Origins of the Glossop surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 4North West 39Isle of ManYorkshire 597East Midlands 222West Midlands 11East 4London 153South East 33South West 29South WalesMid Wales 4West WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Glossops lived in yorkshire

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    820 Glossop Travel & migration records
    10,000 Glossops found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Glossop

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    Common jobs for Glossops

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

    Commmon female occupations for Glossops in 1921

    Dressmaker

    40

    Wife

    38

    Living On Own Means

    31

    Domestic Servant

    29

    Cutler

    22

    Commmon male occupations for Glossops in 1921

    Spring Knife Cutler

    63

    Cutler

    58

    Coal Miner

    47

    [not Given]

    44

    Farmer

    39

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