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Table 6.4 Bridegrooms from marriage licence data in specific occupational groupings in
Zone C, Central (Wood-pasture) Belt, 1680-1837 (as % of males with known
occupations)
1680-99 1737-54 1780-99 1810-37
Agriculture (excl. labourers) 74.6 57.6 66.8 64.2
Labourers 0.7 11.1 12.0 8.5
Extractive 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0
Building (excl. carpenters) 0.7 2.1 3.0 0.9
Tailors/bodice makers 3.5 4.9 0.6 0.9
Other textile, clothing & paper manufacture 1.4 1.4 3.0 0.9
Shoemakers/cordwainers 4.2 3.5 1.8 0.9
Other leather, horn and tallow 1.4 0.7 0.6 0.0
Carpenters/joiners 3.5 3.5 3.0 2.8
Other woodworkers 0.7 1.4 1.2 1.9
Blacksmiths/farriers 2.1 2.1 3.6 1.9
Other metal (excl. needles/hooks/pins) 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0
Needles/hooks/pins 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Transport 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0
Innkeepers/victuallers 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0
Other food, retail, service, dealing 4.2 3.5 3.0 11.3
Domestic servants 0.0 3.5 0.6 0.0
Professional 2.1 2.8 0.6 5.7
Total males with known occupations (n) 142 144 167 106
Table 6.4 confirms the dominance of agriculture in this zone. From 1737
onwards labourers are slightly better represented in marriage licences than in probate, but
nevertheless these percentages significantly underestimate the real number of labourers.
The growth in the food, retail, service and dealing sector in the final period is even more
significant in marriage licences than in probate. Other figures are discussed below,
where relevant.
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