Derbyshire in 1841
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Boundaries based on data from GENUKI
Key
Analysis
Kays in census
Adjusted by area
Per 50000 of population
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This table shows the parishes with the most Kays. The three columns of figures give respectively the number of Kays, the total number of people in the township, and the number of Kays per 50,000 people in the population. Figures in brackets are the number of households. Click on the link under this table to close it.
Parish
Wapentake
Kays
Total
Per 50000
Duffield
Appletree
43 (11)
5148 (984)
418
Chesterfield
Scarsdale
24 (4)
2841 (537)
422
Eckington
Scarsdale
23 (6)
1240 (256)
927
Hope
High Peak
23 (4)
1258 (266)
914
All Saints
Morleston & Litchurch
22 (4)
2191 (433)
502
Glossop
High Peak
18 (1)
4498 (742)
200
Bakewell
High Peak
13 (2)
1535 (280)
423
St Alkmund
Morleston & Litchurch
13 (2)
4920 (985)
132
Staveley
Scarsdale
12 (2)
975 (190)
615
St Werburgh
Morleston & Litchurch
8 (1)
1841 (331)
217
The Different Spellings
There seems to have been a more of less even split between the ‘Kay’ and ‘Key’ spellings in Derbyshire, though ‘Kay’ seems to have been concentrated more in the north west of the county. You can see this range in the map whose link follows.
On this map, we’re showing the distribution of the spellings as it relates to the number of Kays in a wapentake rather than the total population. In case there is some significance, we’re including spellings that end in ‘s’ here. Select the spelling that interests you. and hover over a wapentaketo see the percentage; for example, select Kay and hover over High Peak to see that 76.1% of Kays in High Peak used that spelling.
Boundaries based on data from GENUKI
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