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List of early online poll books ?
« on: Friday 28 May 21 17:56 BST (UK) »
I am having trouble finding some poll books, particularly for Cheshire and Derbyshire in the 18th and early 19th centuries. I know there are lots online, including on the Ancestry database (originally from the London Metropolitan Archives & Guildhall)

https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/2410/

The contents of that collection is very large, dating from 1538 to 1895, with the ability to browse by year on the right. However what counties, cities or regions are included in each year seems a mystery, and you can only discover by searching for a place or county to see if it comes up. And because they are jumbled up, a person may be attached to the wrong place. There are a few other guides including an old pinned rootschat post

https://electoralregisters.org.uk/pollbooks

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=42739.msg167641

also you may find some on Google Books or archive.org by searching for Poll Knights Shire, Poll County, Poll City etc.