The Black Book: An Exposition of Abuses in Church and State
No. VIII, Schedule (C.)
19th Century John Wade EnglishPopulation, Electors, &c. of the Thirty Boroughs of which the Representatives have been reduced to One, forming Schedule B of the Reform Bill.
A List of the Places contained in Schedule (C.) and (D.); 1. specifying the Parishes, Townships, or Hamlets, of which the whole or any part is recommended in the Reports of the Commissioners as the appropriate limits of each place contained in Schedules (C.) and (D.) 2. The Population, Number of Houses, Number of Qualifying Tenements, and Amount of Assessed Taxes, within such limits, or as nearly as can be ascertained.
Birmingham.—Parish of Birmingham, parish of Edgbaston, township of Bordesley, township of Deritend, township of Duddeston with Neachels:—containing town of Birmingham and its immediate neighbourhood.
Blackburn.—The township of Blackburn;—containing the town of Blackburn and its immediate neighbourhood.
Bolton.—The township of Great Bolton, the chapelry of Little Bolton, the township of Haulgh;—containing the town of Bolton.
Bradford.—The township of Bradford, the township of Bowling, the township of Little Horton;—containing the township of Bradford and its neighbourhood.
Brighton.—Parish of Brighton, parish of Hove;—containing the town of Brighton with its immediate neighbourhood, which includes the village of Hove.
Devonport.—The parish of Stoke Damerill, the township of Stonehouse;—containing the town of Devonport, with its neighbourhood, which includes the suburbs of Stoke and Morrice town.
Finsbury.—Part of the parish of St. Mary, Islington, part of parish St. Andrew, Holborn, part of the parish of St. James and St. John, Clerkenwell, part of the parish of St. Sepulchre, part of Furnival’s-inn, part of Staple’s-inn, Lincoln’s-inn, Gray’s-inn, the parish of St. Luke, the parish of St. George-the-Martyr, the parish of St. Giles-in-the-Fields, the parish of St. George, Bloomsbury, the liberties of Saffron-hill, Hatton-garden, and Ely-rents, the liberty of Ely-place, the liberty of the Rolls, the liberty of Glasshouse-yard, the precinct called the Charter-house,—containing the northern portion of the metropolis.
Greenwich.—The parish of St. Paul, Deptford, the parish of St. Nicholas, Deptford, part of the parish of Woolwich, part of the parish of Greenwich, part of the parish of Charlton, part of the parish of Plumstead;—containing the towns of Woolwich, Greenwich, Deptford, and the intermediate space, including the village of Charlton.
Halifax.—The township of Halifax, part of the township of South Ouram, part of the township of North Ouram;—containing the town of Halifax.
Lambeth.—Part of the parish of Lambeth, part of the parish of St. Giles, Camberwell, the precinct of the Palace, the parish of St. Mary, Newington;—containing the southern portion of the metropolis.
Leeds.—The borough of Leeds;—containing the town of Leeds, with its surrounding neighbourhood.
Macclesfield.—The borough of Macclesfield, part of the township of Sutton, part of the township of Hurdsfield;—containing the town of Macclesfield and its immediate neighbourhood.
Manchester.—Township of Manchester, township of Chorlton-row, township of Ardwick, township of Beswick, township of Hulme, township of Cheetham, township of Bradford, township of Newton, township of Harpur Hey;—containing the town of Manchester and its immediate neighbourhood, with the exception of the town and township of Salford.
Marylebone.—The parish of St. Marylebone, the parish of Paddington, part of the parish of St. Pancras;—containing the north-western portion of the metropolis.
Oldham.—The township of Oldham;—containing the town of Oldham and its neighbourhood.
Sheffield.—The township of Sheffield, the township of Attercliffe-cum-Darnell, the township of Brightside Bierlow, the township of Netherhallam, part of the township of Eccleshall Bierlow;—containing the town of Sheffield and its surrounding neighbourhood, which includes the village of Attercliffe.
Stockport.—The borough of Stockport, part of the township of Heaton Norris, part of the township of Brinnington, the hamlet of Brinksway, the hamlet of Edgeley;—containing the town of Stockport.
Stoke-upon-Trent.—The township of Tunstall, the township of Burslem, the vill of Rushton Grange, the hamlet of Sneyd, the township of Hanley, the township of Shelton, the township of Fenton Vivian, the township of Lane-end, part of the township of Penkhull, part of the township of Fenton Culvert, part of the township of Longton;—containing the district of the Potteries, including the towns of Lane-end, Stoke, Shelton, Hanley, Burslem, and Tunstall.
Stroud.—Parish of Stroud, parish of Bisley, parish of Painswick, parish of Pitchcomb, parish of Randwick, parish of Stonehouse, parish of Eastington, parish of Leonard Stanley, with the exception of that part called Lorridge’s Farm, parish of King’s Stanley, parish of Rodborough, parish of Minchinhampton, parish of Woodchester, parish of Avening, parish of Horsley:—containing the Clothing District, situate on the Stroud Water, or River Frome, and its tributary streams.
Sunderland.—The parish of Sunderland, the township of Bishop Wearmouth, the township of Bishop Wearmouth Panns, the township of Monkwearmouth, the township of Monkwearmouth Shore, the township of Southwick;—containing the town of Sunderland and its neighbourhood.
Tower Hamlets.—Parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, parish of St. Matthew, Bethnal-green, parish of Christ Church, Spitalfields, parish of All Saints, Poplar and Blackwall, parish of St. Anne, Limehouse, parish of St. George-in-the-East, parish of St John, Wapping, parish of St. Mary, Whitechapel, the liberty of East Smithfield, the hamlet of Mile-end Old-town, the hamlet of Mile-end New-town, the hamlet of Ratcliff, the precinct of St. Catharine, the liberty of Nortonfalgate, the several divisions of the liberty of the Tower;—containing the north-eastern suburbs of the metropolis.
Wolverhampton.—The township of Wolverhampton, the township of Bilston, the township of Wednesfield, the township of Willenhall, the parish of Sedgeley; containing the towns of Wolverhampton and Bilston, and their surrounding neighbourhood, including the villages of Sedgeley, Wednesfield, and Willenhall.