1901 census

The parish differed only slightly from that found in 1851 – a small, tightly-knit, agricultural community engaged on the Farleigh Wallop estate with its non-resident landlord, Lord Portsmouth. There was a population of 105 in 20 households including one family dwelling in tents. Householders included 16 married couples, one single man, two widowers and two widows. 27 residents were born in Farleigh Wallop, 29 in the neighbouring area, 26 elsewhere in Hampshire, 23 outside the county. New occupations included a coal carter, coal & coke merchant, navvy, three field hands and there were now two cowmen. Many, though not necessarily all, of the 26 children aged 4-13 years were presumably scholars.

Occupants of prominent houses:

Farleigh House. Mrs Routh, now aged 89, her unmarried daughter and her daughter and son-in-law William Nicholl, a clergyman, and five domestic staff lived at the house. There was also a coachman’s cottage and a  gardener’s cottage.

Manor Farm. John Butler, a widower, farmed here, his daughter acting as housekeeper. Two families lived in Manor Farm Cottage (4rooms), 2 carters lived in Carters Cottage (2 rooms) and Vauxhall cottage (4 rooms) accommodated a coal and coke merchant and his wife,  a carpenter an odd job boy and a shepherd’s family of four.

Park Farm House (Home Farm). John Perry, his wife and four children occupied the farm house. Park Farm Cottage accommodated a shepherd, his wife and son – a carter on the farm - another  carter, his wife and  four children and two sixteen year-old lodgers, also carters.