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BESSET

Besset in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Somerset

2

0.0004

21.2540

Yorkshire

1

0.0000

1.7271

Surrey

1

0.0001

3.5125

Cheshire

1

0.0002

7.7519

Cumberland

1

0.0004

19.8807

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Dalton In Huddersfield

Yorkshire

1

0.0154

769.2308

East Brent

Somerset

1

0.1406

10000.0000

Egham

Surrey

1

0.0114

588.2353

Frome

Somerset

1

0.0089

454.5455

Tranmere

Cheshire

1

0.0042

212.7660

Workington

Cumberland

1

0.0069

344.8276

Top male forenames

Alfred Besset
Elias Besset
Ernest Besset
Thomas Besset
William Besset

Top female forenames

Martha Besset

Top occupations

Ag Lab
Cellarman Inn Serv
Clerk
Print Worker (Cotton)
Printer Compositor
Scholar