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Early Marriages


Early Marriages (Under 21 Years Of Age) As A
Percentages Of All Marriages By Counties 1844-1848

(Average For England And Wales 4.3% For Men And 13.5% For Women)

 

%
Men

%
Women

   

%
Men

%
Women

Bedford
Berkshire
Bucks
Cambridge
Chester
Cornwall
Cumberland
Derby
Devon
Dorset
Durham
Essex
Gloucester
Hereford
Hertford
Huntingdon
Kent
Lancaster
Leicester
Lincoln
Middlesex
10.9
4.8
7.4
7.3
5.4
3.2
3.3
4.6
2.2
4.7
3.5
5.7
4.2
1.7
7.5
9.9
2.6
5.0
7.9
3.9
1.8
23.5
14.3
19.4
22.7
15.1
13.1
10.5
13.8
8.2
12.5
14.2
20.4
10.4
7.9
21.0
33.6
14.0
13.9
17.9
15.3
8.5
  Monmouth
Norfolk
North Wales
Northampton
Northumberland
Nottingham
Oxford
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
South Wales
Southampton
Stafford
Suffolk
Surrey
Sussex
Warwick
Westmorland
Wiltshire
Worcester
Yorkshire
2.8
5.0
2.7
7.1
3.9
6.0
4.6
3.6
2.9
4.7
3.0
2.5
6.2
5.2
1.6
3.8
4.6
3.2
6.8
5.6
5.7
10.5
14.8
7.7
19.0
12.4
15.8
15.1
12.8
9.5
11.2
8.2
11.8
17.6
16.2
9.1
16.0
13.1
12.8
16.4
15.1
18.7

Source: London Labour And The London Poor, Volume 4 by Henry Mayhew

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