1881 census occupation

Silk Worker surnames in the 1881 census

This page lists surnames most often recorded with the occupation Silk Worker in 1881. Occupational titles are shown as recorded and transcribed, so similar jobs, variant spellings and mistakes can appear separately.

Occupation summary

77 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 239 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Mellor, with 18 people recorded as Silk Worker.

Surnames most linked with Silk Worker

These figures count people whose occupation was recorded under this exact title. A related job may appear under a separate spelling, so this is best read as a census snapshot rather than a cleaned modern job category.

#	Surname	People	1881 total
1	Mellor	18	10,568
2	Whitehurst	16	955
3	Pedley	11	1,520
4	Davenport	9	5,670
5	Beech	6	4,432
6	Bowcock	5	388
7	Capper	5	1,583
8	Cotterill	5	2,626
9	Hackney	5	1,305
10	Phelps	5	2,973
11	Pickford	5	2,436
12	Skellern	5	195
13	Stanway	5	834
14	Trafford	5	1,184
15	Brentnall	4	550
16	Brindley	4	2,291
17	Cusack	4	322
18	Sherratt	4	1,716
19	Staton	4	576
20	Washington	4	1,488
21	Arnett	3	554
22	Baddeley	3	663
23	Bickerton	3	1,256
24	Bills	3	797
25	Birchenall	3	109
26	Cockshott	3	548
27	Dunkerton	3	148
28	Greedy	3	355
29	Keates	3	989
30	Montgomery	3	4,774
31	Pavey	3	1,283
32	Shufflebottom	3	542
33	Skerratt	3	271
34	Sproson	3	173
35	Thorogood	3	1,336
36	Tyndall	3	245
37	Bagguley	2	214
38	Birchenough	2	509
39	Blease	2	604
40	Bould	2	728
41	Chaddock	2	260
42	Copsey	2	639
43	Hankey	2	713
44	Kennerley	2	428
45	Mcgarry	2	1,174
46	Morcombe	2	164
47	Murie	2	146
48	Peover	2	87
49	Plume	2	315
50	Poynton	2	505
51	Priestnall	2	149
52	Runcorn	2	83
53	Shuker	2	559
54	Titterton	2	493
55	Turnock	2	444
56	Twissell	2	52
57	Yeats	2	832
58	Baddely	1	101
59	Courtnell	1	77
60	Crafts	1	111
61	Dadge	1	125
62	Davage	1	112
63	Falder	1	73
64	Faram	1	98
65	Gad	1	52
66	Harbourne	1	71
67	Jarvey	1	50
68	Moorwood	1	71
69	Narraway	1	88
70	Norcup	1	58
71	Palfry	1	67
72	Peppin	1	119
73	Pepworth	1	84
74	Skelland	1	111
75	Totten	1	105
76	Trelfa	1	91
77	Valance	1	119