 By 1890 parish area had increased by 340 acres to , An 1881 population of 811 was an increase of 142 over 1871.This population included a reduced number of 14 farmers, one also an assistant overseer, and one a grocer, two farm bailiffs, two wheelwrights, a boot maker, a wood dealer, four shopkeepers, one of whom was also a carpenter, the Birchen Bridge miller, a plumber at Mannings Heath, three beer retailers, the publicans of The Black Horse, White Horse and Dun Horse inns, the latter at Mannings Heath also a wheelwright and blacksmith who provided accommodation for cyclists.There was general shoeing and jobbing smith and edge tool maker at Maplehurst and Lower Beeding.