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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 20North West 40Isle of ManYorkshire 48East Midlands 4West MidlandsEast 8London 12South East 20South West 8South WalesMid Wales 1West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Bowlands lived in yorkshire

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    570 Bowland Travel & migration records
    2,100 Bowlands found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Bowlands

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    Common female occupations for Bowlands in 1921

    House Servant

    15

    Laundress

    12

    General Servant Domestic

    9

    Dressmaker

    8

    General Servant

    6

    Common male occupations for Bowlands in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    21

    Farmer

    16

    Dyer

    12

    Tailor

    12

    Blind Maker

    9

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