Nottinghamshire 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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To see more detail of the parishes with the most Kays, click here
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
Newark
Newark (South)
41 (9)
6751 (1423)
304
Gedling
Thurgarton (South)
26 (4)
2168 (438)
600
Nottingham St Mary
Nottingham
20 (2)
4377 (952)
228
Radford
Broxtowe (South)
15 (3)
1988 (395)
377
Mansfield
Broxtowe (North)
13 (3)
2653 (579)
245
Worksop
Bassetlaw (Hatfield)
8 (1)
786 (169)
509
Bulwell
Broxtowe (North)
7 (2)
990 (195)
354
Blyth
Bassetlaw (Hatfield)
6 (1)
798 (174)
376
Harworth
Bassetlaw (Hatfield)
6 (1)
457 (96)
656
North Muskham
Thurgarton (North)
6 (2)
570 (121)
526
The Different Spellings
The ‘Key’ spelling was used more in Nottinghamshire than ‘Kay’, with ‘Kay’ definitely concentrated in the north west of the county and ‘Key’ more frequent to the east, in the areas closer to Lincolnshire where it was so common. 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 Key and hover over Thurgarton (South) to see that 91.9% of Kays in Thurgarton (South) used that spelling.
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