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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 2North West 4Isle of ManYorkshire 60East Midlands 71West Midlands 109East 29London 52South East 29South West 29South Wales 2Mid Wales 14West WalesNorth Wales 5Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Archs lived in west-midlands

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    420 Arch Travel & migration records
    4,900 Archs found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Arch

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    What are the most common Arch first names?

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    Common jobs for Archs

    Men and women often performed different types of jobs, so these are displayed by gender to maintain their historical accuracy.

    Common female occupations for Archs in 1921

    Dressmaker

    21

    Domestic Servant

    19

    Laundress

    12

    General Servant Domestic

    11

    Widow

    11

    Common male occupations for Archs in 1921

    Coal Miner

    28

    Agricultural Labourer

    25

    Woolman

    25

    General Labourer

    22

    Farmer

    21

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