Skip to main content

Mapping the State: Contents

Mapping the State
Contents
    • Notifications
    • Privacy
  • Project HomeMapping the State
  • Projects
  • Learn more about Manifold

Notes

Show the following:

  • Annotations
  • Resources
Search within:

Adjust appearance:

  • font
    Font style
  • color scheme
  • Margins
table of contents
  1. Series page
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. List of illustrations
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. List of abbreviations
  9. Introduction
  10. Part I: Envisioning England’s reformed electoral map
    1. 1. A balancing Act? Interests and parliamentary reform, 1780–1832
      1. The conservative defence of the unreformed electoral system
      2. The shifting parliamentary language of interests, 1774–1832
      3. Minor reform, interests and the moderate Whig case for reform
      4. The East Retford saga: turning the Canningites
      5. Conclusion: the ‘three years job settled’?
      6. Notes
    2. 2. ‘The most unpopular part of the bill throughout the country’: Reintegrating boundaries into the story of reform
      1. Developing the reform bill’s boundary clauses
      2. Anti-reform opposition to boundary reform
      3. The Times and the ‘county-mongering clause’
      4. Conclusion
      5. Notes
    3. 3. Towards a science of government: The ‘spirit of inquiry’ and the establishment of the 1831–2 boundary commission
      1. Commissions of inquiry and Russell’s initial cross-party proposals
      2. The march of Brougham, Drummond and the SDUK
      3. Science, statistics and cartography: Drummond’s inductive method for boundary reform
      4. ‘What in the world has science to do here?’
      5. Conclusion
      6. Notes
    4. 4. Whipped by the beadles? Data-gathering for the boundary commission
      1. The boundary commission and local opinion
      2. Collecting boundary data
      3. Collecting £10 householder data
      4. The £10 householder in the new boroughs
      5. Drummond’s list
      6. The response to Drummond’s list
      7. Conclusion
      8. Notes
  11. Part II: Redrawing England’s electoral map
    1. Chronology and voting data
      1. Notes
    2. 5. ‘The work we are engaged in is intended to last for a century’: Redrawing England’s ancient electoral map
      1. Defining a borough’s modern town
      2. Proposing boundaries to last for a century?
      3. Rebellion and standardisation
      4. Parliamentary approval and political impact
      5. Notes
    3. 6. The Droitwich dilemma: Interests, grouping and the multiple parish borough
      1. Finding 300 £10 householders
      2. Droitwich, grouping and the subtleties of interest representation
      3. The sitting committee, the cabinet and the Waverers
      4. The cabinet agrees a way forward
      5. ‘Deference communities’ and political impact
      6. Notes
    4. 7. ‘All the kindred interests of the town and neighbourhood’: New borough limits
      1. The identification of preliminary boundaries
      2. Proposing boundaries for the new boroughs
      3. Political interference on the sitting committee
      4. The new boroughs and the boundary bill
      5. Electoral and political legacy
      6. Notes
    5. 8. Under the knife: Reconstructing the county map
      1. Establishing the county commission
      2. Equality in population, area and voters?
      3. County divisions and political influence
      4. Places of election and polling places
      5. Parliamentary, electoral and political outcomes
      6. Notes
  12. Conclusion
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index

Contents

  1. List of illustrations
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. List of abbreviations
  4. Introduction
  5. The 1832 reform legislation and boundary reform
  6. The consequences of the 1832 boundary reforms
  7. A note on method and structure…
  8. Notes
  9. Part I Envisioning England’s reformed electoral map
  10. 1.   A balancing Act? Interests and parliamentary reform, 1780–1832
  11. The conservative defence of the unreformed electoral system
  12. The shifting parliamentary language of interests, 1774–1832
  13. Minor reform, interests and the moderate Whig case for reform
  14. The East Retford saga: turning the Canningites
  15. Conclusion: the ‘three years job settled’?
  16. Notes
  17. 2.   ‘The most unpopular part of the bill throughout the country’: Reintegrating boundaries into the story of reform
  18. Developing the reform bill’s boundary clauses
  19. Anti-reform opposition to boundary reform
  20. The Times and the ‘county-mongering clause’
  21. Conclusion
  22. Notes
  23. 3.   Towards a science of government: The ‘spirit of inquiry’ and the establishment of the 1831–2 boundary commission
  24. Commissions of inquiry and Russell’s initial cross-party proposals
  25. The march of Brougham, Drummond and the SDUK
  26. Science, statistics and cartography: Drummond’s inductive method for boundary reform
  27. ‘What in the world has science to do here?’
  28. Conclusion
  29. Notes
  30. 4.   Whipped by the beadles? Data-gathering for the boundary commission
  31. The boundary commission and local opinion
  32. Collecting boundary data
  33. Collecting £10 householder data
  34. The £10 householder in the new boroughs
  35. Drummond’s list
  36. The response to Drummond’s list
  37. Conclusion
  38. Notes
  39. Part II Redrawing England’s electoral map
  40. Chronology and voting data
  41. Notes
  42. 5.   ‘The work we are engaged in is intended to last for a century’: Redrawing England’s ancient electoral map
  43. Defining a borough’s modern town
  44. Proposing boundaries to last for a century?
  45. Rebellion and standardisation
  46. Parliamentary approval and political impact
  47. Notes
  48. 6.   The Droitwich dilemma: Interests, grouping and the multiple parish borough
  49. Finding 300 £10 householders
  50. Droitwich, grouping and the subtleties of interest representation
  51. The sitting committee, the cabinet and the Waverers
  52. The cabinet agrees a way forward
  53. ‘Deference communities’ and political impact
  54. Notes
  55. 7.   ‘All the kindred interests of the town and neighbourhood’: New borough limits
  56. The identification of preliminary boundaries
  57. Proposing boundaries for the new boroughs
  58. Political interference on the sitting committee
  59. The new boroughs and the boundary bill
  60. Electoral and political legacy
  61. Notes
  62. 8.   Under the knife: Reconstructing the county map
  63. Establishing the county commission
  64. Equality in population, area and voters?
  65. County divisions and political influence
  66. Places of election and polling places
  67. Parliamentary, electoral and political outcomes
  68. Notes
  69. Conclusion
  70. Bibliography
  71. Index

Annotate

Next Chapter
List of illustrations
PreviousNext
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
Powered by Manifold Scholarship. Learn more at
Opens in new tab or windowmanifoldapp.org