Poll Books - data sheet

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Shelfanger : Poll Book Entries

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Poll Books go back further than electoral registers and, in general, list who voted at elections and who they voted for. The earliest ones start from around 1700 and they remained until 1872; thios was when the secret ballot was introduced. All poll books record the name of the voter. Some also record other information such as occupation and address. The order of names also vary; sometimes ordered by address, sometimes by name, sometimes by the order in which their vote was cast. As these are a record of votes cast, they do not include those eligible to vote who chose not to cast their vote.
The name and residence of each voter is given, then their Qualification to vote, (F Freehold, L Leasehold, C Copyhold or O Occupier) and who they voted for, with a column for each candidate.
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Records found = 11 from 125065
ID	Name	Date	Occupation	Residence	Address	Notes
50800	BOOTY James	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Gissing; occupied by William BOOTY; voting for E WODEHOUSE
50801	BATLEY Charles Freeman	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Shelfanger; occupied by Jeremiah HUBBARD; voting for E R PRATT
50802	DODD Charles	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Shelfanger; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
50803	ELLIS Richard	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Shelfanger; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
50804	ELLIS Henry	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Tibenham; occupied by Edward SELF; voting for E R PRATT
50805	FREEMAN Charles	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Shelfanger; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
50806	GRANGER William	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Langmere; occupied by COLE; voting for E R PRATT
50807	LOCK James	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Shelfanger; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
50808	MERTON George	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Shelfanger; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
50809	SELF John	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Shelfanger; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
50810	WALLIS Seth	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Shelfanger; occupied by Himself; voting for E WODEHOUSE
SQL: " SELECT * FROM Complete WHERE ParishCode='SHLF' AND EventType = 'Poll Book' ORDER BY ID"