Teachers, builders and journalists are among the professions which have grown the most in the past 170 years, according to new research.

A study by family history website Ancestry.co.uk found that other jobs such as cabbies and “white van men” have replaced previous professions including egg merchants, lunatic keepers and bee dealers.

Teaching has increased the most in popularity, increasing by 130,000 per cent between 1841 and 2010 from 1,100 to almost one and a half million, the study revealed.

The number of journalists rose by 42,000 per cent between 1841 and 1901, while other professions growing in popularity include stockbrokers, dentists, accountants, medical professions, hairdressers and solicitors.

The number of butchers and publicans has slumped by over half while some jobs such as lunatic keeper and ice dealer have disappeared altogether.

The study was published ahead of tomorrow’s official census day.

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