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IRON

Iron in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

London

56

0.0019

3.6797

Suffolk

37

0.0104

19.9622

Kent

11

0.0011

2.1186

Essex

10

0.0017

3.3290

Staffordshire

10

0.0010

1.9467

Warwickshire

5

0.0007

1.3028

Leicestershire

5

0.0015

2.9635

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

4

0.0036

6.9589

County Durham

3

0.0003

0.6626

Surrey

2

0.0001

0.2697

Northamptonshire

2

0.0007

1.3973

Cheshire

2

0.0003

0.5954

Northumberland

2

0.0005

0.8834

Sussex

1

0.0002

0.3898

Shropshire

1

0.0004

0.7606

Inverness-shire

1

0.0011

2.2007

Wigtownshire

1

0.0026

4.9480

Nottinghamshire

1

0.0003

0.4875

Yorkshire

1

0.0000

0.0663

Somerset

1

0.0002

0.4082

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Haverhill

Suffolk

35

1.1072

2121.2121

Hackney London

London

21

0.0128

24.6132

Wanstead

Essex

8

0.0792

152.0913

Mile End Old Town London

London

8

0.0129

24.6990

Stoke Upon Trent

Staffordshire

7

0.0067

12.8511

Enfield

London

7

0.0365

70.1403

Dover St Mary Virgin

Kent

5

0.0518

99.4036

Norwood

London

4

0.0599

114.9425

Islington London

London

4

0.0014

2.7119

Wrexham Regis

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

4

0.0488

93.6768

Sittingbourne

Kent

3

0.0381

73.1707

Melton Mowbray

Leicestershire

3

0.0515

99.0099

Darlaston

Staffordshire

3

0.0220

42.2535

Canterbury St Paul

Kent

3

0.1677

322.5806

Westminster St John

London

3

0.0084

16.1900

Chelsea London

London

2

0.0023

4.3611

Bury St Edmunds St Mary

Suffolk

2

0.0299

57.4713

St George In East London

London

2

0.0073

13.9762

Birmingham

Warwickshire

2

0.0008

1.5637

Aston

Warwickshire

2

0.0010

1.8927

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Carpenter Wife
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