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At the end of the 17th century very few people lived in urban environments. London had only 10% of the population, 2% lived in other towns having more than 10,000 people namely Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich and York, 8% in smaller towns and fully 80% in the countryside (Camp 1999-3). It thus follows that for the vast majority life was dominated by agriculture. In towns there were few large firms, and factories did not appear until the second half of the 18th century so most people worked out of their homes and the (extended) family was the productive unit.
At the end of the 17th century very few people lived in urban environments. London had only 10% of the population, 2% lived in other towns having more than 10,000 people namely Birmingham, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich and York, 8% in smaller towns and fully 80% in the countryside (Camp 1999-3). It thus follows that for the vast majority life was dominated by agriculture. In towns there were few large firms, and factories did not appear until the second half of the 18th century so most people worked out of their homes and the (extended) family was the productive unit.
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Sources particularly useful for country occupations are Arnold’s The Shell Book of Country Crafts (1968), Filbee’s Cottage Industries (1982), Fussell and Fussell’s The English Countrywoman. Her Life in Farmhouse and Field from Tudor Times to the Victorian Age (1953, 1955) Hennell’s British Craftsmen (1943), Manners’ Country Crafts Today (1974), and Wymer’s English Country Crafts. A Survey of Their Development from Early Times to Present Day (1946). Town occupations are dealt with especially well by Burke (The English Townsman As He Was and As He Is, 1946), and Wymer (English Town Crafts. A Survey of Their Development from Early Times to the Present Day, 1949). Another useful type of publication, particularly to the traveller, is that showing the various occupational museums and workplaces open to the public (Hudson 1980, Lansbury). The local occupations are frequently featured in collections of photographs at the local archives, or in publications such as the Batsford series of Victorian and Edwardian [county or town] in Old Photographs.
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Sources particularly useful for country occupations are Arnold’s
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The Shell Book of Country Crafts
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(1968), Filbee’s
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Cottage Industries
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(1982), Fussell and Fussell’s
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The English Countrywoman. Her Life in Farmhouse and Field from Tudor Times to the Victorian Age
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(1953, 1955) Hennell’s
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British Craftsmen
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(1943), Manners’
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Country Crafts Today
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(1974), and Wymer’s
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English Country Crafts. A Survey of Their Development from Early Times to Present Day
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(1946). Town occupations are dealt with especially well by Burke (
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The English Townsman As He Was and As He Is
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, 1946), and Wymer (English Town Crafts. A Survey of Their Development from Early Times to the Present Day, 1949). Another useful type of publication, particularly to the traveller, is that showing the various occupational museums and workplaces open to the public (Hudson 1980, Lansbury). The local occupations are frequently featured in collections of photographs at the local archives, or in publications such as the Batsford series of
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Victorian and Edwardian [county or town] in Old Photographs.
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==== Bibliographies of Occupations ====
==== Bibliographies of Occupations ====
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You may want to be familiar with and have access to:
You may want to be familiar with and have access to:
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* Stuart Raymond’s two 1999 volumes on British Genealogical Microfiche/ Books in Print and his Occupational Sources for Genealogists: A Bibliography; his general article (2001), his series of county bibliographies, and Londoners Occupations.<br>
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* Stuart Raymond’s two 1999 volumes on British
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Genealogical Microfiche/ Books in Print
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and his
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Occupational Sources for Genealogists: A Bibliography
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; his general article (2001), his series of county bibliographies, and
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Londoners Occupations
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* Jerry Gibson and Elizabeth Hampson’s Specialist Indexes for Family Historians, a good source for relevant occupational indexes.<br>
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* Jerry Gibson and Elizabeth Hampson’s
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Specialist Indexes for Family Historians
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, a good source for relevant occupational indexes.<br>
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* Perkins Current Publications by Member Societies (Books) and Current Publications on Microfiche by Member Societies.<br>
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* Perkins
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Current Publications by Member Societies
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(Books) and
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Current Publications on Microfiche by Member Societies.
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* PERSI (Periodical Source Index) compiled by Allen County Public Library which is on fiche to 1990, CD-ROM, and online.<br>
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* PERSI (
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Periodical Source Index
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) compiled by Allen County Public Library which is on fiche to 1990, CD-ROM, and online.<br>
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* The Index of Indexers in six parts by Brian Jones.<br>
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* The
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Index of Indexers
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in six parts by Brian Jones.<br>
Andrew Jewell’s ''Crafts, Trades and Industries. A Book List for Local Historians'' is an older book which is still valuable, and Camp’s ''My Ancestors Moved in England or Wales'' has a number of excellent and sometimes unusual sources. ''Trades and Skilled Occupations'' is a bibliographic index run by George Nicolle where for a small fee he will send you a list of appropriate references.
Andrew Jewell’s ''Crafts, Trades and Industries. A Book List for Local Historians'' is an older book which is still valuable, and Camp’s ''My Ancestors Moved in England or Wales'' has a number of excellent and sometimes unusual sources. ''Trades and Skilled Occupations'' is a bibliographic index run by George Nicolle where for a small fee he will send you a list of appropriate references.