See the INTRODUCTION for more information about the strays list

This page gives a summary listing of people born in Cheshire but found in Ramsbottom, Tottington, Edenfield area in the 1891 census. The listings show last name. If followed by a star (BARNES*) this indicates that it refers to a woman by her married name rather than her maiden name. This will be for people shown as wife or widow. This is followed by Christian name. This is followed by status/condition although I have not always shown both (being a wife implies being married)
h = head
wf = wife
s = son
d = daughter
gS = grandson
wid/wdr = widow/widower
m = married
u = unmarried/single
fLaw/mLaw= father in law/mother in law
stepS/stepD = stepson/stepdaughter
ldgr = lodger
brdr = boarder
vstr = visitor
sis = sister
bro = brother
This is followed by age. The next column shows place of birth. If a county town is followed by a star (Chester*) this means it is not clear whether the record refers to the town or the county. I have included all people shown as born in Stockport even if the record gives the county as Lancashire. The next column will normally be the location given as village/hamlet etc where they appear in 1891 but in the few cases where this is absent I have put the civil parish instead. This is almost always Tottington Higher End (abbreviated to THE) which covers Edenfield (roughly)and the northern part of the area, or Tottington Lower End (TLE) which covers Tottington village, parts of Ramsbottom and the southern part of the area. WcS = Walmersley cum Shuttleworth.

All these names are found in the PRO references:
RG12/3127 3128 3129 3352 from which I have extracted over 4600 households, and a much larger number of names.

Although I hope some people will find this information helpful I stress it is only a guide and checks should be made with the original. Apart from errors arising from the poor condition of some of the fiche I worked from, I have doubtless introduced errors of my own. Please feel free to email me with any such mistakes so that I can correct them. I have missed out one or two entries where I have been unable to trace my reading of a place name. In several cases the original gives only a county of origin.

To find other people at the same address use "EDIT > FIND" (CTRL-F) or its equivalent on your browser. Note this will only find people who have strayed from the same county; not people from other counties or Lancashire itself. Also it may be misleading if the address does not definitely refer to a single dwelling. There are a number of instances where an address (eg "Simons") is shared by more than one house.