LIST OF COUNTIES IN THE ORDER OF THEIR IGNORANCE, AS SHOWN BY THE NUMBER WHO SIGNED THE MARRIAGE REGISTER WITH MARKS IN EVERY 100 PERSONS MARRIED.
Counties above the Average, or most Ignorant.
| Monmouth | 59 |
| South Wales | 57 |
| Bedford | 56 |
| North Wales | 55 |
| Hertford | 54 |
| Lancaster | 52 |
| Stafford | 52 |
| Worcester | 52 |
| Essex | 50 |
| Bucks | 49 |
| Hunts | 49 |
| Rutland | 49 |
| Salop | 48 |
| Suffolk | 48 |
| Wilts | 48 |
| Chester | 46 |
| Norfolk | 46 |
| Cambridge | 45 |
| Cornwall | 45 |
| York | 44 |
| Northampton | 43 |
| Berks | 42 |
| Nottingham | 42 |
| Hereford | 41 |
| Leicester | 41 |
| Somerset | 41 |
Counties below the Average, or least Ignorant.
| Derby | 39 |
| Lincoln | 39 |
| Oxford | 39 |
| Warwick | 38 |
| Dorset | 36 |
| Durham | 36 |
| Gloucester | 35 |
| Southampton | 34 |
| Sussex | 34 |
| Devon | 32 |
| Kent | 32 |
| Northumberland | 28 |
| Westmorland | 27 |
| Cumberland | 25 |
| Surrey | 21 |
| Middlesex | 18 |
| Average for England and Wales | 40 |