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Appendix 23 Inl<strong>an</strong>d revenue apprenticeship books 1710-1804<br />

Analysis of the inl<strong>an</strong>d revenue apprenticeship books between 1710 <strong>an</strong>d 1804<br />

indicates which trades were taking on official apprentices. The tables below do not<br />

accurately represent the overall occupational structure; some trades such as farming<br />

are hardly represented, if at all. Nevertheless these returns do provide <strong>an</strong>other source<br />

for comparison between the zones. Apprentices in these returns were predomin<strong>an</strong>tly<br />

male, but there were some female apprentices <strong>an</strong>d indeed some female business<br />

owners. The figures below are of masters or business owners (including females)<br />

recorded in the returns.<br />

Appendix 23a Occupational structure in Zone A, Alcester as a % of masters or<br />

business owners in inl<strong>an</strong>d revenue apprenticeship books 1710-1804<br />

1710-1749 1750-1779 1780-1804<br />

Agriculture (excl. labourers) 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />

Labourers 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />

Extractive 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />

Building (excl. carpenters) 0.0 4.3 0.0<br />

Tailors/bodice makers 6.7 5.7 10.9<br />

Other textile, clothing & paper m<strong>an</strong>ufacture 20.0 4.3 10.9<br />

Shoemakers/cordwainers 10.0 22.9 16.4<br />

Other leather, horn <strong>an</strong>d tallow 23.3 14.3 3.6<br />

Carpenters/joiners 6.7 7.1 10.9<br />

Other woodworkers 3.3 2.9 3.6<br />

Blacksmiths/farriers 6.7 2.1 0.0<br />

Other metal (excl. needles/hooks/pins) 6.7 2.1 3.6<br />

Needles/hooks/pins 3.3 4.3 7.3<br />

Tr<strong>an</strong>sport 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />

Innkeepers/victuallers 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />

Other food, retail, service, dealing 6.7 27.1 20.0<br />

Domestic serv<strong>an</strong>ts 0.0 0.0 0.0<br />

Professional 6.7 2.9 12.7<br />

Total (m & f) with known occupations 30 70 55<br />

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