Origins of the Sleightholme surname

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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 45North West 18Isle of ManYorkshire 151East Midlands 20West MidlandsEast 2London 17South East 1South West 11South WalesMid WalesWest WalesNorth WalesRepublic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Sleightholmes lived in yorkshire

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    78 Sleightholme Travel & migration records
    2,100 Sleightholmes found in all Census records

    Interesting facts about Sleightholme

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    Common jobs for Sleightholmes

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

    Commmon female occupations for Sleightholmes in 1921

    Domestic Servant

    8

    General Servant Domestic

    8

    Farmers Wife

    7

    Farmers Daughter

    5

    Assistant

    4

    Commmon male occupations for Sleightholmes in 1921

    Farmer

    29

    Farmers Son

    21

    Agricultural Labourer

    10

    Joiner

    10

    Farm Labourer

    8

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