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    OrkneyShetlandHighlandsWestern IslesGrampianTaysideCentralStrathclydeFifeLothianBordersDumfriesNorth East 22North West 14Isle of ManYorkshire 30East Midlands 16West Midlands 179East 62London 109South East 45South West 28South Wales 19Mid WalesWest WalesNorth Wales 1Republic of IrelandNorthern Ireland

    In 1921, most Wittons lived in west-midlands

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    460 Witton Travel & migration records
    6,700 Wittons found in all Census records

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    Common jobs for Wittons

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    Common female occupations for Wittons in 1921

    Domestic Servant

    26

    Dressmaker

    26

    Cotton Weaver

    22

    Laundress

    20

    General Servant Domestic

    16

    Common male occupations for Wittons in 1921

    Agricultural Labourer

    47

    Coal Miner

    32

    Farm Labourer

    29

    Carpenter

    25

    Blacksmith

    22

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