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Rank, profession or occupation

This Column is probably one of the best aspects of the census.  There are around 1,333,792 occupations given in the 1881 census and they range from an Abecedarian (an alphabet teacher) to a Zythepsarist (a type of brewer).  This example, from the 1881 Arlingham census has scholars, a stay maker, laundress, carpenter, carpenter’s wife, grocer, grocer’s assistant, waterman, a pair of ‘former’ labourers, and a retired lady.