Electoral Register for the Goring (Oxfordshire) Polling District showing 'Occupation Voters' for the parish of Southstoke and Woodcot, 1885. London Metropolitan Archives & Guildhall Library. Ancestry UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893
USEFUL WEBSITES:
• Electoral Registers https://www.ancestry.co.uk/ search/collections/2410/ https://search.findmypast. co.uk/search-world-Records/ england-and-wales-electoralregisters-1910-1932 https://www.electoralregisters. org.uk/
• The Hearth Tax https://gams.uni-graz.at/ context:htx
• The Protestation Returns https://archives.parliament.uk/ online-resources/records-online/
Electoral Register for the Goring (Oxfordshire) Polling District showing 'Occupation Voters' for the parish of Southstoke and Woodcot, 1885. London Metropolitan Archives & Guildhall Library. Ancestry UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893
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