First published in 1986. At any one time in late nineteenth-century England and Wales over one million men and women were described as domestic servants in the occupational category after agricultural work. This title explores several aspects of domestic service in the area of Rochdale, and the servant population is examined to discover who entered the service, at what age, and from what background they came. This title will be of interest to students of history.

Domestic Servants and Households in Rochdale 1851-1871, Edward Higgs; Preface, Edward Higgs; Chapter 1 Domestic Service in the Nineteenth Century, Edward Higgs; Chapter 2 Methodological Approach, Edward Higgs; Chapter 3 Rochdale in the Nineteenth Century, Edward Higgs; Chapter 4 The Social Position of the 'Servant' in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Census, Edward Higgs; Chapter 5 The 'True' Servant Population of Rochdale, 1851-1871, Edward Higgs; Chapter 6 Servant Employers in Rochdale and the Factors Affecting Their Employment of Servants, Edward Higgs; Chapter 7 Domestic Service and the Rural Woman, Edward Higgs; Chapter 8 The Effect of Location on Servant Employment, Edward Higgs; Chapter 9 The Recruitment of Servants in Rochdale, 1851-1871, Edward Higgs; Chapter 10 Domestic Service in Nineteenth Century Rochdale: Some Implications for Contemporary Historical Research, Edward Higgs; Coding conventions used in the transformation of sample schedules into numerical data., Edward Higgs; backmatter01 Tables, Edward Higgs;