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Table 7.1 Male occupational structure (primary, secondary and tertiary) from probate
data in Zone D, Northern (Needle) District, 1660-1858 (as % of males with known
occupations)
1660-99 1700-49 1750-99 1800-58
Primary 68.4 61.8 57.3 47.9
Primary without labs. 65.6 59.6 54.8 42.4
Secondary 17.2 21.3 20.9 22.0
Tertiary 14.5 16.8 21.9 30.1
Total males with known occupations (n) 256 342 199 336
Table 7.1 (from probate data) suggests the expected comparative decline of the
primary sector over the two centuries and the growth of tertiary. The secondary sector
shows growth between Periods A and B with little change thereafter. 21
Table 7.2 Males in probate in specific occupational groupings in Zone D, Northern
(Needle) District, 1660-1858 (as % of males with known occupations)
1660-99 1700-49 1750-99 1800-58
Agriculture (excl. labourers) 65.6 59.6 54.8 42.4
Labourers 2.7 2.2 2.5 5.5
Extractive 0.0 0.3 0.0 1.0
Building (excl. carpenters) 2.3 1.5 0.5 3.3
Tailors/bodice makers 0.4 1.9 4.0 1.5
Other textile, clothing & paper manufacture 2.5 3.5 2.0 0.0
Shoemakers/cordwainers 3.1 4.7 3.5 2.4
Other leather, horn and tallow 5.9 1.9 1.5 0.9
Carpenters/joiners 2.9 1.2 1.5 2.5
Other woodworkers 1.8 2.3 1.0 3.0
Blacksmiths/farriers 1.6 3.8 2.3 2.4
Other metal (excl. needles/hooks/pins) 0.8 0.1 0.5 0.0
Needles/hooks/pins 1.6 7.3 17.1 15.8
Transport 0.0 0.3 0.5 1.2
Innkeepers/victuallers 2.0 1.9 2.0 4.5
Other food, retail, service, dealing 4.9 4.8 3.8 8.9
Domestic servants 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.3
Professional 1.6 2.6 2.5 4.5
Total males with known occupations (n) 256 342 199 336
21 For comparison with other zones see Appendix 26. The periods referred to in discussion of the data, (as
explained in Chapter 2), are as follows: Period A: 1660-1699, Period B: 1700-1749; Period C: 1750-1799
and Period D: 1800-1840.
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