 In the 17th century the population seems to have mainly consisted of substantial farmers, for in 1625 it is described as a place with 'few or no poor at all in it and many wealthy inhabitants', and the Hearth Tax returns (1662–74) show the high average of about 2.5 hearths per house.By 1696, there were only two yeomen with an estate of £10 a year or more.It is now part of the parish of Morton Bagot, Oldberrow and Spernall which in 2001 had a population of 153.