Desborough - Census - 1871
Occupations
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The 1871 census shows a big change in occupations from 1861. Silk and
lace work, occupying 46% of the work force in '61 had both almost
disappeared, instead the shoe trade was the major employment (over 32%).
Other growth areas were stay-making and ironstone work. Agricultural labour continued its
slow decline (14%, down from 18%).
There were 18 people described as paupers (none recorded in 1861).
| Occupation | Worker Nos. | Percentage | Percentage
excl. Scholars |
| Afflicted | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Ag Lab | 105 | 11.33% | 13.21% |
| Ag Lab Wife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Ag Lab'sWife | 3 | 0.32% | 0.38% |
| Agricultural | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Annuitant | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Assist at the shoe | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Assist in shoe finishing | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Assistant | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Assists in Housework | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Asst Clerk C.C. | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Asst Clicker | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Baker | 4 | 0.43% | 0.50% |
| Baker & Grocer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Baker'sWife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Bible Woman | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Black Smith | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Blacksmith | 3 | 0.32% | 0.38% |
| Book Keeper | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Book Keeper Wife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Boot Closer | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Boot Finisher | 5 | 0.54% | 0.63% |
| Boot Fitter | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Boot Machiner | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Boot Manf Emp 48 men 13 women 3 boys & 6 girls | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Boot Riveter | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Brew | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Brick Manufacturer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Bricklayer & Lab | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Butcher | 7 | 0.76% | 0.88% |
| Carpenter | 5 | 0.54% | 0.63% |
| Carpentry | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Carter | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Cattle Dealer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Charwoman | 3 | 0.32% | 0.38% |
| Chemist & Drugist | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Chimney Sweeper | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Clergyman'sDaughter | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Clerk on Railway | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Clicker | 4 | 0.43% | 0.50% |
| Coachman | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Coal Dealer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Coal Merchant | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Coal Yard Clerk | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Cordwainer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Cotton Winder | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Domestic | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Domestic Servant | 4 | 0.43% | 0.50% |
| Doms Duties | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Draper & Grocer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Dressmaker | 10 | 1.08% | 1.26% |
| Drover | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Embroiderer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Errand Maid | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Evangelist | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| F Lab | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Fall worker | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Farm Lab | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Farm Labourer | 3 | 0.32% | 0.38% |
| Farm Servant Indoors | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Farmer | 4 | 0.43% | 0.50% |
| Farmer & Publican Wife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Farmer & Publican, 40 acres | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Farmer of 146a Employing 3 men & 2 boys | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Farmer of 170 acres employing 6 men 3 boys | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Farmer of 250 acres employing 4 men 4 boys | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Farmer of 31 acres & Mill | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Farmer of 410 acres employing 10 men & 4 boys | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Farmer of 55a Employing 2 men & 1 boy | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Farmers Son | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Farmer'sSon | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Finisher | 4 | 0.43% | 0.50% |
| Fitter | 5 | 0.54% | 0.63% |
| Foreman Miller | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Foreman Miller'sWife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Foreman of Ironstone Work | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Form. Silk Weaver | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Formerly Charwoman | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Formerly Farmer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Formerly Laundress | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Frame Work Knitter | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Frame Worker | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| From House / P. Relief | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Game Keeper | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Gardener | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Gardener & Seedsman | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Gardener'sWife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Gardr | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Gen Serv | 3 | 0.32% | 0.38% |
| General Dealer | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| General Dealer's Assistant | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| General Servant | 3 | 0.32% | 0.38% |
| Grazier 142 ac, Shepherd & Maltster | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Green Grocer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Grocer | 8 | 0.86% | 1.01% |
| Grocer & Draper | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Grocer'sSon | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Grocer'sWife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Groom | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Home Duties | 4 | 0.43% | 0.50% |
| House Keeper | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| House Maid | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Housekeeper | 5 | 0.54% | 0.63% |
| Inn Keeper | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Innkeeper | 3 | 0.32% | 0.38% |
| Innkeeper & Tailor | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Iron Lab | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Ironstone Getter | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Ironstone Lab | 15 | 1.62% | 1.89% |
| Ironstone Labourer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Lab | 27 | 2.91% | 3.40% |
| Lab - Ironstone Work | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Lab in Iron Mine | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Lab in Ironstone | 3 | 0.32% | 0.38% |
| Lab in Ironstone Mine | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Lab Iron Works | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Lab on Railway | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Lab Wife | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Labourer | 3 | 0.32% | 0.38% |
| Labr | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Lace Embroiderer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Lace Maker | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Lace Runner | 8 | 0.86% | 1.01% |
| Lace Worker | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Landowner | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Laundress | 3 | 0.32% | 0.38% |
| Machine Clerk | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Machiner | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Machinist | 31 | 3.34% | 3.90% |
| Maltster | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Manager of Shoe Factory | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Manager of Shoe Factory's Wife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Manager of Stay Factory | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Mason | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Mason Wife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Master Carpenter | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Midwife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Miller | 4 | 0.43% | 0.50% |
| Miller's Wife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Milliner | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Night Signalman R. Serv | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| No Trade | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Nurse | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Oileter ? | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| On the Parish | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Pauper | 18 | 1.94% | 2.26% |
| Pensioner | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Platelayer on Railway | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Platelayer Railway | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Police Constable | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Policeman's Wife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Porter to Stay Factory | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Professor | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| R.F Parish | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Rail Lab | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Rail Plate Layer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Rail Plate Layer Wife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Railway Lab | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Railway Labourer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Railway Porter | 4 | 0.43% | 0.50% |
| Railway Porter Wife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Railway Porter'sWife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Rector of Stoke Albany, Vicar of Wilbarston & landowner | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Repairer on Railway | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Repairman Railway | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Retired Cattle Dealer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Riveter | 8 | 0.86% | 1.01% |
| Road Labourer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Scholar | 132 | 14.24% |
| School Mistress | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Seamstress | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Servant | 7 | 0.76% | 0.88% |
| Servant St Giles Church | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Shep | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Shepherd | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Shoe Finisher | 62 | 6.69% | 7.80% |
| Shoe Finisher & Cooperative Store | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Shoe Fitter | 51 | 5.50% | 6.42% |
| Shoe Flowerer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Shoe Machine | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Shoe Machiner | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Shoe Machineworker | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Shoe Machinist | 20 | 2.16% | 2.52% |
| Shoe Maker | 9 | 0.97% | 1.13% |
| Shoe Nailer | 17 | 1.83% | 2.14% |
| Shoe Paster | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Shoe Riveter | 44 | 4.75% | 5.53% |
| Shoe Spriger | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Shoe Trade Riveter | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Shoe Trade Riveter Wife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Shoe Warehouseman | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Shoemaker | 15 | 1.62% | 1.89% |
| Silk Weaver | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Smith | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Smith's Assistant | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Station Master Mid Rly | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Station Master'sWife | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Stay Closer | 3 | 0.32% | 0.38% |
| Stay Joiner | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Stay Machiner | 4 | 0.43% | 0.50% |
| Stay Machinist | 9 | 0.97% | 1.13% |
| Stay worker | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Staymaker | 35 | 3.78% | 4.40% |
| Stricker B Smith | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Tailor | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Teacher | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Toll Gate Keeper | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Vicar of Desborough | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Waggoner | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Warehouse Assistant | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Wash Woman | 3 | 0.32% | 0.38% |
| Weaver | 3 | 0.32% | 0.38% |
| Wheelwright | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Wife | 2 | 0.22% | 0.25% |
| Wife to Afflicted | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Wood Dealer | 1 | 0.11% | 0.13% |
| Total | 927 | 100% | 100% |
| Excluding 'Scholars' | 795 | 100% | 100% |
| Occupation | Worker Nos. | Percentage |
Percentage
excl. Scholars
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