Analysis of The Crescent from the 1939 Register

So, I have made a start on my study of The Crescent in Taunton, Somerset, England. 

I have decided to work backwards from the 1939 Register, which is available via subscription at Ancestry.co.uk and also on FindMyPast.co.uk. 

I will not be detailing who was living on The Crescent on 29th September 1939, which is when the Register was taken and gives an overview of the population of England and Wales, just after the outbreak of World War II. I will, however, provide a statistical overview of the information from the Register relating to The Crescent as detailed below:

• 18 households are individually listed on the Register at The Crescent (which including the Somerset County Club)
• 15 households have residents listed living in them
• 3 households are listed as vacant 
• 5 household numbers do not appear to be listed on the Register
• All of the households which are not vacant have at least 2 residents living in them
• The highest number of residents living in one household is 9
• 62 residents are listed on the Register
• 5 of these entries are currently closed
• 57 residents are listed by name
• 38 residents are female
• 19 residents are male

There are 4 different status' listed for the residents, which break-down as below:

• 31 residents are single
• 18 residents are married
• 7 residents are widowed
• 1 of the residents is divorced

The oldest resident of The Crescent in 1939 was born in 1854 whilst the youngest open entry of a resident was for a child born just a year before the Register was taken in 1938.

The occupations of the residents vary from Art Mistress to Club Stewardess and Typist to Unpaid Domestic Duties for the women. For the men, they vary from Private School Proprietor to Clerk in Holy Orders to a Retired Farmer and a Cook Houseman for the men.  

I feel that this has been a really good start for me and I will now endeavor to work backwards through the years and discover more about The Crescent, its households and residents. 

Source:
The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: RG 101/7041B  - This information is licensed under the terms of the Open Government Licence (http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence).