The 1841 Census is now available online. Very little information is given, and few professions mentioned. 50 years later, however, the 1891 Census will give us much more detail.
There were many F W K - Frame Work Knitters - living in Ruddington in 1841. The following names, employed in hosiery production, have been extracted from the 1841 Census and arranged in alphabetical order, together with their age.
John Armstrong 25 FWK
Anne Attewell 19 Seamer
Benjn. Attewell 52 FWK
Elizabeth Attewell 13 Seamer
Jeremiah Attewell 10 seamer
Samuel Attewell 43 FWK
William Barlow 60 FWK
Esther Barnes 56 Stockinger
John Barnes 30 FWK
John Barnes 53 Stockinger
Mary Barnes 40 Seamer
Richard Barnes 25 FWK
William Barnes 22 Stockinger
Wm. Barnes 20 Stockinger
John Barratt 30 FWK
Samuel Barron 14 FWK
William Barrowcliff 20 FWK
Henry Barton 50 FWK
John Basford 20 FWK
Henry Basford 20 FWK
Charles Beeson 20 FWK
John Beeson 30 FWK
Samuel Beeson 15 FWK
Thomas Beeson 25 FWK
Thomas Beeson 55 FWK
Thomas Belton 46 FWK
Richd. Bennett 55 FWK
Thomas Benskin 40 FWK
Elizabeth Blood 18 Stockinger
George Blood 24 FWK
Hannah Blood 17 Stockinger
Jane Blood 60 Stockinger
John Blood 30 FWK
Robt. Blood 26 FWK
William Blood 35 FWK
Robt. Bowley 20 FWK
Joseph Bradbury FWK
Joseph Branson 15 FWK
Thos. Branson 20 FWK
William Branson 16 FWK
Ann Brittle 35 Seamer
Joseph Brittle 40 FWK
Thos. Brittle 40 Stockinger
Abraham Brookes 16 Stockinger
James Brookes 15 Stockinger
William Brookes 55 Stockinger
John Brooks 25 FWK
John Burton 20 FWK
Isaac Buttery 40 FWK
James Buttery 14 FWK
James Buttery 70 FWK
James Buttery 30 FWK
James Buttery 15 FWK
John Buttery 22 Stockinger
John Buttery 39 FWK
John Cripwell 30 Stockinger
John Cripwell 32 FWK
Edward Carter 25 Stockinger
John Carter 35 FWK
Samuel Carter 16 Stockinger
John Caton 55 Stockinger
Thomas Chapman 30 FWK
Edward Clarke 30 FWK
John Clarke 40 FWK
Wigley Clarke 50 FWK
Wm. Cripwell 20 Ap. F W K
John Croft 25 FWK
Thos. Croft 25 Stockinger
William Croft 19 Stockinger
Edward Cumberland 15 FWK
Matthew Cumberland 40 FWK
Thomas Cumberland 47 FWK
John Daft 20 Stockinger
Joseph Daft 55 Stockinger
Joseph Daft 28 FWK
Josiah Daft 15 Stockinger
John Dakin 24 FWK
Joseph Davenport 25 FWK
Thomas Davenport 55 FWK
William Davy 30 Stockinger
William Davy 40 FWK
John Dring 45 FWK
Joseph Dring 20 FWK
Richard Eaton 28 FWK
Thomas Eaton 60 FWK
Thos. Eaton Jun. 25 FWK
William Eaton 55 FWK
Smarkey Febush? 15 FWK
David Fox 13 Stockinger
David Fox 40 Stockinger
William Fox 45 Stockinger
Anne Foxon 16 Seamer
Keziah Foxon 16 Stockinger
William Fryer 50 FWK
Richard Gee 21 FWK
William Gee 40 FWK
Joseph Gervase 30 Frame Smith
Robert Grice 24 FWK
Robert Gunn 15 FWK
Hannah Gunn 28 Seamer Stockings
James Gunn 66 FWK
John Gunn 20 FWK
John Gunn 20 FWK
Samuel Gunn 26 FWK
Thos. Gunn 25 Stockinger
WilliamGunn 35 FWK
Willliam Gunn 55 FWK
Andrew Halford 55 Stockinger
Joseph Halford 25 Stockinger
William Halford 51 FWK
Mary Hallam 45 Seamer
Thomas Hallam 29 FWK
John Hallam 33 FWK
Samuel Hanson 20 FWK
Abram. Harris 15 Stockinger
Edward Harrison 27 FWK
James Harrison 25 FWK
Thomas Harrison 30 FWK
Wm. Harrison 50 FWK
Wm. Harrison 30 FWK
Henry Hart 35 FWK
Thomas Hart 37 FWK
William Hayes 14 FWK
William Hayes 38 FWK
Henry Henson 70 Stockinger
Henry Henson 21 FWK
John Henson 45 FWK
John Henson 15 FWK
John Henson 38 FWK
Thomas Henson 35 FWK
Thos. Henson 30 Stockinger
William Henson 30 FWK
William Hillyer 35 FWK
Daniel Hickling 25 FWK
Joseph Hickling 15 FWK
Thomas Hickling 70 FWK
William Hickling 40 FWK
Wm. Hodgkinson 18 Ap. F W K
Phillip Hopewell 60 FWK
John Hudson 35 FWK
Joseph Hufton 45 FWK
Thomas Hull 55 Stockinger
Matthew James 45 FWK
Sarah James 23 Seamer
Thomas James 21 FWK
William Jepson 30 FWK
William Joiner 40 FWK
Edward Lacey 52 Stockinger
James Lacey 15 Stockinger
Joseph Lacey 30 FWK
Thos. Lacey 35 Stockinger
John Lacy 41 FWK
William Langham 72 Stockinger
Joseph Leeson 45 FWK
Wm. Lockwood 31 FWK
George Lowe 30 FWK
James Marshal 30 FWK
John Marshal 23 FWK
Richard Marshal 26 FWK
Richard Marshal 50 FWK
Thomas Marshal 15 FWK
Susan Marshall 68 Seamer
Wm. Marshall 22 Stockinger
Wm. Marshall 34 Stockinger
William Marshal 50 FWK
John Martin 35 Stockinger
Ann May 20 Seamer
John May 20 FWK
Elizabeth Mee 20 Seamer
Isaac Mee 15 Stockinger
John Mee 25 Stockinger
Richard Mee 17 FWK
Thomas Mee 23 FWK
Wm. Mee 50 Stockinger
William Mee 25 FWK
William Mee 74 FWK
John Murden 20 Journeyman FWK
Edwin Newman 14 FWK
John North 20 Stockinger
William Oliver 60 FWK
Ann Page 35 FWK
Henry Page 13 FWK
John Page 35 FWK
Thomas Page 15 FWK
John Palmer 25 FWK
John Palmer 45 FWK
Wm. Palmer 27 Stockinger
George Parker 12 FWK
Samuel Parker 60 FWK
Samuel Parker 18 FWK
Stephen Parker 15 FWK
William Parker 20 FWK
William Parr 20 FWK
George Peppery 26 Stockinger
Richard Plowrighte 33 FWK
John Porters 15 FWK
Robert Porters 20 Stockinger
William Porteus 25 FWK
George Price 20 FWK
John Price 40 FWK
John Price Jun. 15 FWK
John Price 40 FWK
John Price 60 FWK
Sarah Price 60 FWK
Thomas Price 20 FWK
Thomas Price 60 FWK
George Price 35 FWK
Sarah Augusta Price 25 FWK
Thomas Price 35 FWK
Thomas Price 65 Stockinger
William Price 38 FWK
William Price 63 Stockinger
Wm. Price 40 FWK
William Price 16 FWK
Ellizabeth Reynolds 35 FWK
John Saxby 35 FWK
William Saxby 42 Stockinger
Richd. Searcy 25 FWK
Thomas Searcy 59 Stockinger
William Searcy 35 FWK
George Scott 30 Stockinger
Thos. Sharp 20 Stockinger
Mary Shaw 25 FWK
Richard Shaw 55 FWK
Richard Shaw 60 FWK
William Shelton 28 FWK
John Simons 18 FWK
Anne Skillington 68 Seamer
George Slater 30 FWK
Benjn. Smith 25 FWK
John Smith 28 FWK
John Smith 55 FWK
Samuel Smith 60 FWK
William Smith 34 FWK
George Squires 35 FWK
Benjamin Squires 20 FWK
Thomas Start 20 FWK
John Stevens 70 FWK
John Stevenson 25 FWK
Joseph Stevenson 45 FWK
Thomas Stevenson 30 FWK
Richd. Street 35 Stockinger
William Stroud 30 FWK
Thomas Swift 34 FWK
Henry Topley 30 Stockinger
William Underwood 25 FWK
John Vernon 32 Stockinger
Edward Whye 30 FWK
Rich. Wilkinson 30 FWK
Robert Wilkinson 25 FWK
Thomas Wilkinson 18 Stockinger
John Wilson 75 FWK
John Wilson 50 FWK
John Wilson 15 FWK
Samuel Wilson 25 FWK
William Wilson 70 FWK
William Wilson 53 FWK
John Winfield 45 FWK
John Wright 57 Stockinger
John Wright 20 FWK
Joseph Wright 25 FWK
Thomas Wright 20 Stockinger
William Wright 25 FWK
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