UK’S MOST ‘ENGLISH’ TOWN NAMED IN IMMIGRATION STUDY BACK TO COMMUNITIES

24dash.com, UK
Sept 10 2006

Ripley in Derbyshire – named most ‘English’ town The most "English"
town in the UK has been named in a study of the spread of immigration.

Ripley in Derbyshire has the highest proportion of people of English
origin, based on an analysis of first names and surnames.

The findings showed Heanor in Derbyshire was in second place, followed
by Sutton-in-Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, Boston in Lincolnshire,
Leek in Staffordshire, Leiston in Suffolk, March in Cambridgeshire,
Wisbech in Cambs and Beccles and Halesworth in Suffolk.

Southall, west London, had the lowest proportion of people with
English names, and South Tottenham in north London emerged as the
most diverse area of London.

The findings were revealed in a report for OriginsInfo, an organisation
providing analysis of the origins of names.

The research placed the 42.2 million adults registered to vote in
mainland Britain into 200 ethnic groups on the basis of a person’s
surname and first name.

The study into the most "English" towns excluded Scottish, Welsh and
Irish names as well as other "foreign names" – but Huguenot surnames
and Norman names counted as English.

The report also found that Armenian immigrants and their descendants
were the most successful ethnic group in the country.

They were followed by the Japanese, Dutch and Greek Cypriots among
the groups who are economically and socially most successful.

Bangladeshi Muslims and migrants from Sierra Leone and Syria have
fared worst.