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Occupations from the 1851 census

Occupations-females Occupations-males
Lace workers 9 Labourers 21
Servants 8 Boot and shoe makers 6
Dressmakers 2 Tailors 6
Housekeepers 2 Carpenters 5
Laundresses 2 Paupers 2
Paupers 2 Baker 1
Pipemakers 2 Brewer 1
Cotton minder 1 Butler 1
Huckster 1 Coachman 1
Innkeeper 1 Errand boy 1
Shoebinder 1 Factory worker 1
Tailoress 1 Gentleman 1
Tallowchandler 1 Painter and glazier 1
- - Tripe dresser 1
- - Weaver 1
- - Woolcomber 1
Scholars 10 Scholars 13
No occupation 42 No occupation 19
 
Total 85 Total 83
Of the 42 females without occupation, 21 were wives and 17 under the age of 16;
all the males without occupation were under tha age of 13

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