miasta-i-wioski: Worksop

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Worksop ( WURK-sop) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. Located close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, it is on the River Ryton and not far from the northern edge of Sherwood Forest. The population of the town was recorded at 44,733 in the 2021 Census. To the south of Worksop is the area of the Dukeries.

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Understanding the quality of ethnicity data recorded in health-related administrative data sources compared with Census 2021 in England. ObjectivesElectronic health records (EHR) are increasingly used to investigate health inequalities across ethnic groups. Whilst there are some studies showing that the recording of ethnicity in EHR is imperfect, there is no robust evidence on the accuracy between the ethnicity information recorded in various real-world sources and census data. MethodsWe linked primary and secondary care NHS England data sources with Census 2021 data and compared individual-level agreement of ethnicity recording in General Practice Extraction Service (GPES) Data for Pandemi…

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From population census to fortress reconstruction: the potential of census books in studying a small town (using the example of Tetyushi). This article explores the interdisciplinary potential of 17th – early 18th centuries census books as a unique form of documentation for reconstructing various aspects of the history of small Russian towns. Using the example of the town of Tetyushi (modern-day Tatarstan), it analyzes how household census materials allow us to go beyond traditional demographic and genealogical research. The paper examines in detail the methods of extracting verification data from census books to solve the following key problems: socio-demographic reconstruction (number, co…

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“My Grandfather was Recorded as Black on the Census”. Myths surrounding family lores are often about our ancestors’ origins and struggles. They may or may not be exaggerated versions of the truth, omit or add certain aspects. In a European context, these myths often include narratives of noble heritage; in American families, they tend to be about ethnic origins or how the family came to America. Italian Americans claiming that they had a grandparent who was recorded as “Black” in US censuses may seem to fit the stereotype of a family myth, perhaps much like the one about Native American ancestry. This ethnohistorical study, however, shows that many myths have a grain of truth, as nonwhite c…