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      <abstract xml:lang="en">&lt;P&gt;Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;p&gt;The &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Great Britain Historical Database&lt;/span&gt; has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information about the project is available on &lt;a href="https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/gbhdb/" target="_blank"&gt;A Vision of Britain&lt;/a&gt; webpages, where users can browse the database's documentation system online.&lt;/p&gt;</abstract><abstract xml:lang="en">&lt;B&gt;Main Topics&lt;/B&gt;:&lt;BR&gt;</abstract><abstract xml:lang="en">Court-level small debt statistics for pre-1914 and 1938 England and Wales.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt; Please note: this study does not include information on named individuals and would therefore not be useful for personal family history research.&lt;br&gt; &lt;br&gt;</abstract>
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        P. Johnson, 'Small debts and economic distress in England and Wales, 1857-1913', Econ. Hist. Rev., 2nd. ser., XLVI (1993), pp. 65-87.
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