Muirkirk Parish : Numbers of Paupers & Dependents

Numbers of Paupers & Dependents

Data cube chart.

Year Paupers Dependents
14 May 1855 80 Show data context 83 Show data context
14 May 1856 95 Show data context 78 Show data context
14 May 1857 112 Show data context 90 Show data context
14 May 1858 112 Show data context 72 Show data context
14 May 1859 118 Show data context 69 Show data context
14 May 1860 121 Show data context 99 Show data context
14 May 1861 120 Show data context 92 Show data context
14 May 1862 113 Show data context 87 Show data context
14 May 1863 107 Show data context 89 Show data context
14 May 1864 110 Show data context 105 Show data context
14 May 1865 117 Show data context 100 Show data context
14 May 1866 127 Show data context 108 Show data context
14 May 1867 124 Show data context 106 Show data context
14 May 1868 135 Show data context 106 Show data context
14 May 1869 142 Show data context 133 Show data context
14 May 1870 138 Show data context 120 Show data context
14 May 1871 125 Show data context 107 Show data context
14 May 1872 124 Show data context 115 Show data context
14 May 1873 113 Show data context 92 Show data context
14 May 1874 102 Show data context 64 Show data context
14 May 1875 96 Show data context 71 Show data context
14 May 1876 96 Show data context 54 Show data context
14 May 1877 94 Show data context 53 Show data context
14 May 1878 80 Show data context 61 Show data context
14 May 1879 82 Show data context 75 Show data context
14 May 1880 86 Show data context 82 Show data context
14 May 1881 97 Show data context 117 Show data context
14 May 1882 90 Show data context 58 Show data context
14 May 1883 90 Show data context 86 Show data context
14 May 1884 83 Show data context 45 Show data context
14 May 1885 89 Show data context 78 Show data context
14 May 1886 87 Show data context 93 Show data context
14 May 1887 97 Show data context 114 Show data context
14 May 1888 96 Show data context 112 Show data context
14 May 1889 86 Show data context 109 Show data context
14 Sep 1889 66 Show data context 83 Show data context
14 Jan 1890 62 Show data context 71 Show data context
14 May 1890 53 Show data context 46 Show data context
14 Sep 1890 55 Show data context 45 Show data context
14 Jan 1891 55 Show data context 62 Show data context
14 May 1891 54 Show data context 57 Show data context
14 Sep 1891 56 Show data context 66 Show data context
14 Jan 1892 49 Show data context 54 Show data context
14 May 1892 48 Show data context 47 Show data context
14 Sep 1892 46 Show data context 39 Show data context
14 Jan 1893 52 Show data context 46 Show data context
14 May 1893 56 Show data context 43 Show data context
14 Sep 1893 53 Show data context 58 Show data context
14 Jan 1894 53 Show data context 57 Show data context
14 May 1894 59 Show data context 66 Show data context
14 Sep 1894 62 Show data context 73 Show data context
14 Jan 1895 58 Show data context 75 Show data context
14 May 1895 66 Show data context 45 Show data context
14 Sep 1895 61 Show data context 65 Show data context
14 Jan 1896 68 Show data context 62 Show data context
15 May 1896 65 Show data context 67 Show data context
14 Sep 1896 66 Show data context 75 Show data context
14 Jan 1897 66 Show data context 79 Show data context
15 May 1897 67 Show data context 80 Show data context
15 Jan 1898 75 Show data context 86 Show data context
15 May 1898 66 Show data context 81 Show data context
15 Sep 1898 76 Show data context 75 Show data context
15 Jan 1899 80 Show data context 86 Show data context
15 May 1899 69 Show data context 73 Show data context
15 Sep 1899 77 Show data context 66 Show data context
15 Jan 1900 86 Show data context 84 Show data context
15 May 1900 73 Show data context 66 Show data context
15 Sep 1900 65 Show data context 72 Show data context
15 Jan 1901 81 Show data context 58 Show data context
15 May 1901 66 Show data context 74 Show data context
15 Sep 1901 70 Show data context 61 Show data context
15 Jan 1902 70 Show data context 71 Show data context
15 May 1902 64 Show data context 66 Show data context
15 Sep 1902 69 Show data context 60 Show data context
15 Jan 1903 88 Show data context 66 Show data context
15 May 1903 78 Show data context 64 Show data context
15 Sep 1903 72 Show data context 64 Show data context
15 Jan 1904 71 Show data context 57 Show data context
15 May 1904 73 Show data context 59 Show data context
15 Sep 1904 81 Show data context 78 Show data context
15 Jan 1905 86 Show data context 65 Show data context
15 May 1905 84 Show data context 59 Show data context
15 Sep 1905 92 Show data context 54 Show data context
15 Jan 1906 83 Show data context 61 Show data context
15 May 1906 88 Show data context 58 Show data context
15 Sep 1906 81 Show data context 64 Show data context
15 Jan 1907 82 Show data context 67 Show data context
15 May 1907 81 Show data context 72 Show data context
15 Sep 1907 78 Show data context 80 Show data context
15 Jan 1908 81 Show data context 83 Show data context
15 May 1908 77 Show data context 63 Show data context
15 Sep 1908 77 Show data context 63 Show data context
15 Jan 1909 82 Show data context 68 Show data context
15 May 1909 76 Show data context 73 Show data context
15 Sep 1909 78 Show data context 85 Show data context
15 Jan 1910 71 Show data context 84 Show data context
15 May 1910 75 Show data context 79 Show data context
15 Sep 1910 75 Show data context 83 Show data context
15 Jan 1911 65 Show data context 66 Show data context
15 May 1911 63 Show data context 57 Show data context
15 Sep 1911 59 Show data context 54 Show data context
15 Jan 1912 65 Show data context 64 Show data context
15 May 1912 66 Show data context 65 Show data context
15 Sep 1912 59 Show data context 65 Show data context
15 Jan 1913 71 Show data context 60 Show data context
15 May 1913 72 Show data context 54 Show data context
15 Sep 1913 60 Show data context 56 Show data context
15 Jan 1914 60 Show data context 59 Show data context
15 May 1914 60 Show data context 47 Show data context
15 Sep 1914 59 Show data context 49 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, Muirkirk 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/10162671/cube/PAUPER_DEP_SCOT

Date accessed: 03rd June 2026