Volume 1

Census of Great Britain, 1851 : population tables, 2 Ages, civil condition, occupations, and birth-place of the people : with the numbers and ages of the blind, the deaf-and-dumb, and the inmates of workhouses, prisons, lunatic asylums, and hospitals.

  • Great Britain. General Register Office.
Date:
1854
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Census of Great Britain, 1851 : population tables, 2 Ages, civil condition, occupations, and birth-place of the people : with the numbers and ages of the blind, the deaf-and-dumb, and the inmates of workhouses, prisons, lunatic asylums, and hospitals. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE OCCUPATIONS. Reference to Reference to Reference to Occupation, Class. Sub- class. Occupation. Class. Sub- class. Occupation. Class. Sub- class. Musician (not Teacher) Music-master, mistress Music, connected with Muslin Embroiderer . Nail manufacture , Navy Half-pay Officer Navy Otficer . . . Needle manufacture . Nurse (Domestie Servant) . Nurse (not Domestic Servant) Nurseryman Oil and Colourman Oils, Gums, &c., Workers, Dealers in Omnibus Owner, Conductor, Driver Packer and Presser (Cotton) Painter (Artist) .... Painter, Plumber, Glazier . Paper-hanger .... Paper manufacture Paper-stainer .... J?aper Workers, Dealers Parasol, Umbrella, Stick Maker. Parish Clerk .... Patten, Clog Maker . Pattern Designer Pauper of no stated occupation . Pavior, Mason .... Pawnbroker .... Pedlar, Hawker .... Person of no stated occupation livini on alms ..... Persons of no stated occupations or conditions .... Philosophical Instnment Makers and Dealers Physician JPictures and Ungravings, employed about Pilot Pin manufacture.... Plasterer Plater Plumber, Glazier, Painter . Police Porter, Messenger (not Govt.) . Postboy, Coachman (not Domestic Servant), Guard Post Office Poulterer Precious Stones, Workers, Dealers in Presser and Packer (Cotton) Priests and other Religious Teachers Print and Block Cutter Printer Prisoner of no stated occupation Provision-curer .... Protestant Minister . Publications, engaged about Publisher, Bookseller . Quills, Feathers, Dealers in Bag Gatherer, Cvitter, Dealer Railway Labourer UaiUoay Traffic, engaged in XI. IV. XI. XII. XIV. II. II. XIV. VI. VI. IX. XIII. XIII. VIII. XIII. IV. XI. XIII. XIII. XIII. XIII. VI. III. VI. XI. XVII. XI. VII. VII. XVII. XVII. XI. III. XI. VIII. XIV. XI. XIV. XI. I. VIII. VIII. I. XII. XIV. XIII. III. XIII. XI. XVII. XII. III. XI. XI. XII. VI. XIV. VIII. VIII. 3 12 14 2 14 2 3 3 2 12 2 1.5 13 13 13 13 3 4 3 7 1 15 1 1 9 3 4 4 13 15 8 15 1 1 7 12 1 9 1 2 1 1 1 1 Religious Teachers and Priests Ribbon manufacture . Road Conveyance, engaged in Road Labourer . Ropemaker Rug and Carpet manufacture Bush, Straw, Cane, Workers in Saddler .... Sailcloth manufactm-e Salesman .... Salesman, Cattle, Sheep Salt Makers, Dealers . Sawyer .... Scholar—at school or college Scholar—under tuition at home Schoolmaster ... Schoolmistress ... Scientific Persons Scourer, Calenderer, Dyer . Seaman (Merchant Service) Seaman, R.N. Seamstress .... Sea Navigation, connected with Shawl manufacture . Sheep, Cattle,—Dealer, Salesman Shepherd .... Ship-agent .... Shipbuilder, Shipwright Shipowner .... Ships, engaged in fitting Shipwright, Shipbuilder Shoemaker .... Shoemaker's Wife . Shopkeeper.... Shopkeeper's Wife Shopman, Mechanic, Manufacturer, (bi'anch undefined) . Shojiwoman (branch undefined) Shows, Games, and Sports, persons connected with Silk manufacture Silkmercer .... Silk, Workers, Dealers in . Silver and Gold, Workers in Silversmith, Goldsmith Sister, Daiighter, Grand-daughter Niece .... Skinner .... Slate Quarrier Slater Soap-boiler .... SokUcr .... Solicitor .... Son, Grandson, Brother, Nephew^ (not otherwise returned) . Spirit and AVine Merchant . Sports, Shotvs, and Games, persons comiected with Stationer Staymaker Steel, Iron Workers, Dealers in . Stick, Parasol, Umbrella Maker Stocking, Hose,—manufacture . Stoker, Railway Engine Driver . Stone, Clay, Workers in Stone Quarrier .... Storage, connected v/ith Straw Hat and Bonnet Maker . III. 1 XII. 7 VIII. 2 XIV. 2 XIIL 11 XII. 0 XIIL 10 XL 13 xiii. ii VII. ]^ X. XIV. 5 xiii. a u V. 4 V 1, iv'. 4 IV. 4 IV 3 XL 17 VIII. 4 II. £i vi! 3 VIII. 4 VI. o o 1 ix. 1 VII. 1 XI. viii. 4 XI. 14 XI. 1 A. 1-4 VI' »> o VI •> o vii. 1 VII. 1 XV. 2 XV. 2 XL g XII. xii! xii! XIV. xiv! g V. XII. 3 XIV 2 xl' 15 XII. 2 II. 1 IIL 2 V. 3 XIII. 2 XI. 6 XIII. 13 VI. 3 XIV. 14 VI. 3 VI. 3 VIII. 1 XIV. 2 XIV. 2 VIII. 5 VI. 3 Straw Plait manufacture Stuff manufacture Sugar Refiner Surgeon Surgical Instruments and Drugs. dealing in .... Surveyor Tailor Tallow-chandler .... Tanner Teachers ..... Thatcher . . . . Theatres, engaged about Thread manufacture . Timber Merchant Timber, Dealers, Workers in Tinman Tin-miner Tin, Workers, Dealers in . Tobacconist .... Tobacco-pipe Makers and others Toll Collector .... Tool-maker Tools and Machines, dealing in . Toymaker, Dealer Tui-ner Umbrella, Parasol, Stick Maker . Union Relieving Officer Upholsterer, Cabinet-maker Vagrant and others in Barns, &c. Vegetable Food, dealing in Vermin Destroyer Veterinary Surgeon, Farrier Warehousing, engaged in . Washerwoman, Mangier, Laundry keeper Watchmaker .... Water Providers, Dealers . Weaver (material not stated) Wheelwright .... Whip-maker .... White Metal manufacture . Whitesmith .... Widow (of no specified occupation) Wife (of no specified occupation) Wine and Spirit Merchant Wire-maker Wire,—Worker, Weaver AVoodman . Wood Furniture, dealing in Wood Tool Makers . Wood Utensils, Makers of Wood-ioorkers, . Woollen Cloth manufacture Woollen Draper . Wool, Dealers, Workers in Woolstapler Worsted manufacture VA-iter, Editor . Writer to Signet (Scotland) Zinc manufacture XIII. XII. XIII. III. III. XL VI. XII. XII. IV. XIII. XI. XIII. XIII. XIII. XIV. XIV. XIV. XIII. XIV. VIII. XI. XL XL XIII. VI. I. XIII. XVII. XIIL X. X. VIII. VI. XL XIV. XIII. XL XI. XIV. XIV. V. V. XIII. XIV. XIV. IX. XIII. XIII. XIII. XIIL XII. XII. XII. XII. XIL IV. IIL XIV. 10 6 15 3 2 3 4 10 2 12 4 4 10 10 10 2 3 2 11 11 3 9 6 12 16 13 13 14 2 1 2 13 13 2 7 9 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 1 2 11