Norfolk: Gazetteers and Directories

William White's History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Norfolk 1883

GENERAL HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE
COUNTY OF NORFOLK

(Page 114)

OCCUPATIONS - From the Census Return of 1871

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OCCUPATION - MALES. - The following are some of the principal occupations:-

Professional Class:

clergymen, 684: Protestant ministers, 184; Roman Catholic priests, 11; barristers, 26; solicitors, 216; physicians and surgeons, 235; chemists and druggists, 330; artists, &c., 110; schoolmasters and teachers, 504.

Domestic Class:

publicans, 1606; beersellers, 100; domestic servants, 3502.

Commercial Class:

bankers, 16; accountants, 142; clerks, 603; shopkeepers, 815; hawkers, 828; bargemen, 603; shipowners, 44; seamen, 2713; pilots, 49.

Agricultural Class:

farmers and graziers, 6029; farmers' sons, brothers, grandsons, nephews, 1312; farm bailiffs, 892; agricultural labourers, 41,269; shepherds, 1186; farm servants (indoor), 351; agricultural machine proprietors and attendants, 116; arboriculturists, 236; horticulturists, 2245; fishermen, 1838.

Industrial Class:

printers, 505; watchmakers, 277; engineers, 647; millwrights, 104; coachmakers, 498; wheelwrights, 860; saddlers, 501; shipbuilders, 477; builders, 338; carpenters and joiners, 4033; bricklayers, 3061; plumbers, 1280; cabinetmakers, 622; woolstaplers and woollen goods manufacturers, 144; silk manufacturers, &c., 437; flax and linen manufacturers, 171; drapers, 750; tailors, 1788; shoemakers, 6361; ropemakers, 379; cowkeepers, 174; butchers, 1235; fishmongers, 476; corn merchants, 374; millers, 1334; bakers, 1161; maltsters, 482; brewers, 530; wine and spirit merchants, 133; grocers and tea dealers, 1668; sawyers, 399; thatchers, 197; brickmakers and dealers, 895; iron manufacturers, 523; whitesmiths, 238; blacksmiths, 2522

FEMALES.-

 

Schoolmistresses and governesses, 2315; publicans and beersellers, 374; general domestic servants, 12,688; housekeepers, 3243; cooks, 1820; housemaids, 2184; nurses, 1496; charwomen, 2074; shopkeepers, 501; farmers and graziers, 444; farmers' daughters, granddaughters, nieces, 2413; agricultural labourers (indoor), 1277; silk manufacturers, &c., 1861; tailoresses, 1043; dressmakers, 6759; shirtmakers, 942; shoemakers, 1360; grocers, 324.

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October 2001