The area covered by each enumerator also varied slightly year on year: while Hulverstone was consistently included in Brook, parts of Mottistone were at times included in Brighstone. People took on a variety of jobs to make ends meet but could only choose one for the purpose of the census. Mottistone in 1891 and 1901 are where we know the numbers printed here are unreliable.
| BROOK CENSUS |
1841
|
1851
|
1861
|
1871
|
1881
|
1891
|
1901
|
1911
|
| Coastguards |
4
|
5
|
6
|
6
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
| Blacksmiths |
4
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
| Agricultural labourers |
11
|
15
|
14
|
17
|
12
|
13
|
24
|
10
|
| Shoemakers/binder |
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
| Carriers |
3
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
| Carters |
–
|
–
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
| Carpenters + apprentices |
3
|
2
|
7
|
7
|
3+4
|
3
|
6
|
8
|
| Masons/builders |
1
|
3
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
| Female servants |
6
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
14
|
6
|
12
|
7
|
| Male servants |
3
|
–
|
1
|
1
|
–
|
3
|
6
|
1
|
| Gardeners |
–
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
6
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
| Clergyman |
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
| Inn keeper |
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
| Farmers |
2
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
3
|
| Fishermen |
1
|
–
|
2
|
2
|
8
|
5
|
6
|
4
|
| Saddler/harness man |
–
|
–
|
1
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
| Grocers/assistant |
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
| Decorators |
–
|
–
|
–
|
2
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
| Governess |
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
| Shepherds/cattlemen |
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
–
|
2
|
| Dairymen/women |
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
–
|
2
|
| Seamstress/dressmaker |
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
| Land agent/farm bailiff |
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
2
|
1
|
| Teacher |
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
| Clerk |
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1 | - | |
| Laundress |
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
–
|
1
|
3
|
| Postmistress |
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
1
|
| Basket maker |
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
–
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
| No. OF HOUSEHOLDS |
31
|
28
|
32
|
37
|
33
|
41
|
54
|
57
|
| POPULATION |
150
|
141
|
161
|
171
|
209
|
214
|
221
|
220
|
MOTTISTONE CENSUS
N.B.. the 1891 and 1901 Census is incomplete, likely numbers in brackets
|
1841
|
1851
|
1861
|
1871
|
1881
|
1891
|
1901
|
1911
|
|
| Blacksmith |
1
|
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| Miller |
1
|
|||||||
| Agricultural labourers |
25
|
45
|
45
|
32
|
31
|
12
|
10
|
19
|
| Stone mason |
1
|
1
|
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| Gamekeeper |
1
|
1
|
4
|
|||||
| Chauffeur |
1
|
|||||||
| Carpenter |
1
|
1
|
||||||
| Assurance agent |
1
|
|||||||
| Gardener |
2
|
2
|
3
|
3
|
||||
| Almsman |
1
|
|||||||
| Farmer son/daughter |
4
|
6
|
5
|
6
|
3
|
1
|
||
| Female servants |
3
|
10
|
||||||
| Male servant/groom |
1
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
|||
| Mariners |
1
|
1
|
1
|
|||||
| Fishermen |
5
|
5
|
2
|
|||||
| Tailor |
1
|
1
|
||||||
| Seamstress/dressmaker |
4
|
1
|
1
|
|||||
| Nurse/midwife |
1
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
4
|
|||
| Shepherd |
1
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
|||
| Dairywoman |
1
|
1
|
||||||
| Land agent/bailiff |
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
|||
| Fund holder |
1
|
|||||||
| Sexton |
1
|
|||||||
| Chelsea pensioner |
1
|
|||||||
| Maltster |
1
|
|||||||
| POPULATION |
151
|
156
|
160
|
170
|
143
|
59 (97)
|
17 (89)
|
100
|