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Historically the measurement of employment within parishes such as Great Canfield has been extremely varied in terms of categorizing workers within different industries. For example the 1801 census primarily recorded levels of occupation by "those 'chiefly employed in agriculture', those 'chiefly employed in trade, manufacturers or handicraft', and others".<ref name=industry>{{cite web|title=Great Canfield AP/CP; Industry|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10235856/theme/IND}}</ref> By the census of 1841 the recording of occupational data had moved on from simply categorizing workers into 4 broad areas of industry 'and others'; the census now "listed over 3000 different occupational titles".<ref name=industry /> This allowed for future census reports to categorize these 3000 or so job titles into more varied and accurate areas of industry. As a result by the census of 1881 the occupational data for parishes such as Great Canfield was considered more organised then previous census data: |
Historically the measurement of employment within parishes such as Great Canfield has been extremely varied in terms of categorizing workers within different industries. For example the 1801 census primarily recorded levels of occupation by "those 'chiefly employed in agriculture', those 'chiefly employed in trade, manufacturers or handicraft', and others".<ref name=industry>{{cite web|title=Great Canfield AP/CP; Industry|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10235856/theme/IND}}</ref> By the census of 1841 the recording of occupational data had moved on from simply categorizing workers into 4 broad areas of industry 'and others'; the census now "listed over 3000 different occupational titles".<ref name=industry /> This allowed for future census reports to categorize these 3000 or so job titles into more varied and accurate areas of industry. As a result by the census of 1881 the occupational data for parishes such as Great Canfield was considered more organised then previous census data: |
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[[File:1881 Great Canfield Occupational Percentage Pie Chart.jpg|250px|Percentage of people working in different areas of industry within Great Canfield civil parish 1881. This is according to 1881 census reports.]] By 1881 Great Canfield had a working population totaling around 167 people<ref name=Occupationaldata>{{cite web|title=Great Canfield AP/CP through time; Occupational Statistics; Occupational Orders 1881|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10235856/cube/OCC_ORDER1881}}</ref> - the majority of which |
[[File:1881 Great Canfield Occupational Percentage Pie Chart.jpg|250px|Percentage of people working in different areas of industry within Great Canfield civil parish 1881. This is according to 1881 census reports.]] By 1881 Great Canfield had a working population totaling around 167 people<ref name=Occupationaldata>{{cite web|title=Great Canfield AP/CP through time; Occupational Statistics; Occupational Orders 1881|url=http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10235856/cube/OCC_ORDER1881}}</ref> - the majority of which being within the agricultural industry employed by farmers and land owners to tend crops and perform labouring- this collectively accounted for around 47% of the entire working population of Great Canfield. The fact that the majority of workers were employed within the agricultural industry greatly reflects the social demographics of the occupants living in Great Canfield during the 1800s, the majority of people would have fallen under the 'labourers & servants' social status with little education and no professional trade. |
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== Amenities == |
== Amenities == |
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Revision as of 17:18, 2 April 2015
| Great Canfield | |
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 Great Canfield civil parish, Uttlesford District 1945 | |
| Population | 414 (2011 Census) |
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| District |
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| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Dunmow |
| Postcode district | CM |
| Dialling code | 01279 |
| Police | Essex |
| Fire | Essex |
| Ambulance | East of England |
Great Canfield is a village and a civil parish in the Uttlesford District, in the English county of Essex. It is near the small town of Great Dunmow and about a mile to the west of High Roding.
History
In the years 1870-72, Great Canfield was described as
- CANFIELD (Great), a parish in Dunmow district, Essex; on the river Roding, 2 miles S of the Bishop-Stortford, Dunmow, and Braintree railway, and 3½ SW of Dunmow. It has a post office under Chelmsford. Acres, 2,472. Real property, £3,575. Pop., 468. Houses, 115. The property is subdivided. Canfield House is the seat of the Barnards. There are remains of a moated castle, built by the De Veres. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester. Value, £140.* Patron, J. M. Wilson, Esq. The church is tolerable; and has two brasses of the 16th century.[1]
Population
According to the 2011 census Great Canfield had a recorded population of 414.[2]
Recorded from past census statistics; historically the overall population of Great Canfield has seen only one major decline in population, from its peak population of 511 people in 1831 down to 271 people by 1901.[3] Census data shows a decline in population was consecutive with every recorded census between this time period (1841-1901). An increase in population within Great Canfield after the census of 1841 was not recorded until 1911, where the population rose from 271 people recorded in 1901 to 305 people by 1911- an increase of 34 people.[3] Since the census of 1921 Great Canfield has seen only regular increases in total population, the greatest being between the years 1921-1931 where there was a recorded increase of 86 people from 254 to 340. Since then the increases have been moderate with the 2011 census recording a total population of 414.[3]
Housing
Alongside the changing population levels of Great Canfield since 1801, so to have the housing levels changed- recently this is mostly in accordance with the level of population but during the 1800s this was not the case. For example between the years 1831-1881 Great Canfield recorded an overall increase in total housing from 93 houses to 104 houses.[4] The population rate within this time period had subsequently decreased. Within the 1900s the number of houses within Great Canfield had seen an increase, for example from the years 1921-1961 there was was an increase in houses from 75 to 123 with consistent increases being reported at every census between this time period.[4] More recently with both the 2001 census and the 2011 census there have been increases in the total amount of houses within Great Canfield- the 2001 census registered a total of 133 houses[5] whilst the 2011 census registered 156.[2] This may be due to the pressure of increasing urban development within Great Canfield- "Great Canfield remains a rural village, albeit one under pressure from urban development. Particularly in the Hope End and Bacon End areas, actual and planned developments in Takeley and Little Canfield grow ever closer."[6] Such development remains widely rejected within the Great Canfield community. A recent proposal of major residential development within Great Canfield was the proposal to build another 211 homes on the land west of Canfield Road, the proposal was made on the 31st July 2014[7] -but was subsequently refused on the 5th November 2014 by Uttlesford District Council.[8]
Employment
Historically the measurement of employment within parishes such as Great Canfield has been extremely varied in terms of categorizing workers within different industries. For example the 1801 census primarily recorded levels of occupation by "those 'chiefly employed in agriculture', those 'chiefly employed in trade, manufacturers or handicraft', and others".[9] By the census of 1841 the recording of occupational data had moved on from simply categorizing workers into 4 broad areas of industry 'and others'; the census now "listed over 3000 different occupational titles".[9] This allowed for future census reports to categorize these 3000 or so job titles into more varied and accurate areas of industry. As a result by the census of 1881 the occupational data for parishes such as Great Canfield was considered more organised then previous census data:
By 1881 Great Canfield had a working population totaling around 167 people[10] - the majority of which being within the agricultural industry employed by farmers and land owners to tend crops and perform labouring- this collectively accounted for around 47% of the entire working population of Great Canfield. The fact that the majority of workers were employed within the agricultural industry greatly reflects the social demographics of the occupants living in Great Canfield during the 1800s, the majority of people would have fallen under the 'labourers & servants' social status with little education and no professional trade.
Amenities
Great Canfield has a place of worship and a castle called Great Canfield Castle.
See also
External links
Media related to Great Canfield at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales. Edinburgh: A. Fullerton & Co. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ a b "Great Canfield (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
- ^ a b c "Great Canfield AP/CP through time; Population Statistics; Population Change".
- ^ a b "Great Canfield AP/CP through time; Housing Statistics; Total Houses".
- ^ "Great Canfield (Parish): Key Figures for 2001 Census: Key Statistics".
- ^ "Great Canfield Village Website; The History Of Great Canfield; Great Canfield Today".
- ^ "Uttlesford District Council; Planning; Summary".
- ^ "Uttlesford District Council; Planning; Important Dates".
- ^ a b "Great Canfield AP/CP; Industry".
- ^ "Great Canfield AP/CP through time; Occupational Statistics; Occupational Orders 1881".
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