page_title: Billingsley, Shropshire
section_title: Occupations
hierarchical_section_title: Billingsley, Shropshire / Occupations
caption_attribution_description: English: A graph to show the occupations of men and women in Billingsley in 1881
context_page_description: Billingsley is a small village and civil parish in Shropshire, England. It is located 6 miles south of Bridgnorth and lies in the diocese of Hereford.
  The village is situated on the B4363 road, south of Deuxhill. Between the two parishes flows the Horsford Brook. The village itself is in an area covering approximately 1302 acres. The eastern boundary of the village is formed by the Borle Brook. The parish is directly above coal measures that belong to the Wyre Forest Coalfield.
context_section_description: This is a chart showing the occupational structure of the parish of Billingsley in 1881 – comparing men and women. It gives a valuable insight into the village at this time. It uses the '24 orders' that were used for the original published reports in 1881 plus an 'unknown' category. From the chart, it can be seen that the majority of men worked in agriculture which suggests that it was a predominantly agricultural and working class village. From the graph it can be seen that there are more men working than women. However, there are more women than men working in domestic services or offices.
  
  Below is a pie chart showing the percentage of males aged 20 and over in 9 occupational categories in the village of Billingsley in 1831. Agriculture stands out again as the major occupation in the parish, with over half of the males in the village aged 20 and over taking up this occupation.
caption: Occupations of men and women in Billingsley (1881).
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