In 1841 Hethe had a population of 377 of which 147 were under 16. This included some longstanding village families – Collingridge (5), Dagley (3), Fathers (9), Mansfield (8) and Morgan (4). The largest family were the Heydons with 25 members ranging from Jane at 2 months to Elizabeth at 80 years.
John Harrison of Shelswell Park was “Lord of the Manor” and principal landowner.
Employment was shown for 103 people:
- three farmers (Thomas Baylis, James Bonner and Thomas Collingridge)
- thirty-eight agricultural labourers (including John, Thomas, William and James Heydon)
- one gardener
- six general labourers
- seven making shoes (including John Adams and William Mansfield)
- five tailors (including George Adams and Thomas Morgan)
- One draper
- four bakers (including Elizabeth Dagley)
- four butchers
- one grocer
- two other shopkeepers
- one pig dealer
- four masons (Edward Fathers and John, George and Daniel Mansfield)
- One carpenter
- three sawyers
- two wheelwrights (one being Edmund Heydon)
- Three grooms
- three blacksmiths
- one sadler
- two clerks
- one publican (William Haddocks)
- one maltser/beer maker (Robert Watts)
- one cooper
- a nurse
- one doing laundry
- six of “independent means” (including Rachel Collingridge (80))
In 1847 Hethe House was the residence of Daniel Coggs Webb. In 1851 the farmer James Collingridge was living there.
