Origins of the Salisbury surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 49North West 290Isle of ManYorkshire 121East Midlands 67West Midlands 228East 95London 1146South East 226South West 152South Wales 40Mid Wales 19West WalesNorth Wales 253Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Salisburys lived in london

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    4,700 Salisbury Travel & migration records
    31,000 Salisburys found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Salisbury

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    Common jobs for Salisburys

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

    Commmon female occupations for Salisburys in 1921

    Cotton Weaver

    215

    Dressmaker

    111

    Domestic Servant

    86

    General Servant Domestic

    84

    Laundress

    79

    Commmon male occupations for Salisburys in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    147

    General Labourer

    114

    Farmer

    113

    Tailor

    94

    Farrier

    92

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