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Appendix 4: Occupational information for the Whole Study Area from the 1801
census
Zone
Persons
chiefly in
agriculture
(n)
Persons
chiefly in
trade,
manufactures
or handicraft,
(n)
Others
(n)
% chiefly
in
agriculture
% chiefly
in trade,
manufac
-tures or
handicraft
%
others
A, Alcester 68 370 1187 4.2 22.8 73.0
B, Southern (Champion) Country 1395 518 1949 36.1 13.4 50.5
C, Central (Wood-pasture) Belt 2676 483 1781 54.0 9.7 35.9
D, Northern (Needle) District 2033 2207 2786 28.9 31.4 39.7
Whole Study Area 6172 3578 7703 35.3 20.5 44.1
Occupational data from the 1801 census (shown in Appendix 4) is rather
inconsistent. Some enumerators appear to include working women and children whereas
others (for example in Alcester) perhaps do not. However, as expected from other sources,
Zones B and C are predominantly agricultural in contrast with Zones A and D.
Appendix 5: Occupational information for the Whole Study Area from 1811, 1821 &
1831 censuses
Whole Study Area
Total no.
of families
(n)
% of
families
chiefly in
agriculture
% of families chiefly
in trade, manufacture
or handicraft
% of
other
families
1811 census 3997 56.7 34.3 9.0
1821 census 4638 58.2 33.1 8.7
1831 census 5363 46.5 40.0 13.5
Average (mean) 1811, 1821 & 1831 53.3 36.1 10.6
While the figures for 1801 seem somewhat erratic, later censuses appear more
reliable. During the years 1811 to 1831 (shown in Appendix 5) the biggest shift in the
balance between agriculture and industry and commerce seems to have taken place in the
1820s.
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