1851 Census - Occupations

One of the reasons for starting this website was to see what Coates was like when my Great Grandfather worked there.  He was not the only wheelwright but, with the importance of farming and of the horse and cart for travel, there would have been plenty of work, I expect.

There was a significantly greater number of occupations listed on the 1851 census than in 1841 and they are shown below.

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Farming has always been important in and around Coates. The table below tells us there were 982 acres of land being used for farm purposes (arable & agricultural). There were also other people whose first occupation was not as a farmer who will have been working on the land.  The rightmost column is the age of the individual in question.

John	Beaton	Farmer Of 20 Acres Of Land Tilled By Himself & Family	40
James	Blunt	Farmer Of 108 Acres Employing 4 Labourer	42
William	Boyce	Farmer Of 2 Acres Land And Landed Proprieter	68
Thomas	Gale	Farmer Of 20 Acres Land Worked By Himself & Sons	60
James P	Halford	Farmer Of 246 Acres Of Land 8 Labourers	26
Anes	Hughes	Farmer	74
Thomas	Hughes	Farmer Of 220 Acres Employing 4 Men And 1 Boy	46
Nathan	Hunt	Farmer Of 113 Acres Employing 2 Labourers	30
Stephen	Hurry	Farmer Of 9 Acres Of Land	40
Thomas	Jarman	Farmer Of 5 Acres Of Land Tilled By Himself	30
William	Kisby	Farmer Of 37 Acres (Employing 1 Labourer)	36
John	Laud	Farmer Of 20 Acres Of Land 1 Labourer	78
Nathan	Lindsey	Farmer Of 17 Acres Tilled By Himself	26
William	Lindsey	Farmer Of 28 Acres Of Land No Labourers	33
Jabez	Read	Farmer Of 32 Acres No Labourer	56
Daniel	Ruff	Farmer Of 20 Acres (Employing 1 Labourer)	36
James	Sharman	Farmer Of 3 Acres Of Land	32
William	Sharman	Farmer Of 4 Acres Of Land	57
George	Warwick	Farmer Of 78 Acres Employing 2 Men	37

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Below my findings about Agricultural Labourers and Scholars.