Duns Parish : Numbers of Paupers & Dependents

Numbers of Paupers & Dependents

Data cube chart.

Year Paupers Dependents
14 May 1855 121 Show data context 33 Show data context
14 May 1856 111 Show data context 31 Show data context
14 May 1857 133 Show data context 23 Show data context
14 May 1858 122 Show data context 31 Show data context
14 May 1859 113 Show data context 36 Show data context
14 May 1860 125 Show data context 45 Show data context
14 May 1861 122 Show data context 34 Show data context
14 May 1862 130 Show data context 46 Show data context
14 May 1863 127 Show data context 46 Show data context
14 May 1864 131 Show data context 44 Show data context
14 May 1865 123 Show data context 22 Show data context
14 May 1866 124 Show data context 41 Show data context
14 May 1867 118 Show data context 38 Show data context
14 May 1868 140 Show data context 48 Show data context
14 May 1869 151 Show data context 55 Show data context
14 May 1870 156 Show data context 58 Show data context
14 May 1871 157 Show data context 61 Show data context
14 May 1872 157 Show data context 62 Show data context
14 May 1873 157 Show data context 59 Show data context
14 May 1874 142 Show data context 43 Show data context
14 May 1875 143 Show data context 42 Show data context
14 May 1876 154 Show data context 70 Show data context
14 May 1877 136 Show data context 37 Show data context
14 May 1878 110 Show data context 23 Show data context
14 May 1879 113 Show data context 34 Show data context
14 May 1880 108 Show data context 38 Show data context
14 May 1881 113 Show data context 34 Show data context
14 May 1882 107 Show data context 32 Show data context
14 May 1883 104 Show data context 30 Show data context
14 May 1884 95 Show data context 18 Show data context
14 May 1885 85 Show data context 19 Show data context
14 May 1886 84 Show data context 22 Show data context
14 May 1887 74 Show data context 25 Show data context
14 May 1888 70 Show data context 40 Show data context
14 May 1889 70 Show data context 43 Show data context
14 Sep 1889 53 Show data context 22 Show data context
14 Jan 1890 55 Show data context 20 Show data context
14 May 1890 51 Show data context 26 Show data context
14 Sep 1890 54 Show data context 25 Show data context
14 Jan 1891 54 Show data context 34 Show data context
14 May 1891 54 Show data context 33 Show data context
14 Sep 1891 58 Show data context 33 Show data context
14 Jan 1892 63 Show data context 38 Show data context
14 May 1892 59 Show data context 26 Show data context
14 Sep 1892 59 Show data context 27 Show data context
14 Jan 1893 60 Show data context 26 Show data context
14 May 1893 54 Show data context 17 Show data context
14 Sep 1893 54 Show data context 18 Show data context
14 Jan 1894 58 Show data context 18 Show data context
14 May 1894 61 Show data context 22 Show data context
14 Sep 1894 61 Show data context 21 Show data context
14 Jan 1895 62 Show data context 18 Show data context
14 May 1895 56 Show data context 16 Show data context
14 Sep 1895 56 Show data context 21 Show data context
14 Jan 1896 61 Show data context 22 Show data context
15 May 1896 58 Show data context 24 Show data context
14 Sep 1896 52 Show data context 22 Show data context
14 Jan 1897 56 Show data context 20 Show data context
15 May 1897 62 Show data context 25 Show data context
15 Jan 1898 61 Show data context 18 Show data context
15 May 1898 54 Show data context 15 Show data context
15 Sep 1898 57 Show data context 15 Show data context
15 Jan 1899 59 Show data context 13 Show data context
15 May 1899 61 Show data context 15 Show data context
15 Sep 1899 67 Show data context 16 Show data context
15 Jan 1900 68 Show data context 24 Show data context
15 May 1900 58 Show data context 22 Show data context
15 Sep 1900 58 Show data context 23 Show data context
15 Jan 1901 55 Show data context 24 Show data context
15 May 1901 63 Show data context 24 Show data context
15 Sep 1901 54 Show data context 21 Show data context
15 Jan 1902 61 Show data context 20 Show data context
15 May 1902 58 Show data context 18 Show data context
15 Sep 1902 55 Show data context 12 Show data context
15 Jan 1903 57 Show data context 12 Show data context
15 May 1903 57 Show data context 16 Show data context
15 Sep 1903 52 Show data context 14 Show data context
15 Jan 1904 59 Show data context 16 Show data context
15 May 1904 54 Show data context 12 Show data context
15 Sep 1904 62 Show data context 13 Show data context
15 Jan 1905 63 Show data context 12 Show data context
15 May 1905 62 Show data context 13 Show data context
15 Sep 1905 60 Show data context 11 Show data context
15 Jan 1906 63 Show data context 19 Show data context
15 May 1906 62 Show data context 19 Show data context
15 Sep 1906 56 Show data context 18 Show data context
15 Jan 1907 61 Show data context 19 Show data context
15 May 1907 58 Show data context 14 Show data context
15 Sep 1907 57 Show data context 11 Show data context
15 Jan 1908 60 Show data context 9 Show data context
15 May 1908 59 Show data context 16 Show data context
15 Sep 1908 61 Show data context 14 Show data context
15 Jan 1909 57 Show data context 18 Show data context
15 May 1909 56 Show data context 16 Show data context
15 Sep 1909 55 Show data context 13 Show data context
15 Jan 1910 56 Show data context 16 Show data context
15 May 1910 56 Show data context 16 Show data context
15 Sep 1910 57 Show data context 16 Show data context
15 Jan 1911 52 Show data context 23 Show data context
15 May 1911 45 Show data context 17 Show data context
15 Sep 1911 52 Show data context 24 Show data context
15 Jan 1912 56 Show data context 18 Show data context
15 May 1912 57 Show data context 17 Show data context
15 Sep 1912 55 Show data context 16 Show data context
15 Jan 1913 55 Show data context 14 Show data context
15 May 1913 47 Show data context 15 Show data context
15 Sep 1913 45 Show data context 13 Show data context
15 Jan 1914 45 Show data context 15 Show data context
15 May 1914 47 Show data context 15 Show data context
15 Sep 1914 49 Show data context 14 Show data context
Date Source
1855 - 1894 Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor, Annual Report of the Board of Supervision for the Relief of the Poor and of Public Health in Scotland. (H.M.S.O.) ,
1895 - 1914 Local Government Board for Scotland, Local Government Board for Scotland Annual Report (H.M.S.O.) ,

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nCube definition


The 1831 census provides information, down to parish-level, on the occupations of males aged over 20 using nine categories. Here we reorganise this information to provide a crude measure of social status, based more on contemporary ideas than on modern definitions of social class: "middling sorts" combines small farmers not employing labourers with both masters and skilled workers in urban manufacturing and handicrafts.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Duns Parish through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Numbers of Paupers & Dependents, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10016745/cube/PAUPER_DEP_SCOT

Date accessed: 02nd June 2026