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When she said England I assumed a narrow focus and divided Great Britain into it's parts, not including the Gaelic-based patterns of Scotland, Ireland or Wales but only England proper. So parts of Scottish Edinburgh were neither here nor there in my answer. If she wanted to expand her story into Scotland I could see it. But in those days it's not likely that a Scottish girl would have to come all the way to England just to work as a maid. Most were snapped up by the locals at the nearest market town.

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I'm not sure about the quality of resource on historical naming available on the net. I live in London so access to the Office of Records and publications from our statistics offices is easy for me. You could certainly try a google of 'Eliza, England, 1800' and see what came up. Sorry I can't help there!

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Devon