 The 1871 census shows Arlingham as having a population of 697.At that time the village had a shop, blacksmith, butcher, tailor, dressmaker, shoemaker,school mistress, engine fitter, barge owner, two public houses (The Red Lion and The New Inn), as well mariners, watermen, bricklayers, masons, carpenters, 12 farmers.and many farm and domestic workers.