Shapinsay Parish : Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance

Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance

Data cube chart.

Year Receiving welfare
14 May 1855 19 Show data context
14 May 1856 20 Show data context
14 May 1857 19 Show data context
14 May 1858 17 Show data context
14 May 1859 17 Show data context
14 May 1860 15 Show data context
14 May 1861 10 Show data context
14 May 1862 10 Show data context
14 May 1863 8 Show data context
14 May 1864 11 Show data context
14 May 1865 12 Show data context
14 May 1866 9 Show data context
14 May 1867 10 Show data context
14 May 1868 17 Show data context
14 May 1869 14 Show data context
14 May 1870 13 Show data context
14 May 1871 9 Show data context
14 May 1872 22 Show data context
14 May 1873 15 Show data context
14 May 1874 15 Show data context
14 May 1875 15 Show data context
14 May 1876 15 Show data context
14 May 1877 16 Show data context
14 May 1878 15 Show data context
14 May 1879 13 Show data context
14 May 1880 15 Show data context
14 May 1881 13 Show data context
14 May 1882 11 Show data context
14 May 1883 13 Show data context
14 May 1884 15 Show data context
14 May 1885 11 Show data context
14 May 1886 23 Show data context
14 May 1887 27 Show data context
14 May 1888 31 Show data context
14 May 1889 30 Show data context
14 Sep 1889 34 Show data context
14 Jan 1890 32 Show data context
14 May 1890 31 Show data context
14 Sep 1890 29 Show data context
14 Jan 1891 39 Show data context
14 May 1891 37 Show data context
14 Sep 1891 28 Show data context
14 Jan 1892 35 Show data context
14 May 1892 33 Show data context
14 Sep 1892 25 Show data context
14 Jan 1893 26 Show data context
14 May 1893 27 Show data context
14 Sep 1893 24 Show data context
14 Jan 1894 27 Show data context
14 May 1894 23 Show data context
14 Sep 1894 30 Show data context
14 Jan 1895 29 Show data context
14 May 1895 31 Show data context
14 Sep 1895 28 Show data context
14 Jan 1896 32 Show data context
15 May 1896 30 Show data context
14 Sep 1896 21 Show data context
14 Jan 1897 27 Show data context
15 May 1897 27 Show data context
15 Jan 1898 23 Show data context
15 May 1898 26 Show data context
15 Sep 1898 26 Show data context
15 Jan 1899 27 Show data context
15 May 1899 26 Show data context
15 Sep 1899 25 Show data context
15 Jan 1900 27 Show data context
15 May 1900 29 Show data context
15 Sep 1900 29 Show data context
15 Jan 1901 29 Show data context
15 May 1901 26 Show data context
15 Sep 1901 27 Show data context
15 Jan 1902 27 Show data context
15 May 1902 25 Show data context
15 Sep 1902 24 Show data context
15 Jan 1903 22 Show data context
15 May 1903 20 Show data context
15 Sep 1903 20 Show data context
15 Jan 1904 18 Show data context
15 May 1904 14 Show data context
15 Sep 1904 15 Show data context
15 Jan 1905 13 Show data context
15 May 1905 12 Show data context
15 Sep 1905 14 Show data context
15 Jan 1906 13 Show data context
15 May 1906 11 Show data context
15 Sep 1906 12 Show data context
15 Jan 1907 12 Show data context
15 May 1907 11 Show data context
15 Sep 1907 11 Show data context
15 Jan 1908 11 Show data context
15 May 1908 11 Show data context
15 Sep 1908 5 Show data context
15 Jan 1909 10 Show data context
15 May 1909 9 Show data context
15 Sep 1909 9 Show data context
15 Jan 1910 9 Show data context
15 May 1910 9 Show data context
15 Sep 1910 9 Show data context
15 Jan 1911 8 Show data context
15 May 1911 7 Show data context
15 Sep 1911 2 Show data context
15 Jan 1912 6 Show data context
15 May 1912 8 Show data context
15 Sep 1912 6 Show data context
15 Jan 1913 5 Show data context
15 May 1913 7 Show data context
15 Sep 1913 5 Show data context
15 Jan 1914 5 Show data context
15 May 1914 6 Show data context
15 Sep 1914 5 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.


How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Shapinsay Parish through time | Historical Statistics on Work & Poverty | Total number of persons receiving welfare assistance, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10124955/cube/WELFARE_TOT

Date accessed: 02nd June 2026