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Monday, April 20th, 2009

Watmoughs and Whatmoughs in the 1911 census of England

The following table shows the numbers of Watmoughs and Watmoughs in the 1911 census of England.

COUNTY

WATMOUGH
WHATMOUGH

Berkshire

1
0

Cheshire
18
20

Derbyshire
4
0

Devon
5
0

Dorset
2
0

Durham
5
9

Essex
14
8

Gloucestershire
1
4

Hampshire
3
1

Hertfordshire
1
0

Kent
12
0

Lancashire
324
697

Leicestershire
4
0

Lincolnshire
69
17

London
10
26

Middlesex
5
8

Northamptonshire
0
1

Northumberland
10
1

Nottinghamshire
8
0

Oxfordshire
0
1

Staffordshire
0
3

Surrey
2
1

Warwickshire
1
0

Worcestershire
0
4

Yorkshire: North Riding
14
0

Yorkshire: East Riding
28
1

Yorkshire: West Riding
394
33

TOTALS

935
835

  
The spread of those families with the older spelling of the family name is, as expected, mainly across counties in the north of England. It is interesting to note how many of these […]

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Monday, April 20th, 2009

Two Watmough Methodist ministers from Rochdale

The life of a Methodist minister in the early days must have been a tough one, moving between the towns in his circuit, preaching at each in turn, sometimes dealing with hostile crowds, often working in the open air, and always with the hostility of the Established Church at his back.
The Church of England was […]

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