The following are the twenty commonest' names in England; Smith, Jones, -Williams, Taylor, Davies, Brown, Thomas, Evans, Roberts, Johnson, Wilson, Robinson, Wright, Wood, Thomson, Hall, Green, Walker, Hughes, and Edwards. In the year 1684, Nicholas Benschoten. an Amsterdam goldsmith, sent a thimble as a gift to a lady with the dedication: “To Myfrou van Rensclear, this little object which I have invented and-executed as a protective covering. fo£ her industrious fiugers s ’’
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Evening Star, Issue 20780, 30 April 1931, Page 10
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72Page 10 Advertisements Column 5 Evening Star, Issue 20780, 30 April 1931, Page 10
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