 In 1877 the settlement of Little Broadwater, with seven houses and 39 people, had been annexed from the civil parish of Southwater.In 1899, Nuthurst occupations included a jobbing gardener, a boot maker, and two farm bailiffs.There were 16 farmers, one of whom was a stud owner, one an assistant overseer, and one being a poultry and dairy farmer at Monks Gate.