1881 census occupation

Woollen Weaver surnames in the 1881 census

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

Occupation summary

938 surnames are listed with this occupation, covering 12,571 people in the 1881 records.

The leading surname here is Taylor, with 370 people recorded as Woollen Weaver.

Surnames most linked with Woollen Weaver

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	Taylor	370	191,142
2	Sykes	272	14,399
3	Shaw	222	55,020
4	Wood	222	95,380
5	Brook	178	11,590
6	Dyson	173	9,699
7	Schofield	173	16,242
8	Walker	156	100,304
9	Butterworth	155	10,743
10	Buckley	149	16,269
11	Clegg	122	10,197
12	Armitage	117	7,647
13	Beaumont	116	8,876
14	Wilson	115	137,750
15	Whitehead	112	20,246
16	Gledhill	105	4,452
17	Senior	102	6,854
18	Booth	101	29,559
19	Turner	98	83,267
20	Wilkinson	98	45,653
21	Mellor	96	10,568
22	Pearson	95	34,754
23	Sutcliffe	95	11,839
24	Stott	91	9,356
25	Kershaw	88	9,666
26	Greenwood	86	23,239
27	Bamforth	85	1,334
28	Broadbent	83	6,399
29	Firth	82	9,950
30	Rhodes	81	13,915
31	Crowther	78	8,948
32	Kaye	77	4,398
33	Bailey	73	44,948
34	Whiteley	72	5,390
35	Ellis	71	43,381
36	Chadwick	69	13,091
37	Mills	69	38,788
38	Mitchell	67	60,795
39	Brierley	65	5,333
40	Marshall	65	50,203
41	Ashworth	63	11,942
42	Bamford	63	4,516
43	Eastwood	63	7,069
44	Thornton	59	15,067
45	Bottomley	58	4,974
46	Moorhouse	58	3,703
47	Myers	58	7,817
48	Bradbury	57	8,665
49	Hanson	57	9,652
50	Yeadon	57	820
51	Fielding	56	6,661
52	Blackburn	55	11,287
53	Whitwam	55	696
54	France	53	4,551
55	Berry	50	23,740
56	Garside	49	4,328
57	Wild	48	12,250
58	Crossley	47	8,227
59	Baxter	46	17,875
60	Bentley	46	12,662
61	Charlesworth	46	3,864
62	Dawson	46	32,910
63	Stead	45	6,126
64	Hargreaves	44	12,498
65	Ramsden	44	5,465
66	Whitworth	44	5,013
67	Gill	43	20,931
68	Newsome	43	2,152
69	Roebuck	43	2,028
70	Fisher	42	34,989
71	Sheard	42	2,703
72	Shepherd	41	21,923
73	Boothroyd	40	1,546
74	Preston	40	14,894
75	Bray	39	9,999
76	Parkin	39	8,063
77	Wrigley	39	3,789
78	North	38	9,923
79	Riley	38	23,673
80	Battye	36	1,078
81	Milnes	36	2,654
82	Pickles	36	6,086
83	Brooke	35	4,465
84	Ingham	35	7,443
85	Oldroyd	35	1,515
86	Platt	35	7,918
87	Illingworth	34	3,395
88	Walton	34	21,088
89	Exley	33	1,422
90	Stansfield	32	4,622
91	Brearley	31	1,868
92	Priestley	31	5,074
93	Sanderson	31	12,425
94	Whittaker	31	14,193
95	Clay	30	6,152
96	Clough	30	6,676
97	Crabtree	30	6,037
98	Farrar	30	3,992
99	Fitton	30	3,373
100	Gartside	30	1,246