farmers suffered the most from the decennial settlement.
farmers suffered the most from the decennial settlement.
who suffered the most from the decennial settlement?
farmers
in 1831, the decennial census found that over three-quarters of clopton's population worked in agriculture, with most of these being labourers employed by farmers. other than this, the parish had a small number describing themselves as being employed in "retail and handicrafts," and an even smaller number being "professionals" or "other."









































in 1844, white's directories for suffolk listed 13 farmers, a shoemaker, blacksmith and wheelwright. the 1912 edition listed 19 farmers, a farm bailiff, postmaster, schoolmaster, builder, shoemaker, wheelwright, storekeeper, grocer, hardware merchant, furniture remover/carrier, publican and insurance agent.
clopton, suffolk
for nationwide research, about once a month, west publishes a general digest volume, which incorporates classified digest notes from all reporters of the west national reporter system. these are then cumulated into a decennial digest. decennial implies that this occurs every ten years, but in the past several decades, there have been decennial digest parts i and ii (the 11th series now has part iii ), so the cumulation is now more frequent. however, the various decennial digests are not cumulated. thus, completing such a search over several decades requires consulting the decennial digests, and then updating that work with the most recent series of the general digest.
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