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Before the introduction of the secret ballot in 1872 the votes at parliamentary elections were publicly declared. No ballot paper was involved but at the hustings a record was made of the name and address of the voter and of the candidate(s) for whom he voted. The resulting "poll books" were often printed afterwards and many manuscript and printed poll books survive, the majority between 1694 and 1872. They form useful county and borough directories of those who held a small amount of freehold land. | Before the introduction of the secret ballot in 1872 the votes at parliamentary elections were publicly declared. No ballot paper was involved but at the hustings a record was made of the name and address of the voter and of the candidate(s) for whom he voted. The resulting "poll books" were often printed afterwards and many manuscript and printed poll books survive, the majority between 1694 and 1872. They form useful county and borough directories of those who held a small amount of freehold land. | ||
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'''Bibliography''' | '''Bibliography''' | ||
John Sims, ''Handlist of British Parliamentary Poll Books'' (University of Leicester, Occasional Publication No. 4, and University of California, Riverside, 1984). | *John Sims, ''Handlist of British Parliamentary Poll Books'' (University of Leicester, Occasional Publication No. 4, and University of California, Riverside, 1984). | ||
*Jeremy Gibson and Colin Rogers, ''Poll Books 1696-1872: a directory of holdings in Great Britain'' (The Family History Partnership, 4th edition, 2008). | |||
*N.J.N. Newington-Irving, ed., ''Directories and Poll Books, including Almanacs and Electoral Rolls, in the Library of the Society of Genealogists ''(Society of Genealogists, 1995) [FHL 942.1/L1 D23so]. | |||
*''A Handlist of Poll Books and Registers of Electors in Guildhall Library'' (Guildhall Library, 1970) [not in FHL]. | |||
[Adapted from Anthony Camp's article 'The history and value of genealogical records: Poll Books' in ''Practical Family History'', Number 61 (January 2003), pages 8-10]. | [Adapted from Anthony Camp's article 'The history and value of genealogical records: Poll Books' in ''Practical Family History'', Number 61 (January 2003), pages 8-10]. | ||
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