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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 7North West 9Isle of ManYorkshire 44East Midlands 8West Midlands 2East 3London 43South East 2South West 1South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Laydens lived in yorkshire

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    1,400 Layden Travel & migration records
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    Common jobs for Laydens

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    Common female occupations for Laydens in 1921

    Servant

    11

    House Keeper

    5

    Paper Mill Worker

    5

    Butcher Daur

    4

    Dye Worker

    4

    Common male occupations for Laydens in 1921

    Coal Miner

    21

    General Labourer

    12

    Shoemaker

    9

    Dock Labourer

    8

    Coal Miner Hewer

    7

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