Electoral Register abbreviations

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AnnB

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I wonder if anyone can tell me what the abbreviation 'B' and the 1/3 denote on this 1959 electoral register entry for Elizabeth Marvier? Luxborough Lodge was formerly St Marylebone Workhouse, then was re-named the St Marylebone Institution in 1930. By 1959 it was accommodation for the elderly and was huge. I've looked at various sites on-line which give definitions for some electoral register abbreviations, but can find nothing like these. There is nothing at the beginning of the register which gives a clue as to what they stand for.
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Thank you.
 
I had a rummage for earlier pages and found this explanation for the numbers above Acacia Road:

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Still looking for the letters...
 
Hmmm - In 1959 Elizabeth was 95 and she died that year. These are good ideas, but the numbers and letters are all repeated many times amongst the residents, along with other strange combinations of numbers and letters, sometimes there are only letters. The place was huge with hundreds of people living there, so having some sort of room/floor number makes sense - here's another example of some entries
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I'm sure it's simple when you know :rolleyes:
 
There are lots of pictures of it here
Code: 
https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/quick-search?q=luxborough%20lodge&WINID=1707991177616
I think it got better as time moved on and I suppose if you had nowhere else to live or were too old to look after yourself..... :(
 
With the capital letter, could it be where they could be found on the previous register?
The letters representing an area or section and the numbers, page numbers?
Elizabeth Marvier section B page 1 of 3.
 
Code: 
https://www.archives.norfolk.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/family-history/electoral-registers/guide-to-abbreviations-and-further-reading
Found the above relating to Norfolk, the only one I could find but other Counties could have the same system.
eg.
A=absent voter
E=not entitled to vote in local parliamentary elections
F=not entitled to vote in local elections
J=eligible for jury service.......
There is a whole list of these codes in the link above for Norfolk. (not the county you are after but just an example)
 
Thanks for that AM, but those abbreviations you mention and their explanations do appear (I think) in all electoral registers. I think the letters and numbers appearing on the Luxborough Lodge entries must be specific to institutions and the like, but I'm blowed if I can find a site which fully explains them.
 
I can find nothing either, but have you considered dropping a mail to the LMA to see if they know, or could point you in the direction of where you could find out?
 
MollyMay said:
I can find nothing either, but have you considered dropping a mail to the LMA to see if they know, or could point you in the direction of where you could find out?
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Yes, it had crossed my mind and I may well do that :) The lady in question has nothing whatsoever to do with me, she is part of a friend's tree, but once I get a bee in my bonnet ...... :D
 
Pending a reply from LMA, I'd wondered if the letters might refer to different blocks, and the numbers to floors or rooms within them. Based on the first image, I was going to speculate that A to D were for women, and E to H for men, but then the second one has a woman in G.

In nearly all of the entries shown there's a number, slash, then a higher number. Is that always the case? But on both images there's a woman without a number in that format....o_O
 
arthurk said:
Pending a reply from LMA, I'd wondered if the letters might refer to different blocks, and the numbers to floors or rooms within them. Based on the first image, I was going to speculate that A to D were for women, and E to H for men, but then the second one has a woman in G.

In nearly all of the entries shown there's a number, slash, then a higher number. Is that always the case? But on both images there's a woman without a number in that format....o_O
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Now you see my problem, all my ideas have hit a brick wall :headbang:
 
Well, there's nothing like defeating the LMA either :rolleyes: This is the reply I received from them this morning -
Thank you for your enquiry.
I have had a look at the Register of Inmates 1945-1958 (Reference Code: LCC/WE/H/LU/01/075) closed until 2059 Data protection 100 years, and these codes appear in the address column, unfortunately there isn't a key explaining what they refer to.
I have ascertained from looking and zooming in on some photographs on the London Picture Archive that the blocks were lettered, so it looks like the letters refer to the blocks. I can't say for certain but it could be that the numbers refer to wards or rooms.
We are sorry that we are unable to assist you further on this occasion.

London Picture Archive:
Code: 
https://www.londonpicturearchive.org.uk/view-item?i=174578&WINID=1708517465239

I thought it nice of them to go to the trouble of looking at the Register of Inmates, despite the fact that it is closed until 2059, so wrote back thanking them and saying that it will obviously have to remain a mystery :)
 
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