Poll Books - data sheet

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Burston : 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 = 13 from 124504
ID	Name	Date	Occupation	Residence	Address	Notes
3204	BALE Timothy	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Burston; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
3205	CARNELL Henry	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Burston; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
3206	CARTER Samuel	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Burston; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
3207	DIXON William	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Burston; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
3208	ELLIS William	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Burston; occupied by Robert SELF; voting for E R PRATT
3209	HORNE John	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Burston; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
3210	HORNE William	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Burston; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
3211	JARRETT John	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Burston; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
3212	KNOWLES John	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Burston; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
3213	MERTON Isaac	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Burston; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
3214	SPURLING William	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Burston; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
3215	SELF Robert	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Burston; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
3216	SCALES Robert	1817	-	-	-	Freehold at Burston; occupied by Himself; voting for E R PRATT
SQL: " SELECT * FROM Complete WHERE ParishCode='BURS' AND EventType = 'Poll Book' ORDER BY ID"