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and Sambourne at this time probably walked to work in Studley, so the amount of
needlemaking occurring in the parish was probably less than suggested by these figures. 38
Table 7.18 Male occupational structure in Coughton (with Sambourne) baptisms 1695 to
1769 in specific occupational groupings (shown as a percentage of fathers with known
occupations)
1695-
1707
1720-
1729
1730-
1739
1740-
1749
1750-
1759
1760-
1769
Agriculture (excl. labourers) 19.6 16.7 7.9 14.1 10.8 12.5
Labourers 28.8 19.6 29.1 24.0 34.8 34.4
Extractive 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Building (excl. carpenters) 3.9 0.0 0.5 1.6 0.0 1.6
Tailors/bodice makers 1.3 6.2 3.9 1.6 1.3 2.3
Other textile, clothing & paper 5.2 6.5 2.0 0.5 0.6 0.8
Shoemakers/cordwainers 1.3 2.9 1.0 0.5 1.3 0.8
Other leather, horn and tallow 4.6 0.7 1.5 0.5 0.6 0.0
Carpenters/joiners 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8
Other woodworkers 5.9 6.5 5.4 5.7 3.8 0.8
Blacksmiths/farriers 7.8 2.2 2.5 5.7 5.7 1.6
Other metal (excl. needles/hooks/pins) 7.8 1.4 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Needles/hooks/pins 7.2 33.3 44.1 43.8 37.3 40.6
Transport 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Innkeepers/victuallers 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other food, retail, service, dealing 5.9 0.7 0.0 0.0 1.3 3.9
Domestic servants 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Professional 0.0 2.9 1.5 2.1 2.5 0.0
Males with known occupations (n) 153 138 203 192 158 128
Table 7.18 shows the variety of occupations in the parish and charts the decline of
leather and textiles and the rapid rise of the needle industry followed by its plateauing. 39
38 To a certain extent this may account for the increase in needlemakers in Coughton in the 1830s.
39 From 1695 to 1707 occupations were recorded for 82.3% of fathers; the figure for 1720-1769 was 95.8%.
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