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While all the addresses of the Lancashire heads of household were all in Rochdale, the addresses were becoming much more dispersed in Yorkshire. Halifax (including Brighouse) remained the hub with 12 addresses, followed by Bradford with seven addresses, while the remaining had just one or two addresses – Dewsbury (2), Greetland (1) (Greetland is about 2.5 miles from Halifax), Harrogate (1), Holbeck (1), Horsforth (1), Hunslet (1), Leeds (2) and Wakefield (2).
The remaining households which contain a Soothill but headed apparently by non-relatives show a similar distribution.
Their place of birth
Continuing to focus on the Soothills who are heads of households, their places of birth indicate again that this is definitely a northern tribe in the mid- to late nineteenth century. In the 1861 census all but one of the Soothill heads of household were born in either Yorkshire or Lancashire; in the 1911 all the Soothill heads of household were born in one of these two counties – with Yorkshire (32) having the vast majority over Lancashire (6).7 Of the 32 born in Yorkshire, they again tend to group around Halifax, which includes Brighouse (13) or Bradford (7); Dewsbury has three born there, while the rest have just one or two – Barnsley (1), Huddersfield (2), Morley (1), Oakenshaw (1), Sowerby Bridge (1), Xalford [sic] (1), Wakefield (2). Of the six heads of household born in Lancashire five were born in Rochdale and one was born in Manchester.
Changes between their place of birth and their present address
When comparing places of birth and current addresses for the 1861 census, one could identify the drift to the Bradford area. While there are two heads of household in the 1911 census who are born in Oakenshaw and Sowerby Bridge
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