Hi John You wrote: >I have come across a household of nine people in Cherry Lane, >Walton-on-the Hill, in the 1851 Census consisting of a woman head of >household aged 54, her sister aged 68, a niece aged 35, a lodger aged >14, and six 'nurse children'. > >Can a list-member explain this domestic arrangement please? > > See http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/n-o.html#N - "A child being looked after by another family for payment:" Best wishes, Lynne