Osmington family history
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19th & 20th Century

Goods and Services providers

 

Before 1848

About 1851

About 1867

1881

About 1901

1948

1986

Notes

General shop

2

William Fancy at Hitts Cottage

William Fancy at Hitts Cottage

Sarah Fookes

Swyre at Jasmine Cottage

Sewell at Jasmine Cottage

  None

 

Bakers

At above

At above & Richard Clerk, Baker

At above

John & James Senior

 

 

  None

 

Carpenters & undertakers

2

Thos Miller

Thos Miller

Stephen Spicer

 

 

 

 

 

Cordwainer or Cobbler

2

John Fooks

John Player

John Fooks

John Thomas Fookes & Martha Fookes

 

 

  None

Cordwainer = Shoemaker

Masons & builders

2

Chas Scriven

John Miller

 

 

 

 

 

Publicans & Hotel

Old Plough

Mill

John Notley - Plough

James Champ - Crown (at Mills)

John Notley - Plough

Plough - Mr William Baggs

Julie Champ - Osmington Mills

 

     Plough

Miller - Picnic Inn (at Mills)

 

Miller - Smugglers Inn (at Mills)

 

Blacksmiths

 

William Voss

 

 

 

 

Osmington Forge closed

 

Butcher

 

 

 

 

Adjoining post Office, demolished.

  N/A

  N/A

 

Basket maker

 

 

 

 

J Tizzard (blind) next to Jasmine Cottage

 

  None

 

Gardener

 

 

 

Ann Gill
Issac Dennett
George Hodder

H Tizzard, died 1934

 

 

 

Road Sweeper

 

 

 

 

Harris next to Post Office

 

 

 

Post Office

 

Wm Hamilton - 1853

 

 

McKensie, Mr Brown, Mr Irwin

C & S Jenkins

C & S Jenkins   closed in 1997

 

School Mistress

Emma Foot - 1851

Caroline Drake - 1853

 

Julia Spinney

 

Ethel Charles - Assistant

 

School closed in 1960

  N/A

 

Vicar   Rev. Jason Evans   John T. Vandry       Rev. Tim West current

Population

460 Inhabitants in 1841

 

448 Inhabitants in 1861

380 inhabitants in 1881

334 Inhabitants in 1901

 

  516 (1991 census)

 

 

Osmington Today

1991 Census Parish Profile

  Population, Households and Dwellings

Parish
Resident Population
516
Males
240
Females
276
Households
206
Persons in Households
496
Persons not in Households
21
Dwellings
204

Age Structure

Parish
 
0-15 (%)
15.50
16 and 17 (%)
2.52
18-44 (%)
27.91
45 - Retirement Age (%)
28.10
Retirement Age and above (%)
25.97
85 and above (%)
1.36

Economic Activity

Parish
 
Economically Active Population
240
Full-time Employees (%)
52.08
Part-time Employees (%)
17.08
Self Employed (%)
23.75
Unemployed in April 1991 (%)
5.42

Tenure of Household

Parish
 
Owner Occupiers (%)
83.50
Renting Privately (%)
10.19
Renting Publicly (%)
6.31

Household Characteristics

Parish
 
Lone Pensioner (%)
17.65
Long-term Illness within Household (%)
20.10
Lone Parents (%)
4.43
Dependent Children (%)
24.14
Lacking/ Sharing own Bath/Shower and/or WC (%)
0.49
Without Car (%)
13.73
With 2 or more Cars (%)
50.49

Occupational Characteristics

Parish
 
Professional, Managerial and Technical (%)
38.46
Skilled, Manual and Non-Manual (%)
46.15
Partly Skilled and Unskilled (%)
15.38

Employment Categories

Parish
 
Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (%)
7.69
Manufacturing (%)
15.38
Services (incl. Banks and Finance) (%)
34.62

Qualifications

Parish
 
With a Higher Qualification (%)
16.67

Source: 1991 Census, Small Area Statistics. Reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO.
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