Introduction

This Statistical Analysis examines when the Calling Book was used, places that were mentioned and the number of calls received and made:

When the Calling Book was used

It appears that the Calling Book was used during the years 1883 - 1893. It is difficult to be more precise as after 1891, the Victorian lady did not record the relevant years.

After an initial enthusiastic start, this Calling Book was used spasmodically sometimes for brief periods (*) and sometimes for a concentrated period (**). The book was used for visits (York, Galway and Leeds) but hardly used between 1886-1890:

1883
Lymington (March **)
York (April/May)
Lymington (June/July/August*)

1884
Lymington (Jan*)
do (Sept/Oct)

1885
Galway (Jan**)
do (Apr/May/June**)
(see Note 2)

1886
Efford Cottage *

1887
Lymington ( Jan/Feb*)

1888
do (Jan*)

1888/1890
Leeds (see Note 1)(Oct*)
Lymington

1891
do (June*)

1891?
do (Aug/Sept**)(see Note 3)

1892?
Lymington (March*)

1892?
Hoopers Hill (May/July**)

1892?
Lymington (June/Dec**)

1893?
do (Jan/Feb*)

Notes:

1. Sion Place, Sion Hill

2. Places in Galway which were named were:
West House
Fort Eyre
St Mary's
Eyre Square
Clairmont Lodge
Blackrock
Salthill
Corrikarper(?)

3.After 1891, the Victorian lady did not record the relevant years

Number of Calls

Statistically there were approx 277 names listed in the Calling Book.

The call was usually from or to another lady or perhaps a group of ladies. Some times men were present, e.g. a number of military men are listed in Galway, and on a number of occasions when couples had been invited, e.g. when the lady returned from York in June 1883.

The calls may be further divided (total number of people in brackets):

1883-1893
Lymington area 208 (117)

1883
York 6 (6)

1885
Galway 57 (46)

1888 (?)
Leeds 6 (6)
(Sion Place, Sion Hill)

Totals 277 (175)

As shown in the Names Index, it appears that the Victorian lady met a number of people more than once

Calls Received and Calls Made

The total number of calls was:
Calls Received - approx 120
Calls Made - approx 160 (including 57 "made" in Galway)

I cannot be more accurate because the use of ticks etc is difficult to decipher. Also there are straight lists of names which may have been people received or visited.

The calls may be broken down as follows:

page 1 (1883)
Calls Received - 14 Calls Made - 5

page 2
Calls Received - 11 Calls Made -10 including York)

page 3
Calls Received - 11 Calls Made - 8

page 4 (1884)
Calls Received - Calls Made - 1

page 5
Calls Received - Calls Made -

page 6
Calls Received - Calls Made - 4

page 7
Calls Received - Calls Made - 4 (visit to Galway)

page 8 (1885)
Calls Received - Calls Made - 12 (do)

page 9
Calls Received - Calls Made - 14 (do)

page 10
Calls Received - Calls Made - 15 (do)

page 11
Calls Received - Calls Made - 15 (do)

page 12
Calls Received - Calls Made - 6 (including Efford Cottage)

page 13 (1886)
Calls Received - 5 Calls Made - 6 (1888)

page 14
Calls Received - 1 Calls Made - 8 (including Leeds)>br/>

page 15
Calls Received - 3 Calls Made - 2

page 16
Calls Received - 1 Calls Made -

page 17 (1891)
Calls Received - 12 Calls Made - 5

page 18
Calls Received - 4 Calls Made - 5

page 19
Calls Received - 2 Calls Made - 1

page 20
Calls Received - 3 Calls Made -

page 21
Calls Received - 13 Calls Made - 13 (including Hoopers Hill)

page 22
Calls Received - 14 Calls Made - 13

page 23
Calls Recived - 15 Calls Made - 11

page 24
Calls Received - 4 Calls Made - 2

Totals
Calls Received -120 Calls Made - 160

Colin Bower
31 October 2009

Final Report