Shepton Mallet Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) : Persons aged 20 & over by Sex & 1861 Occupational Order

Persons aged 20 & over by Sex & 1861 Occupational Order

Data cube chart.

Data for 1861 Sex
1861 Occupational Orders Male Female
National & Local Government 65 Show data context 7 Show data context
Defence of the Country 49 Show data context
Professions & Arts 93 Show data context 78 Show data context
Wives, Mothers, Children 19 Show data context 2,320 Show data context
Personal [Services] 115 Show data context 497 Show data context
[Business Persons & Traders] 27 Show data context 25 Show data context
[Transport] 64 Show data context 8 Show data context
[Farming] 1,840 Show data context 549 Show data context
Engaged about Animals 64 Show data context 0 Show data context
Art & Mechanic Productions 405 Show data context 20 Show data context
Textiles & Dress 358 Show data context 1,035 Show data context
Food & Drink 279 Show data context 64 Show data context
Animal Substances 7 Show data context 1 Show data context
Vegetable Substances 104 Show data context 1 Show data context
Mineral Substances 461 Show data context 4 Show data context
KKBranch of Labour undefined 216 Show data context 1 Show data context
Persons of Rank or Property 5 Show data context 66 Show data context
Supported by the Community 49 Show data context 115 Show data context
Unknown 28 Show data context 53 Show data context

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Date Acknowledgments
1861 David Allan Gatley (School of Social Sciences, University of Staffordshire). Role: transcriber. Restrictions on use: the contributor must be acknowledged but the data may be freely used for non-commercial purposes.

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The census small area statistics for 2001 record whether households had sole use of a bath or shower AND sole use of a toilet. These data are not easily compared with earlier data which record access to baths/showers and to toilets separately.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Shepton Mallet Poor Law Union/Registration District (RegD/PLU) through time | Historical Statistics on Industry | Persons aged 20 & over by Sex & 1861 Occupational Order, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10043979/cube/OCC_ORD1861_OVER20

Date accessed: 12th June 2026