 The local magistrate was James Tuder Nelthorpe.The parish in 1851 was of , with traders in including 20 farmers, one who ran The Black Horse and one at Mannings Heath, a miller, two blacksmiths in the same family, a charcoal burner, a grocer, and a shopkeeper who also ran the post office.The publican at The Dun Horse was also a butcher.