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LEGH

Legh in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Shropshire

37

0.0147

53.5456

Kent

9

0.0009

3.2977

Cheshire

7

0.0011

3.9644

London

7

0.0002

0.8751

Staffordshire

5

0.0005

1.8518

Worcestershire

3

0.0008

2.8722

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

2

0.0030

10.9111

Suffolk

2

0.0006

2.0528

Channel Islands

2

0.0023

8.4388

Lancashire

1

0.0000

0.1054

Sussex

1

0.0002

0.7415

Aberdeenshire

1

0.0004

1.3499

Derbyshire

1

0.0002

0.7985

Surrey

1

0.0001

0.2566

Hampshire

1

0.0002

0.6099

Norfolk

1

0.0002

0.8131

Royal Navy

1

0.0029

10.4932

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Astley

Shropshire

9

3.8136

15000.0000

Charlton

Kent

6

0.0906

331.4917

Welsh Hampton

Shropshire

5

0.9597

3571.4286

Oswestry Rural

Shropshire

5

0.1293

471.6981

Sedgley

Staffordshire

4

0.0109

39.8804

Shrewsbury St Alkmond

Shropshire

4

0.2853

1052.6316

Bramhall

Cheshire

4

0.1498

547.9452

Bretforton

Worcestershire

3

0.5310

2000.0000

Meole Brace

Shropshire

3

0.2295

833.3333

Ellesmere

Shropshire

3

0.0692

252.1008

Lowestoft

Suffolk

2

0.0119

43.4783

St George Hanover Square

London

2

0.0039

14.1945

Shrewsbury St Chad

Shropshire

2

0.0226

82.3045

Oswestry Town

Shropshire

2

0.0247

90.4977

Shoreditch London

London

2

0.0016

5.7687

Deythur

Montgomeryshire / Sir Drefaldwyn

2

0.4556

1666.6667

St Helier

Channel Islands

2

0.0071

25.9067

Chelsea London

London

2

0.0023

8.2988

Tonbridge

Kent

2

0.0056

20.3252

Whittington

Shropshire

2

0.0947

344.8276

Top male forenames

Richard Legh
Henry Legh
William Legh
John Legh
James Legh
Charles Legh
Edward Legh
Edwd.Birch Legh
Francis Legh
Geoffrey Legh
Gilbert Legh
Edmund Legh
J.Arthur Legh
Bernard Legh
Oswald Legh
Piers Legh
Reginald Legh
Arthur Legh
Sidney Legh
Thos.W. Legh
Albert Legh

Top female forenames

Mary Legh
Ann Legh
Hannah Legh
Sarah Legh
Caroline Legh
Martha Legh
Edith Legh
Fanny Legh
Manan Legh
Isabella Legh
Isabelle Legh
Isebella Legh
Julia Legh
Lucy Legh
M.A. Legh
Mabel Legh
Frances Legh
Minnie Legh
Susan Legh
Hester Legh
Gertrude Legh
Agnes Legh
Florence Legh
Evelyn Legh
Emma Legh
Emily Legh
Ellen Legh
Eleanor Legh
Dulcibella Legh
Catherine Legh
Annie Legh
Anne Legh
Alice Legh

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