoral Roll 1923	Electoral Roll 1930	Electoral Roll 1937	Electoral Roll 1949 June
Electoral Roll 1924	Electoral Roll 1931	Electoral Roll 1938	Electoral Roll 1949 November
Electoral Roll 1925	Electoral Roll 1932	Electoral Roll 1939	Old Stratford houses re-numbering Nov 1949


During the years following, Cosgrove voters had their own list, separate from Old Stratford.
Cosgrove Electoral Roll 1950	Cosgrove Electoral Roll 1951	Cosgrove Electoral Roll 1952	Cosgrove Electoral Roll 1953
			Cosgrove houses re-numbering November 1953

Wolverton Express 22nd January, 1932 Postal arrangements For Deanshanger, Passenham, and Wicken ……. Mr. R L C Ridgway complained about the postal village address of those three villages being Bletchley. People who use their postal address for railway parcels such as “Deanshanger, Bletchley” found that they had to go to the Bletchley railway station to collect those parcels. It similarly applied with Potterspury, Northampton parcels being sent to the Northampton station …….. Mr. Ridgeway proposed that the Bletchley postmaster be asked that the postal address of Wolverton (the nearest railway station) be added to Deanshanger, Passenham, Wicken, Cosgrove, and Old Stratford and whilst agreeing to the suggested alteration of times requested that the 8.30 pm collection of letters remain as at present. Mr. Montgomery seconded, and this was carried.