Victorian Job Titles
A listing of common job titles extracted mostly from the 1891 census return of England.
| Acater | supplied food provisions, e.g. a ships chandler |
| Accipitrary | falconer |
| Accomptant | accountant |
| Accoucheur/eus | assisted women in childbirth |
| Accoutre | supplier of military accessories |
| Accoutrement Maker | supplier of military accessories |
| Ackerman/Acreman | a ploughman, or an oxherder |
| Actuary | kept public accounts of business |
| Administrator | directed the affairs of another |
| Advertisement Conveyancer | sandwich board man |
| Aeronaut | balloonist or a trapeze artist in the circus or music halls |
| Affeeror / Assessor | responsible for ensuring that those fined by a Manor Court, actually paid their fines |
| Agent, broker, factor | |
| Agister | official of the Royal Forests |
| Agricultural Labourer | farm servant, shepherd, etc |
| Alabasterer | worked with alabaster |
| Alblastere | crossbow man |
| Alderman | senior councillor one position down from Mayor in the local council |
| Ale Connor/Founder | official who tested quality and measure of ale served in public houses |
| Ale Draper | seller of ale |
| Ale Taster | tested ale and beer for quality |
| Ale Tunner | brewery worker who fills ale casks (tuns} with ale |
| Ale Wife | woman who keeps an alehouse or tavern |
| All Spice | grocer |
| Almoner | Giver of Charity to the needy |
| Almoner | one who gave out alms to the poor on behalf of the parish |
| Almsman | one who received alms or charity |
| Amanuensis | A person employed to take dictation or to copy manuscripts. |
| Amber & Jet Cutter | a person who cut and polished amber for jewelry |
| Amber Cutter | A person who cuts amber |
| Ambler | officer of the Royal Stable who broke in horses |
| Amen Man | parish clerk |
| Anchor Smith | a person who made anchors |
| Anchoress | a female hermit or religious recluse |
| Anchorite | a male hermit or religious recluse |
| Angle Iron Smith | a person who made angle iron |
| Anilepman | a smallholder, or tenant of the manor |
| Ankle Beater | a young person who helped to drive the cattle to market |
| Annatto Maker | worked in the manufacture of dyes for paint or printing |
| Antigropelos Maker | a person who made waterproof leggings |
| Anvil Smith | made anvils and hammers for blacksmiths |
| Apiarian | beekeeper |
| Apothecary | prepared and medicines and drugs; pharmacist |
| Apparitor | official who summoned witnesses in the ecclesiastical courts |
| Apprentice | was bound to a skilled worker for a specified time to learn a trade |
| Aproneer | a shopkeeper |
| Apronman | mechanic |
| Aquarius / Ewar | waterman |
| Aquavita Seller | a person who sold alcohol |
| Archiator | physician |
| Archil Maker | made a violet dye from lichens, used in the textile industry |
| Arkwright | skilled craftsman who produced arks; wooden chests or coffers |
| Armiger | squire who carried the armour of a knight |
| Armourer | made suits of armour or plates of armour for buildings or ships etc. |
| Artificer | A soldier mechanic who does repairs |
| Artificer | skilled or artistic worker or craftsman |
| Artificial Flower Maker | made and sold artificial flowers |
| Ashman | dustman |
| Assay Master | determined the amount of gold or silver to go in coins |
| Assayer | determined the proportions of metal in ore |
| Assistant | assisted someone else in their trade, often a master |
| Assurance Agent | sells life assurance policies |
| Attendant on Sick | nurse |
| Auger Maker | made carpenters augers, used for boring holes in wood |
| Aurifaber | goldsmith |
| Avowry | the Lord of the Manor |
| Axle Tree Maker / Turner | made axles for coaches and wagons |
| Back Washer | cleans the wool in the worsted manufacturing industry |
| Backmaker | a Cooper; made backs, vats and tubs |
| Backster / Baxter | baker |
| Backus Boy | kitchen servant, from "back of the house" |
| Badger | licensed pauper who wore a badge with the letter P on it |
| Bag Maker, Canvas / Paper | made bags |
| Bagman | travelling salesman |
| Bailie | Bailiff |
| Bailiff / Baillie | officer of the sheriff, a land steward acting on behalf of the landowner |
| Bairman / Bareman | a pauper or beggar |
| Baker | baked bread and pastries |
| Bal Maiden | female mine worker who worked on the surface; Pit Brow Lass |
| Baler | bales hay and in the mills one who bailed wool or cotton goods |
| Balister | archer, or crossbowman |
| Ballast Heaver | loaded ballast into the hold of empty ships |
| Ballast Master | in charge of loading the ballast into the hold of empty ships |
| Baller | measured out the balls of clay for a potter |
| Band Filer | metal worker in the gun making industry |
| Bandster | bound the wheat sheaves after harvest |
| Banker | dug ditches to allow drainage, placing the surplus earth in banks |
| Banksman | in charge of the cages at the pit head; aka bank manager |
| Bar Manager, Inn | managed an inn |
| Barber / Barber Surgeon | a barber, hairdresser, also a surgeon |
| Bard | a poet or minstral |
| Bareman | beggar or pauper |
| Barge Mate | Naval officer |
| Bargee / Bargeman | worked on or owned and operated a barge |
| Barilla Manufacturer | made barilla; a sodium salt used in the glass and ceramics trade |
| Barkeeper | another name for a tollkeeper |
| Barker | tanner |
| Barmaid | serves drinks in an inn, public house or tavern |
| Barman | serves drinks in an inn, public house or tavern |
| Bartoner | in charge of a monastic farm, aka barton |
| Basil Worker | worked with sheep and goat skins |
| Basket Maker | made baskets |
| Basketman | made wicker products, also emptied the baskets of coal from colliers into barges |
| Bass / Bast Dresser | employed in dressing fibre or matting |
| Batman | an officer's servant in the army |
| Battledore Maker | made the beaters used on clothes carpets etc to remove the dust |
| Bauer | farmer |
| Baxter | baker |
| Bayweaver | one who wove bay (a fine woollen fabric also known as baize) |
| Bead Maker | made beads |
| Bead Piercer | employed to drill the holes in beads |
| Beadle / Beadel | officer of a church or synagogue whose principle duty was to keep order |
| Beamer | winds the warp on the roller before putting it on the loom in the textile industry |
| Bearer | worked undergrpound carrying the coal to the bottom of the pit shaft |
| Beater / Fuller | washed and thickened the cloth by treading it underwater with fullers earth |
| Beaver | made felt used in hat making |
| Bed Maker | made beds |
| Bedman | sexton |
| Bedwevere | made the webbing for bed frames and also a one who wove quilts |
| Beer / Wine House Keeper | usually unlicensed drinking establishments |
| Beerseller | same as above, but more like an off-license |
| Beershop Keeper | one who sells beer, not usually licensed |
| Beggar | |
| Belhoste | tavern keeper. |
| Bell Hanger | installed bells in churches |
| Bellfounder / Billiter | bell maker |
| Bellows Maker | made bellows used for organs or blacksmiths fires |
| Belly Builder | built and fitted the interiors of pianos |
| Bender | a person who cut leather |
| Besom Maker | made brooms |
| Bicycle Repairer | repaired bicycles |
| Biddy | female servant, usually Irish |
| Bill Poster | put up notices and signs |
| Binder | bound items, e.g., books, hats etc . |
| Bird Boy | employed to scare away birds from crops |
| Bird Catcher | caught birds for selling |
| Birds Nest Seller | sold birds nests collected from the wild complete with eggs which were then hatched by domestic birds and sold as pets |
| Black Borderer | made black edged stationery for funerals |
| Black Tray Maker | made Japanned trays |
| Blacking Maker | made polish for shoes |
| Bladesmith | swordmaker or knife maker |
| Blaxter / Bleacher | bleached cloth or paper pulp |
| Block Maker | engraved the blocks used in the printin |
| Block Printer | printer who used wooden blocks for printing |
| Bloodman / Bloodletter | used leeches for letting blood, thought to be a cure for many ailments |
| Bluestocking | female writer |
| Bluffer | an innkeeper or landlord of a pub |
| Boarding Officer | inspected ships before entering port |
| Boardman | truant officer who checked school attendance |
| Boardwright | made tables and chairs; aka carpenter |
| Boatman | worked on a boat, predominately on rivers and canals, also a boat repairer |
| Boatswain | ship's officer in charge of riggings & sails |
| Bobber | one who polished metals, or who helped to unload fishing boats |
| Bobbin Carrier | worked in spinning and weaving sections of the mills |
| Bobbin Turner | made the bobbins used in the spinning and weaving industry |
| Bobby | policeman usually of constable rank |
| Bodeys / Body Maker | made bodices for womens garments |
| Bodger | craftsman who made wooden chair legs |
| Boiler Engineer | designed boilers |
| Boiler Maker | made boilers |
| Boiler Plater | made rolled iron plate used to make boilers for steam engines etc |
| Boiler Smith | made or repaired boilers |
| Boilermaker | general metalworker |
| Bondager | female worker on a farm who was bonded |
| Bondman | bonded to a master for the purpose of learning a skill or trade; Apprentice |
| Bondsman | stood bond or surety for another where a bond was required by law |
| Bone Button Turner | made buttons using a lathe |
| Bone Lace Maker | made pillow lace |
| Bone Mould Turner | made the moulds for button manufacturers |
| Bone Picker | collected rags and bones aka Rag and Bone Man |
| Bonesetter | set broken bones |
| Boniface | keeper of an inn |
| Bonnet Maker | made bonnets |
| Bonnet Shape Maker / Wirer | made the wire base which formed the shape of the bonnet |
| Book Binder | bound books |
| Book Finisher | put the finishing touches to books |
| Book Folder | folded paper to make books |
| Book Gilder | decorated books with gold leaf |
| Book Keeper | looked after the accounts for businesses |
| Book Seller | sold books |
| Boot Clicker | punched eylet holes using a machine that clicked |
| Boot Closer | worked in the shoe trade stitching together all the parts of a shoe upper |
| Boot Finisher | put the finishing touches to boots |
| Boot Fitter | fitted boots |
| Boot Heeler | put the heels on boots |
| Boot Knifer | cut up parts for boots |
| Boot Laster | |
| Boot Machiner / Machinist | |
| Boot Maker | made boots |
| Boot Maker Paste Fitter | |
| Boot Repairer | repaired boots |
| Boot Rivetter | rivetted boots |
| Boot Seller | sold boots |
| Boot Sewer | sewed boots |
| Bootbinder | bound footware |
| Bootblack Polisher of boots | |
| Borer Traveling Salesman or Peddler | |
| Boss Maker, Wood | made wooden bosses |
| Botcher | tailor or cobbler |
| Bottiler / Bottler | made leather containers for holding liquids eg wine flasks or water bottles |
| Bottle Boy | pharmacists assistant |
| Bottle Machinist | |
| Bottle Washer | |
| Bottler, Cellar | worked in a cellar, bottling drinks |
| Bowdler | worked with iron ore |
| Bowyer / Bower | made bows used in archery |
| Box and packing case maker | |
| Box Maker | |
| Braider | made cord by twisting threads or strips of leather |
| Brailler | made girdles |
| Brakeman / Brakesman | operated the winch at the pit head or operated the brakes on trains or trams |
| Brasiler | dyer |
| Brass Finisher | |
| Brass Fitter | |
| Brass Founder | |
| Brass Pole Maker | |
| Brazier | worker with brass |
| Brewer | brewed alcoholic beverages |
| Brewer's Labourer | assisted - obvious really |
| Brewster | brewer, or female brewer |
| Brick maker, dealer | made and sold bricks |
| Bricklayer | laid bricks |
| Bricklayer's Labourer | assisted - obvious really |
| Brightsmith | metal worker |
| Broom Dasher | dealer in brooms |
| Broom Squire | broom maker |
| Brotherer / Broiderer | embroiderer |
| Brow Girl | female employed at the pit head |
| Brownsmith | worked with copper or brass |
| Brush Dresser | |
| Brush, broom maker, seller | |
| Brushmaker | |
| Buckle Tongue Maker | made the metal points that go in the holes of a belt |
| Buckler / Bucklesmith | made buckles |
| Bud Stuffer | |
| Buddleboy | maintained the vats used in the lead and tin mines for washing the ore |
| Builder | built houses and other buildings |
| Builder's Labourer | assisted - obvious really |
| Bullwhacker | oxen driver |
| Bummaree | middle man between the wholesaler and the retailer at the fish markets |
| Bummer | army deserter |
| Bunter | female rag & bone collector |
| Burler | quality inspector for clothing |
| Burmaiden | chambermaid or lady-in-waiting |
| Burneman | carrier of barm or water for brewers |
| Burye Man | grave digger |
| Bushel Maker | cooper |
| Busheler | tailor's helper |
| Busker | hair dresser or a street entertainer |
| Buss Maker | maker of guns |
| Butcher, meat salesman | prepared and sold meat for cooking |
| Butcher's Assistant | assisted - obvious really |
| Butner | button maker |
| Button Burnisher | button polisher |
| Button Clothing | |
| Button Hole Hand | cut and stitched button holes |
| Button Hole Hand Stitcher | cut and stitched button holes |
| Button Holer / Hole Maker | cut and stitched button holes |
| Cab Driver | drove a cab |
| Cab Man, Groom | drove a cab |
| Cab Nasher, Groom | |
| Cabinet Hawker | |
| Cabinet Maker | a highly skilled maker of quality furniture |
| Cabinet Maker Apprentice | apprentice to above |
| Cabinet maker, upholsterer | one who specialised in seating |
| Cabinet Maker's Labourer | assisted - obvious really |
| Cabinet Polisher | often a french polisher |
| Cable Jointer | joined cables |
| Cabman | drove a cab |
| Caddie | messenger or errand boy |
| Caddy Butcher | butcher that dealt in *horse* meat |
| Cadger | beggar |
| Cafender | carpenter |
| Caffler | rag and bone collector |
| Cainer | made walking sticks |
| Caird | tinker |
| Calciner | burnt bones to make powdered lime |
| Calender | listed documents |
| Calico Printer | dyed and colored calico |
| Camister | minister of the cloth |
| Campaner | Bell Maker |
| Candle Maker | made candles |
| Caner / Chair Bottomer | made the seats for chairs out of woven cane |
| Cannaller | canal boat worker |
| Canting Caller | auctioneer |
| Canvasser | made canvas |
| Cap Cutter | cut cloth to make caps |
| Cap Machinist | machined caps |
| Cap Maker | made caps |
| Cap Makers Apprentice | apprentice to above |
| Cap Manufacturer | owner of a cap making factory or establishment |
| Caper / Capper | cap maker |
| Capsule Maker | |
| Captain | in charge of a ship or a group of soldiers and also term for an overseer |
| Caretaker | takes care of another's property |
| Carman / Carter | drove a vehicle used to transport goods |
| Carman Contractor | carman contracted to a company |
| Carman with Mineral Waters | carman delivering water |
| Carman, Railway | carman working for the railway |
| Carman's Assistant | assisted - obvious really |
| Carpenter & Joiner | Skilled woodworker |
| Carpenter's Labourer | assisted - obvious really |
| Carpet and rug manufacture | made carpets and rugs |
| Carpet Weaver | wove carpets |
| Carriage Painter | painted carriages |
| Cart Boy | junior version of a carman I'd guess |
| Cart Minder in Market | a boy who looked after a stall in a market |
| Cart Wheeler | made cart wheels |
| Carter | carman, carrier, drayman |
| Cartographer | map maker |
| Cartridge Maker | made cartridges for the firearms industry |
| Cartwright | maker of carts & wagons |
| Case Maker | made cases (often packing cases) |
| Cattle Drover | drove cattle |
| Caulker | filled up cracks (in ships or windows) or seams to make them watertight |
| Ceiler | puts up the ceilings in buildings |
| Cellar Boy | boy who worked in a cellar |
| Cellarman | looked after the beer, wines and spirits in public houses and warehouses |
| Cellarman Winestores | looked after the beer, wines and spirits in wine stores |
| Chaff Cutter | made chaff by cutting straw |
| Chafferer | dealer in chaff |
| Chain Maker | made chains |
| Chair Bodger | traveling chair repairman |
| Chair Maker | made chairs |
| Chaisemaker | Carriage maker |
| Chamberlain | steward to either royalty or nobility, in charge of the household |
| Chambermaid | female servant attending to bedrooms in houses or inns |
| Chandler | grocer, dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles |
| Chandler Shop Asst | assisted - obvious really |
| Chanty Man / Shanty Man | sailor that led the singing of shanties on board ship |
| Chapeler | made and sold hats |
| Chapman / Copeman | itinerant dealer or peddler of goods |
| Char | cleaner |
| Charcoal Burner | made charcoal usually in the woods where the trees were cut |
| Charwoman / Char | cleaning woman |
| Chaunter | street entertainer who sung ballads |
| Cheese Factor / Monger | dealer in cheeses |
| Chest Maker | made chests |
| Chiffonier / Chiffonnier | wig maker or ragpicker |
| Children's Boot Maker | made boots for children |
| Chimney Sweep / Sweep | Swept the soot out of chimneys |
| China & Glass Dealer | sold china and glassware |
| Chip / Chippy | shipwright or carpenter |
| Chowder | fish monger |
| Cigar Box Maker Cutter | cut and made cigar boxes |
| Cigar Box Paperer | lined cigar boxes with paper |
| Cigar Maker | made cigars |
| Cigar Maker's Apprentice | apprentice to above |
| Cigar Sorter & Bundler | sorted and bundled cigars |
| Cigar Stripper | tobacco stripper, part of the cigar making process |
| Cigarette Cutter | cut cigarettes |
| Cigarette Maker | made cigarettes |
| Cinder Wench | female who collected cinders from gas works and sold them door to door |
| Circuit Rider | Traveling Preacher |
| Clark / Clericus | clerk |
| Cleaner, Char | domestic cleaner |
| Clergyman of the Established [Anglican] Church | |
| Clerk | general clerical work, also can mean clergyman, cleric |
| Clerk (C.C.) | commercial clerk |
| Clerk (Junior) | obvious really |
| Clerk Secretary | secretarial clerk |
| Clicker | made eyelet holes in boots using a machine which clicked. |
| Clock Maker | made clocks |
| Clod Hopper | plowman |
| Clog Dancer | street entertainers - Actors |
| Cloth Cutter | cut cloth |
| Cloth Presser | pressed cloth |
| Clothes Cutter | cut clothes |
| Clothier | who made or sold clothes |
| Clothier's Cutter | cut clothes |
| Club Proprietor | manager of a club |
| Coach Maker | made coaches |
| Coach Painter | painted coaches |
| Coachman | drove a coach, or acted as a guard, or looked after the horses |
| Coal Dealer & Greengrocer | sold fruit and vegetables as well as coal |
| Coal Drawer | worked in the mines pushing or dragging the coal carts to the bottom of the pit |
| Coal merchant/dealer | sold coal |
| Coal mine service | worked in a coal mine |
| Coal Miner | worked in a coal mine |
| Coal Porter / Coal Bearer | carried and delivered coal |
| Coalheaver, coal labourer | Similar |
| Cobbler | shoemaker |
| Cocoa Nut Opener | opened cocoa nuts |
| Coffee House Manager | managed a coffee house |
| Coffee House/Shop Keeper | kept a coffee house or coffee shop |
| Coffin Maker | made coffins |
| Coffin Maker, Undertaker | made coffins and took care of funeral arrangements |
| Cohen | a priest |
| Collar Cutter, Shirt | cut collars for shirts |
| Collar Dresser Shirt | fitted collars onto shirts |
| Collar Ironer | ironed collars on shirts |
| Collar Maker | made horse collars or shirt collars |
| Collier | coal miner, a coal merchant or one who worked on the coal barges |
| Colour Man | mixed the dyes in the textile trade and also assistant to a house painter |
| Colporteur | Peddler of books |
| Commercial Agent | another name for an agent |
| Commercial Clerk | another name for a clerk |
| Commercial Traveller | another name for a travelling salesman |
| Compositor, Printer | set the type ready for printing |
| Coney Catcher | rabbit catcher |
| Confectioner | maker of sweets |
| Cook | someone who cooks food |
| Cook, Domestic | someone who cooks food domestically |
| Cooper / Cuper | makes or repairs barrels or other vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks, tubs, vats, etc |
| Copeman | dealer in goods |
| Coper | dishonest dealer in horses |
| Copper miner | mined copper ore |
| Copperbeater | coppersmith |
| Coppersmith | worked with copper or brass |
| Coppersmith's Labourer | assisted - obvious really |
| Cordwainer | shoemaker |
| Cork Porter | one who carried cork |
| Corn Chandler | sold corn |
| Corn Porter | carried corn |
| Corn, flour, seed merchant/dealer | |
| Correspondent | journalist or writer |
| Corset Maker, Bone | made corsets |
| Coster | peddlar, hawker, seller of goods on the street, sometimes fruit, but not always |
| Coster / Hawker | Peddler |
| Coster Monger | fruit seller, or peddler, hawker, seller of goods on the street |
| Coster Wife | female fruit seller |
| Cotton Winder | wound cotton |
| Couper | buys & sells |
| Cow Boy, Milk | milked cows |
| Cowkeeper, milkseller | kept one or more cows and sold the milk from the front door |
| Coxwain | ship or boat helmsman |
| Creaque Hand | |
| Crier | law court officer, auctioneer, town announcer |
| Crocker | Potter |
| Crofter | tenant of a small piece of land |
| Cropper | tenant who is paid with a share of the crop |
| Crowner | Coroner |
| Curate - Clergy | |
| Curer | cures tobacco or pork |
| Currier | One who dresses the coat of a horse with a curry comb, or one who cures or tans hides |
| Customs Officer | |
| Cutler | knife seller or sharpener |
| Cutter | cuts things |
| Dairyman | worker or owner of a dairy farm or seller of dairy products |
| Danter | female overseer in the winding rooms of a silk mill |
| Dealer in Bldg Material | |
| Dealer in Books | |
| Dealer in Dogs | |
| Dealer in Handcarts | |
| Dealer in Second Hand Clothing | |
| Dealer, Shop | |
| Decorator | decorates houses |
| Delivery Clerk | clerk in charge of delivery |
| Delver | dug ditches |
| Dentist | fixed teeth |
| Deputy | safety officer for the pit crew in the mining industry |
| Deputy, Lodging House | made sure that everyone paid for their bed |
| Devil | printer's errand boy |
| Deviller | operated the devil, a machine that tore rags used in the textile industry |
| Dexter | dyer |
| Dey Wife | female dairy worker |
| Diamond Polisher | polished diamonds |
| Dipper | worked in the pottery trade and was responsible for the glazing of items |
| Distiller | maker of alcoholic beverages |
| Dock Cooper | a cooper who worked on the dock |
| Dock Laborer | american spelling of general labourer who worked on the dock |
| Dock Labourer | general labourer who worked on the dock |
| Dock Master | in charge of a dockyard |
| Dock Porter | a porter who worked on the dock |
| Docker | Stevedore, dock worker who loads & unloads cargo |
| Doctor's Lad, Port | doctor's assistant |
| Dog Muzzle Maker | made dog muzzles |
| Dom / Domestic Servant | household servant |
| Domestic | household servant |
| Door Keeper | guard, janitor, or porter |
| Dowser / Diviner | One who finds water using a rod or witching stick |
| Draper | dealer in fabrics and sewing needs, or a dealer in dry goods |
| Draper Come Traveller | travelling draper |
| Draper's Assistant | assisted - obvious really |
| Draper's Porter | carried stuff for a draper |
| Draughtsman | drew technical drawings |
| Draughtsman Engineer | got a degree and drew technical drawings |
| Dray Man / Drayman | One who drives a long strong cart without fixed sides for carrying loads |
| Dress Fitter | fitted dresses |
| Dress Maker | made dresses |
| Dresser | A surgeon's assistant in a hospital |
| Dressing Gown Maker | made dressing gowns |
| Dripping Man | dealer in dripping (the fat collected during the cooking of meats) |
| Drover | One who drove cattle, sheep, etc. to market |
| Drug Grinder | ground drugs to a powder |
| Druggist | prepared drugs for sale |
| Drum Maker | made drums |
| Drummer | Traveling salesman |
| Duffer | peddler of cheap goods |
| Dustman / Dustbin Man | collected domestic refuse |
| Dyer | employed in the textile mills to color fabric prior to weaving |
| Earthenware manufacture | made earthenware products; plantpots etc |
| Egg Factor / Eggler | egg or poultry dealer |
| Electrician | did electical work |
| Electro typer | type setter for a printer |
| Ellerman / Oilman | who sold oil used for lamps |
| Elymaker | oilmaker |
| Embosser | moulded or carved designs that were raised above the surface of the material |
| Embroider | makes embroidery |
| Engine and machine maker | makes engines and machines |
| Engine driver, stoker | drives an engine and stokes the boiler |
| Engine Fitter | fitted engines |
| Engineer | got a degree |
| Engineer's Apprentice | apprentice to above |
| Engineman | employed at a mine to be in charge of the machinery used to crush the ore |
| Engraver | engraves stuff |
| Enumerator | collected and recorded the information for the census from the householder |
| Envelope Cutter | cut envelopes |
| Envelope Folder | folded envelopes |
| Errand Boy | |
| Errand Girl | |
| Esquire | attended a knight, which later became a title for a man of standing in society |
| Exchequer | revenue collector |
| Exciseman | excise tax collector |
| Export Clothier | |
| Expressman | One who delivered mail |
| Eyer / Holer | one who made eyes in needles used for sewing |
| Faber | artisan or workman |
| Fabricator | maker |
| Factor | an agent employed by merchants to transact business of buying and selling |
| Factory Girl | |
| Factory Labourer | |
| Factory Lad | |
| Fagetter | made up faggots into bundles, seller of firewood |
| Falconer | breeds, trains, or hunts with hawks |
| Fancy Basket Liner | |
| Fancy Box Maker | |
| Fancy Man | pimp |
| Fancy Pearl Worker | worked in mother-of-pearl making buttons or fancy goods |
| Fancy Salesman | |
| Fancy Trimmer | |
| Fancy Woman | prostitute |
| Farm bailiff | |
| Farmer | often descendant of the gentry; usually having servants and farm workers |
| Farmer, grazier | |
| Farrier | A blacksmith, one who shoes horses |
| Farrier's Assistant | |
| Faulkner | Falconer |
| Fawkner | trainer of falcons |
| Feather Beater | cleanser of feathers |
| Feather Curler | curled feathers to prepare them for use in hat making etc |
| Feather Dresser | cleaned and prepared feathers for sale |
| Feather Man | dealer in feathers and plumes |
| Feather Wife | woman who prepared feathers for use |
| Fell monger | One who removes hair or wool from hides in preparation for leather making |
| Feller | woodcutter |
| Felter | worker in the hatting industry |
| Fettler | cleaned the machinery in woollen mills, removing accumulated fibres, grease, etc., |
| File Cutter - Maker | a maker of files, involved the cutting of grooves on the file surface |
| Finisher | operated machine giving final touches to a manufactured article in various trades |
| Finisher's Assistant | assisted - obvious really |
| First Hand | silk weaver who had his own loom (an outworker) |
| Fish Curer | cured fish |
| Fish Fag | female fish monger |
| Fish Hawker | sold fish on the street |
| Fish Monger | sold fish from a shop |
| Fish Porter | carried and delivered boxes of fish in the fish market |
| Fisherman/woman | caught fish |
| Flaxdresser | prepared flax prior to spinning |
| Fleshmonger | butcher or one who worked in a tannery |
| Fletcher | One who made bows and arrows; arrowsmith |
| Florist | sold flowers from a shop |
| Flower Hawker/Seller/Coster | sold flowers on the street |
| Flower Maker | made flowers (artificial) |
| Flower Worker | worked in the flower trade; looking after growing flowers |
| Flusherman | cleaned out water mains |
| Flycoachman / Flyman | driver of one-horse carriage hired by the day |
| Flying Stationer | street broadsheet seller |
| Fogger | peddler or low class lawyer |
| Foot Maiden | female servant |
| Foot Man | servant who ran errands, or one who opened the doors for passengers |
| Foot Pad | thief or robber |
| Foot Post | letter carrier or messenger who travelled on foot |
| Foreman | a person in charge in almost any industry |
| Forgeman / Smith / Forger | blacksmith, worker at a forge |
| Fossetmaker | who made faucets for ale-casks, etc |
| Fowler / Fugler | keeper or catcher of birds |
| Frame Mounter | mounted frames |
| Freedman | one released from slavery |
| Freemason | stonecutter |
| French Polisher | polished quality wooden furniture using special lacquer |
| Frobisher / Furbisher | remover of rust, a polisher of metal, eg. armour |
| Fruit Hawker | sold fruit on the street |
| Fruit Sorter | sorted fruit |
| Fruiterer / Fruit Salesman | sold fruit from a shop |
| Fulker | pawnbroker |
| Fuller | fulls cloth; shrinks and thickens woolen cloth by moistening, heating, and pressing; one who cleans and finishes cloth |
| Funeral Coachman | |
| Funeral Wreath Maker | |
| Fur Cape Maker | |
| Fur Cutter | |
| Fur Dealer | |
| Fur Dresser | |
| Fur Machinist | |
| Fur Puller | |
| Fur Sewer | |
| Fur Trimmer | |
| Furbisher | armor polisher |
| Furner | baker |
| Furnisher | |
| Furniture Labourer | |
| Furrier | seller or maker of furs |
| Gaffer | foreman of a work crew |
| Gaffman | a bailiff |
| Galvaniser | iron worker who coated metal with zinc, to inhibit rust |
| Gamekeeper | looked after the grounds and game on a country estate |
| Gamester | gambler or prostitute |
| Ganger / Gangsman | overseer or foreman |
| Gaoler | A keeper of the gaol, a jailer |
| Gardener | looked after gardens |
| Gas Fitter & Plumber | fitted gas appliances; gas lamps initially, and lead piping |
| Gas Stoker | stoked the fire in a gas works |
| Gaunter | glover |
| Gen / General Dealer, Shop | a shop that sold almost everything |
| Gen / General Laborer | american spelling of general labourer |
| Gen / General Labourer | general labourer, usually lifting and carrying etc |
| Gen / General Servant | general servant, usually domestic |
| Gilder | applies gold leaf |
| Glass Blower | maker of glass items |
| Glazier | glass cutter or window glassman |
| Glove Finisher | finished gloves |
| Glover | one that makes or sells gloves |
| Gold Beater | |
| Gold Embroider | |
| Goldsmith | maker of gold articles |
| Goldsmith, silversmith | |
| Government Civil Service | |
| Government messengers and workmen | |
| Granger | farmer |
| Grazier | pastures and raises cattle |
| Green Grocer | fruit and vegetable seller |
| Green Smith | worker in copper & brass |
| Grinder | ground things |
| Grindery Dealer | dealer in ground stuff; spices etc |
| Grocer | short for green groce |
| Grocer's Manager | manager of a green grocer's shop |
| Grocery & General Dealer | sold almost everything including fruit and veg |
| Groom | looked after horses |
| Gunsmith, Gun manfacturer | made guns |
| Gyp | college servant especially one attending undergraduates |
| Haberdasher | seller of men's clothing |
| Hacker | Maker of hoes |
| Hackmann | One who drove a carriage |
| Hackney Man | renter of horses & carriages |
| Hair Dresser | cut and styled hair |
| Hair Dresser & Wig Maker | do & made wigs |
| Hair Dresser's Apprentice | apprentice to above |
| Halter | made halters for horses |
| Hammerman (Smith) | hammerer, a smith |
| Hanchman | horseman or groom |
| Hand | assistant |
| Handseller | street vendor |
| Handwoman | midwife or female attendant |
| Handy Man | odd job man - very handy, lives just around the corner |
| Hansard | weapon maker or seller |
| Harlot | loose woman |
| Harness Maker | made horses harnesses |
| Hat & Cap Hand | assistant cap and hat maker |
| Hat & Cap Manufacturer | owner of a hat and cap factory |
| Hat Furrer | added fur to hats |
| Hatcheler | One who combed out flax |
| Hatter | maker of or dealer in hats |
| Hawker / Huckster / Coster | peddler - sells things on the streets, matches, laces etc |
| Haymonger | dealer in hay |
| Hayward | Keeper of fences |
| Hebrew Book seller | |
| Hebrew Reader Master | taught students to read hebrew |
| Hebrew Teacher | ditto |
| Hebrew Writer | wrote hebrew |
| Hedge Looker | supervised repair of fences and hedges |
| Hedger | hedge trimmer |
| Heel Maker | made boot and shoe heels |
| Hewer | miner who cut coal, stone, etc., a face worker in a mine |
| Higgler | Itinerant peddler |
| Hillier | Roof tiler |
| Hind | farm laborer |
| Hodsman | mason's assistant |
| Hog Reeve | One who rounded up the stray hogs on city streets |
| Holster | A groomer of horses |
| Hooker | Reaper |
| Hooper | One who made hoops for casks and barrels |
| Hooper | makes hoops for casks (not a cooper) |
| Horse Capper | dealer in worthless horses |
| Horse Courser | owner of race horses |
| Horse Driver (GER) | |
| Horse Hair Comber Brush | |
| Horse Hair Curler | dressed horse hair which was used extensively in the upholstery trade |
| Horse Hair Dealer | |
| Horse Hair Dresser | |
| Horse Hair Dresser, Brush | |
| Horse Keeper | |
| Horse Keeper, Groom | |
| Horsekeeper, groom (not domestic), jockey | |
| Horstler, Groom | |
| Hose (stocking) manufacturer | |
| Hosier | retailer of stockings, socks, gloves, nightcaps |
| Hoslter | Horse groomer |
| Hosteller | innkeeper |
| Hostler / Ostler | cares for horses |
| House Agent | |
| House Boy, Dom | |
| House Decorator | |
| House Joiner | house framer |
| House Keeper | |
| House Maid | |
| House Painter | |
| House proprietor | |
| House Wright | house builder |
| Housekeeper | |
| Huckster | Sells small wares |
| Husbandman | A farmer who cultivated the land, tenant farmer |
| Hush Shop Keeper | brewed and sold beer without a license (usually as a side line) |
| Ice Cream Vendor | |
| Iceman | seller or deliverer of ice |
| Idleman | gentleman of leisure |
| Infirmarian | in charge of an infirmary |
| Innkeeper | one who runs an inn |
| Insurance Collector | collected insurance premiums from customers |
| Iron Founder | one who works in an iron foundry |
| Iron Master | owner or manager of a foundry |
| Iron miner | mined iron ore |
| Iron Monger | dealer in hardware made of iron |
| Ironer | ironed clothing |
| Iron Monger Warehouse | Warehouse housing iron mongery items |
| Ironmonger, hardware dealer | dealer in hardware made of iron and other products |
| Ivory Workers | included makers of combs, boxes, billard balls, buttons, and piano keys |
| Jack | young male assistant, sailor, or lumberjack |
| Jack Smith | maker of lifting machinery and contrivances |
| Jagger | Fish peddler |
| Jam Maker | |
| Japanner | one who covers with a hard brilliant coat of any of several varnishes |
| Jeweller | made jewelry |
| Jeweller & Watchmaker | made jewelry and watches |
| Jobber | a buyer in quantity to sell to others, a pieceworker |
| Joiner / Joyner | skilled carpenter |
| Journeyman | one who served his apprenticeship and mastered his craft - time served |
| Journeyman Baker | time served baker - in other words, fully qualified |
| Journeyman Shoemaker | ditto, shoemaker |
| Journeyman Sweep | ditto, sweep |
| Jouster | fish monger |
| Junior Clerk… | a junior anything is usually one learning the job |
| Kedger | fisherman |
| Keeler | Bargeman |
| Kempster | Wood comber |
| Kempster | wool comber |
| Kiddier | skinner or dealer in young goats |
| Kilner | limeburner, in charge of a kiln |
| Kitchen Assistant | assisted - obvious really |
| Knacker | harness maker, buyer of old horses and dead animals |
| Knoller | toller of bells |
| Laborer | see general laborer |
| Labourer | see general labourer |
| Lace Master / Mistress | employed workers in factories or in their homes for the production of lace |
| Lace Warehouseman | employed in a lace warehouse |
| Laceman | dealer in lace |
| Ladies Jacket Maker | |
| Lady's Tailor | |
| Lamp Maker | |
| Lamplighter Gas | |
| Land proprietor | |
| Lardner | Keeper of the cupboard |
| Laster | shoe maker |
| Lattener | brass worker |
| Launderer | washer |
| Launderess | washer |
| Laundress | washer |
| Laundry Woman | washer woman |
| Lavender | washer woman |
| Law clerk | |
| Lawyers | |
| Lead Factory Hand | |
| Lead miner | |
| Leaf Stripper | |
| Learner at Sewing Machine | |
| Learner Button Holing | |
| Learner of Button Holing | |
| Learning Box Making | |
| Learning Shoemaking | |
| Leather Cutter | |
| Leather Drawer | |
| Leather Dresser & Confectioner | |
| Leather Seller | |
| Leather Seller's Assist | |
| Leather Sewer | |
| Lederer | Leather maker |
| Leech | Physician |
| Legger | canal boatman |
| Lemon Dealer | |
| Letter Carrier | |
| Letterpress Printer | |
| Licensed Messages | |
| Licensed Reader, Preach | |
| Licensed Victualler | one who is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages |
| Licensed Victualler | |
| Life Buoy Maker | |
| Lighterman | |
| Lighterman | worker on a flat-bottomed boat |
| Linen, flax manufacture | |
| Lint Maker | |
| Lister | dyer |
| Litho Printer | |
| Liverymann | Cared for horses for a fee |
| Lock Keeper | overseer of canal locks |
| Lodge Porter | |
| Lodging House Keeper | |
| Lodging house keeper | |
| Lodging House Manager | |
| Log Reader | |
| Longshoreman | Stevedore |
| Longshoreman | stevedore |
| Looking Glass Fitter | |
| Looking Glass Gilder | |
| Looking Glass Maker | |
| Lorner | Maker of horse gear |
| Maccaroni Loper | |
| Machine Boy | |
| Machine Girl | |
| Machine Ruler | |
| Machine Ruler, Print | |
| Machiner | |
| Machiner (Boots) | |
| Machinist | |
| Machinist (Apprentice) | |
| Machinist (Shoe Trade) | |
| Machinist Boy | |
| Machinist, machine worker (branch undefined) | |
| Machinist, Tailor's | |
| Maid | female domestic servant |
| Malender | Farmer |
| Maltster | |
| Maltster | Brewer |
| Maltster | brewer, maker or seller of malts |
| Man Licensed Premises | |
| Man of Coffee House | |
| Manager | |
| Manager of Lodging House | |
| Manager, Pub | |
| Manager, shirt factory | |
| Manageress | |
| Manageress do | |
| Manciple | A steward |
| Mangle Keeper | woman who offered use of the mangle for a fee |
| Mangle Worker | |
| Mangler | |
| Mangler | works a mangle |
| Mantle Cutter | |
| Mantle Finisher | |
| Mantle Machinist | |
| Mantle Maker | |
| Mantle Trimming Maker | made the trimming for gas mantles |
| Manufacturer, Mechanic | |
| Manufacturing chemist, labourer | |
| Marble Mason | |
| Marble Polisher, Mason | |
| Marbler | one who stained paper or other material, veined in imitation of marble |
| Marine Store Dealer | |
| Mariner | |
| Mark Cutter | |
| Market Carrier | |
| Market Labourer | |
| Market Porter | |
| Market Regulator | |
| Market Salesman | |
| Market Warehouseman | |
| Marshall | horse doctor or shoesmith |
| Mason | stonecutter |
| Mason | Bricklayer |
| Mason, paviour | |
| Master Baker | |
| Master Carman | |
| Master Tailor | |
| Match Box Maker | |
| Match Maker | |
| Match Seller, Coster | |
| Matchbox Maker | |
| Matchgirl | Sold matches on the street (Six for a fip) |
| Matron - Institute | |
| Mealman | dealer in meal or flour |
| Meat Porter | |
| Medical Assistant | |
| Mercator | merchant |
| Merchant | |
| Messenger | |
| Messenger, porter and errand boy | |
| Met Policeman | |
| Midwife | experience woman who assists in child birth |
| Milk Carrier | |
| Milk Dairyman | |
| Miller | |
| Miller | One who operated a grinding mill (grain) |
| Miller | corn miller, cloth miller, saw miller |
| Milleress | miller's wife |
| Milliner | |
| Milliner, Dress | |
| Milliner, dressmaker | |
| Millner | maker of womens' hats |
| Millwright | designer & builder of mills or mill machinery |
| Miner (branch undefined) | |
| Minister of Synagogue | |
| Mintmaster | One who issued local currency |
| Mission Hall Caretaker | |
| Monger | |
| Monger | Seller of goods (ale, fish) |
| Monger | dealer |
| Monthly Nurse | |
| Monthly Nurse | someone who assisted women during the first month after giving birth |
| Moulder | maker of molds or castings, brickmaker |
| Moulder in Clay | |
| Mouse Trap Maker | |
| Mudlark | sewer cleaner, riverbank scavenger |
| Muffin Maker | maker who made muffins |
| Muleskinner | Teamster |
| Municipal, Parish, Union Officer | |
| Music Teacher | |
| Musical Student | |
| Musician | |
| Musician, Music master | |
| Muslin manufacture | |
| Mustard Maker | |
| Mustarder | made and sold mustard |
| Nail manufacture | |
| Naperer | royal servant in charge of table linen |
| Napier | naperer |
| Narrow Weaver | |
| Navvy | |
| Neatherder | Herds cows |
| Necessary Woman | servant responsible for emptying and cleaning chamber pots |
| Needle & Charwoman | |
| Needle Woman | |
| Needle Worker | |
| Needlewoman | |
| Needlewoman, Shirt | |
| News Vendor | |
| News Vendor, Coster | |
| Newsagent | |
| Newsvendor | |
| Newsvendor, Coster | |
| Night Soilman | one who emptied cesspits, ashpits and backyard toilets |
| Night Watchman | |
| Nudel Sorter, Apprentice | |
| Nurse | |
| Nurse (not domestic servant) | |
| Nurse Girl | |
| Nurse Sick | |
| Nurse, Dom | |
| Nurse, Sick | |
| Nursemaid, do | |
| Nursery Boot Maker | |
| Office Boy | |
| Office Boy (City Orderly) | |
| Office Cleaner | |
| Office Cleaner, Char | |
| Oilman | sold oil for lamps |
| Oilman's Assistant | |
| Oilman's Manager | |
| Omnibus Conductor | |
| Omnibus Driver | |
| Optician | |
| Orange Peeler | |
| Orange Porter | |
| Ordinary Keeper | Innkeeper with fixed prices |
| Osier / Withy Peeler | removed bark from willow rods or osiers which were used in basket weaving |
| Ostler | one who looks after horses; stableboy |
| Ostler, Groom | |
| Ostrich Feather Manufacturer | |
| Owler | sheep or wool smuggler |
| Oyster Dredger | member of the crew on board an oyster fishing boat |
| Packer | |
| Packer | packs goods such as pickles or herring |
| Packer in Boot Trade | |
| Packing Case Maker | |
| Packing Case Maker Asst | |
| Painter | |
| Painter & Grainer | |
| Painter (Sign) | |
| Painter's Labourer | |
| Paling Man | seller of eels |
| Palmer | one who had been, or pretended to have been, to the Holy Land |
| Pannier Man | fish monger |
| Paper Bag Maker | |
| Paper Colorer | |
| Paper Cutter | |
| Paper Dealer | |
| Paper Embosser | |
| Paper Hanger | |
| Paper Hanger, Plasterer | |
| Paper manufacture | |
| Paper Presser | |
| Paper Sorter | |
| Paper Stainer | |
| Parish Work, Church | |
| Parker | park caretaker |
| Passage Keeper | kept passages and alleys clean |
| Passover Cake Baker | |
| Pasteler | pastry chef |
| Pastor | shepherd |
| Pastry Cook | |
| Patler, Groom | |
| Patten Maker | clog maker or one who made wooden soles (pattens) to fit under shoes to protect from wet and muddy ground |
| Pattern Maker | A maker of a clog shod with an iron ring. A clog was a wooden pole with a pattern cut into the end |
| Paver / Paviour | laid paving stones |
| Paviour, Road Paver | |
| Pawnbroker | |
| Pawnbroker's Assistant | |
| Pedlar, Coster | |
| Peeler | policeman, constable, bobby (from Sir Robert Peel founder of the police force) |
| Pensioner | |
| Peregrinator | Itinerant wanderer |
| Peruker | A wig maker |
| Pettifogger | A shyster lawyer |
| Pianist, Music | |
| Pianoforte Maker | |
| Pickler | |
| Pickler, Spice | |
| Picture Dealer | |
| Picture Frame Gilder | |
| Picture Frame Maker | |
| Picture Frame Moulding Maker | |
| Pigman | Crockery dealer |
| Piller | robber |
| Pilot | ship steersman |
| Pipe Case Maker | |
| Pipe Maker | |
| Pit Brow Lass | female worker who worked on the surface of the mines |
| Pitman | coal miner |
| Plain Machinist | |
| Plaster Ship Maker | |
| Plasterer | |
| Plasterer | |
| Plasterer's Boy | |
| Platelayer | laid and maintained railway tracks |
| Plowman | farmer |
| Plowwright | maker or repairer of plows |
| Plumber | |
| Plumber | One who applied sheet lead for roofing and set lead frames for plain or stained glass windows |
| Plumber & Gas Fitter | |
| Plumber, painter, glazier | |
| Plumber's Boy | |
| Plumbum Worker | plumber; literally, worker in lead |
| Pocket Book Maker | |
| Police | |
| Police Sergeant | |
| Policeman, Railway | |
| Pork Butcher | |
| Porter | |
| Porter | Door keeper |
| Porter | door or gatekeeper |
| Porter on Railway | |
| Porter, Grocer's | |
| Porter, Labourer | |
| Porter, Railway | |
| Postman | |
| Pot Boy / Man | worked in public houses collecting and washing dirty pots and glasses |
| Potato Badger | seller of potatoes |
| Potato Salesman Green | |
| Potman | |
| Potman & Barman | |
| Potter | maker or seller of pottery |
| Poulter / Poulterer | seller of poultry |
| Poulterer | |
| Practical Brewer | |
| Prentis | apprentice |
| Presser | |
| Pressmaker | |
| Printer | |
| Printer | |
| Printer's Apprentice | |
| Printer's Boy | |
| Printer's Compositor | |
| Printer's Cutter | |
| Printer's Devil | |
| Printer's Factory Lad | |
| Printer's Foreman | |
| Printer's Labourer | |
| Printer's Machine Boy | |
| Printing Mark Maker | |
| Proffensor of Swing | |
| Protestant Dissenting minister | |
| Provision Curer,dealer | |
| Provision Dealer | |
| Provision Warehouseman | |
| Publican | one who runs a public house, usually licensed |
| Publican | |
| Publican | innkeeper |
| Publican, Manager | |
| Puddler | Wrought iron worker |
| Pugilist | |
| Puller Down | |
| Pupil Teacher | |
| Purser | ship's officer in charge of provisions & accounts |
| Purveyor of Horse Flesh | |
| Quarrier | Quarry worker |
| Quarrier / Quarry Man | quarry worker |
| Quilter | one who quilted material |
| Rabbi - Hebrew Teacher - School | |
| Rag and Bone Man | went from street to street with a cart and collected any old rubbish |
| Rag Business | |
| Rag Cutter | cut up rags into small pieces to be used for making paper etc |
| Rag Gatherer | cleared the rags from the machinery in the mills; children |
| Rag Man | one who went from street to street collecting and selling old clothes and rags |
| Rag Merchant | |
| Rag Sorter | |
| Railway Clerk | |
| Railway Company's servant, Porter, Attendant | |
| Railway Engine Driver, Stoker | |
| Railway Labourer | |
| Railway labourer | |
| Railway officer, clerk, station master | |
| Railway Porter | |
| Railway Servant Port | |
| Railway Shunter | |
| Receiver of Blind Society | |
| Ref Att, Salvation Arm | |
| Refuge Att Salvation A | |
| Refuge Attendant SA | |
| Regd Shoeing Smith | |
| Rent Collector | |
| Rescue Worker | |
| Restaurant Keeper | |
| Restaurant Keeper, Coffee | |
| Restaurant Proprietor | |
| Ribbon manufacture | |
| Rigger | Hoist tackle worker |
| Rigger | hoist tackle worker; works on a ship's rigging |
| Ripper | Seller of fish |
| Ripper / Rippier | sold fresh water fish at the markets or maker and seller of baskets |
| Rivetter | |
| Road labourer | |
| Road Sweeper | |
| Rope Maker | |
| Ropemaker | |
| Roper | maker of rope or nets |
| Roper | Maker of rope or nets |
| Rough Packing Case Maker | |
| Rule Maker, tape | |
| Runner | One who solicited business for a hotel,steamship, etc |
| Runner | smuggler, messenger or one who worked for the magistrate; Bow St Runners |
| Sack Maker | |
| Saddle Harness Maker | |
| Saddler | One who makes, repairs or sells saddles or other furnishings for horses |
| Saddler, harness maker | |
| Sail Mantle Maker | |
| Sailor | |
| Salesman | |
| Salesman's Clerk, CC | |
| Saleswoman | |
| Sand Boiler | |
| Sanitas Packer | |
| Saw Maker | |
| Sawbones | Physician |
| Sawdust Dealer | |
| Sawyer | |
| Sawyer | |
| Sawyer | One who saws; carpenter |
| Sawyer | saws timber to boards |
| Scaffolder | |
| Scaffolders Labourer | |
| Scaleraker / Scavenger | employed by the parish to clean the streets |
| Scavelman | employed to keep the waterways and ditches clear |
| Scavenger | |
| Scholar | |
| School Master | |
| School Mistress | |
| School Teacher | |
| Schoolmaster/mistress | |
| Schumacker | Shoemaker |
| Scolar | |
| Scribe | clerk |
| Scribler | A minor or worthless author |
| Scrivener | clerk, notary, wrote out legal documents etc |
| Scrivener | Professional or public copyist or writer; notary public |
| Scrutiner | Election judge |
| Scullery Maid | female servant who performed all the menial tasks |
| Scullion | male servant who performed all the menial tasks |
| Sculptor | |
| Seal Mantle Maker | |
| Seaman | |
| Seaman (merchant service) on shore or in British ports | |
| Seaman Apprentice Merchant Service | |
| Seamstress | |
| Seamstress, shirtmaker | |
| Seed Warehousewoman | |
| Seedwoman, Cook | |
| Seller of Cats Meat | |
| Servant | |
| Servant & Barmaid | |
| Servant, Confectioners | |
| Servant, Domestic | |
| Servant, General | |
| Sewer Rat | bricklayer who specialised in making and repairing sewers and tunnels |
| Sewer, Shirt | |
| Sewster | seamstress |
| Sewsward of Boots | |
| Sexton | Worked for a church and did odd jobs |
| Sexton | employee or officer of a church who cared and upkept church property |
| Ship Engineer | |
| Ship Husband | repairer of ships while in harbour |
| Ship Master | owner or captain of a ship |
| Ships Chandler | grocer, provisioner, usually associated with provisioning ships |
| Shipwright | constructor or repairer or ships |
| Shipwright, shipbuilder | |
| Shirt Draper | |
| Shirt Dresser | |
| Shirt Maker | |
| Shirt Making Forewo' | |
| Shoe Black | |
| Shoe Cutter | |
| Shoe Maker | |
| Shoe Maker Finish | |
| Shoe Manufacturer | |
| Shoe Trimmer | |
| Shoeblack | |
| Shoeing Smith | |
| Shoemaker | |
| Shoes Last | |
| Shoesmith | cobbler, one who shoed horses |
| Shop Assistant | |
| Shop Boy | |
| Shop Girl | |
| Shop Keeper | |
| Shopkeeper | |
| Shopkeeper (branch undefined) | |
| Shopkeeper, Chandler | |
| Shopman | |
| Shrieve | Sheriff |
| Shunter | one who moved rolling stock around the railway yards |
| Sick Nurse | |
| Sign Painter | |
| Sign Writer | |
| Silk Dresser | prepared the silk for weaving |
| Silk Dyer | |
| Silk manufacture | |
| Silk Mercer | sold silk cloth and items made from silk |
| Silk Veloct Weaver | |
| Silk Weaver | |
| Silk Weaveress | |
| Silk Winder | |
| Silversmith | |
| Silversmith | worked with silver |
| Skin Dresser | |
| Skin Dresser, Fur | |
| Skipper | master of a ship |
| Slater | roofer |
| Slater | Roofer |
| Slipper Binder | |
| Slipper Maker | |
| Slipper Maker Assistant | |
| Slipper Sewer | |
| Slopseller | Seller of ready-made clothes in a slop shop |
| Smith | |
| Smith | metal worker |
| Snobscat/snob | One who repaired shoes |
| Snow Warden | Ordered to keep the snow flat |
| Soap Boiler | |
| Soap Boiler | soap maker |
| Soap Licker (Boiler) | |
| Soldier | |
| Sole Cutter (Boot) | |
| Solicitor, attorney, writer to the Signet | |
| Sorter | Tailor |
| Sow | |
| Spinner | spins yarn |
| Spinster | A woman who spins or an unmarried woman |
| Splint Cutter | |
| Splint Setter | |
| Spurrer | Maker of spurs |
| Squire | Country gentleman; farm owner; justice of peace |
| Stable Foreman | |
| Stableman | |
| Stableman, Groom | |
| Stabler | ostler |
| Stall Keeper | |
| Stationary Engine Stoker | |
| StationaryEngineDriver | |
| Stationer (not law) | |
| Stationer's Assistant | |
| Stationer's Cutter | |
| Stationery Leade | |
| Stay Maker, Dress | |
| Staymaker | |
| Stevedore | labourer who unloads and loads ships' cargoes |
| Stick Dresser | |
| Stick Dresser & Chandler's Shop Keeper | |
| Stick Finisher | |
| Stick Maker | |
| Stick Manufacturer | |
| Stick Polisher | |
| Stickmaker | |
| Stock & Share Broker | |
| Stoker | |
| Stone Dresser | |
| Stone Mason | |
| Stone quarrier | |
| Store Dresser | |
| Stove Blocker | |
| Straw hat and bonnet maker | |
| Straw-plait manufacture | |
| Street Minstrel, Actor | |
| Street Singer (Actor) | |
| Street Sweeper | |
| String Seller, Rope | |
| Stripper in Tobacco Factory | |
| Stuff gown | Junior barrister |
| Stuff gownsman | Junior barrister |
| Sugar Boiler | |
| Sugar Finer | |
| Sugar Grocer | |
| Super - Institute | |
| Super of Factory Girls Club | |
| Supercargo | Officer on merchant ship who is in charge of cargo and the commercial concerns of the ship |
| Surgeon Genl. Pract: Registered | |
| Surgeon, apothecary | |
| Sweep | |
| Sweep | chimneysweep |
| Sweet Stuff Vendor | |
| Table Maker | |
| Tailor | |
| Tailor | |
| Tailor | one who made or repaired clothes |
| Tailor & Clothier | |
| Tailor Coat Hand | |
| Tailor Hand | |
| Tailoress | |
| Tailor's Apprentice | |
| Tailor's Assistant | |
| Tailor's Cutter | |
| Tailor's Labourer | |
| Tailor's Machiner | |
| Tailor's Machinist | |
| Tailor's Presser | |
| Tallow Chandler | made or sold candles |
| Tanner | |
| Tanner | leather maker |
| Tanner | One who tans (cures) animal hides into leather |
| Tapley | One who puts the tap in an ale cask |
| Tarpaulin Maker | |
| Tasker | Reaper |
| Tea Cooper | |
| Tea Cooper (Grocer) | |
| Tea Packer | |
| Teacher | |
| Teacher (various) governess | |
| Teacher of Hebrew | |
| Teacher, School | |
| Teamster | One who drives a team for hauling |
| Tel' Inst Maker | |
| Telegraph Messenger | |
| Telegraphist | |
| Telegraphist & Clerk | sending and receiving telegraph messages |
| Thatcher | Roofer |
| Thatcher | one who covered roofs with straw or reeds |
| Ticket Writer | |
| Tide waiter | Customs inspector |
| Tie Maker | |
| Tie Maker | |
| Tiler | one who lays tiles |
| Timber Dealer | |
| Timber Porter | |
| Tin miner | |
| Tin Plate Worker | |
| Tin Smith | |
| Tinctor | dyer |
| Tinker | |
| Tinker | An itinerant tin pot and pan seller and repairman |
| Tinker | traveling repairman |
| Tinman | |
| Tinman | a tinsmith or tinker |
| Tinman, tinker, pin plate worker | |
| Tinner | tin miner, tinsmith |
| Tipstaff | Policeman |
| Tobacco Spinner | maker of cigars |
| Tobacco,cigar, snuff manufacturer | |
| Tobacconist | |
| Toe Rag | worked at the docks as a corn porter |
| Town Crier | Announced the news on the street |
| Town Crier | one who made public announcments in the streets |
| Town Husband | employed by the parish to collect money from the fathers of illegitimate children |
| Toy Maker | |
| Tranter | peddler |
| Traveller | |
| Travelling Bag Maker | |
| Travelling Glazier | |
| Travers | Toll bridge collector |
| Trepanger | one who used a circular saw to cut timber |
| Trimmer | trims a ship by re-arranging its cargo |
| Trimmer in Braid | |
| Trimmer Up | |
| Trimming Head | |
| Trimming Maker | |
| Trimming Seller | |
| Trousers Finisher | |
| Truck Lad | |
| Trunk Maker | |
| Trustee | |
| Tubber | made tubs and barrels ie a cooper |
| Tucker | Cleaner of cloth goods |
| Turned Sulky | |
| Turner | |
| Turner | A person who turns wood on a lathe into spindles |
| Turner | lathe worker |
| Turnkey | prison warder or jail keeper |
| Twister, Silk | |
| Type Founder Warehouseman | |
| Ulnager | examined the quality of woollen goods to be sold |
| Umbrella Cutter | |
| Umbrella Frame Maker | |
| Umbrella Maker | |
| Undertaker | |
| Unfortunate | |
| Upholsterer | |
| Upholsterer, Cabt | |
| Upholsterer's Apprentice | |
| Upholsterer's Tunner | |
| Upholsteress | |
| Valet | male servant that attended a nobleman or gentleman |
| Van Boy | |
| Van Boy, Car | |
| Van Guard | |
| Van Guard, (Carman) | |
| Van Inspector | |
| Varnisher (Furniture) | |
| Vassal | servant of the lowest order |
| Vegetable Salesman | |
| Vellum Binder | |
| Vellum Binder Book | |
| Vellum Sewer | |
| Vendor of Sweets | |
| Verger | one who worked with the priest in the running the church |
| Veterinery Surgeon | |
| Victualer | A tavern keeper, or one who provides an army, navy, or ship with food supplies. |
| Victualler | seller of food/drink |
| Viewer | one who worked at the mines in a managerial capacity |
| Vintager | grape farmer, wine maker |
| Vintner | wine merchant |
| Visitor of Sick | |
| Vulcan | Blacksmith |
| Wagoner | Teamster not for hire |
| Wagoner | wagon or cart driver |
| Wainwright | Wagon maker |
| Wainwright | builder or repairer of wagons |
| Waistcoat Maker | |
| Waiter | |
| Waiter | Customs officer or tide waiter; one who waited on the tide to collect duty on goods brought in |
| Waiter, Inn | |
| Waiting, Inn | |
| Waitress | |
| Waitress, Inn | |
| Wakeman | night watchman |
| Walker / Fuller | cloth worker |
| Walking Stick Dresser | |
| Walking Stick Maker | |
| Wardrobe Dealer | |
| Wardrobe Shop Keeper | |
| Wards Maid Hospital | |
| Warehouse Boy | |
| Warehouse Lad | |
| Warehouse Man | |
| Warehouse man/woman | |
| Warehouse Porter | |
| Warehouseman | |
| Warehouseman | in charge of or employee in a warehouse |
| Warehouseman (China, Glass) | |
| Wash, Laundress | |
| Washer Up, do | |
| Washerwoman | |
| Washerwomen, mangler, laundry keeper | |
| Waste Paper Dealer | |
| Watch & Clock Maker | |
| Watch and clock maker | |
| Watch Finisher | assembled watches and clocks |
| Watchmaker | |
| Water Bailiff | official in charge of the fishing rights on a stretch of water |
| Water Carrier | carted and sold fresh water |
| Water Cress Woman | |
| Waterproof Cab Maker | |
| Waterproof Garment Maker | |
| Waterproof Maker | |
| Waterside Labourer | |
| Way Maker | employed to make roads |
| Way Man | surveyor of roads |
| Weaver | |
| Weaver (not otherwise described) | |
| Webster | Operator of looms |
| Webster | weaver |
| Wet Nurse | woman employed to suckle tthe child of another (common practice with the rich) |
| Wharf Labourer | |
| Wharfanger | |
| Wharfinger | Owner of a wharf |
| Wheeler | wheel maker, attended to the spinning wheel in the textile industry |
| Wheelwright | |
| Wheelwright | |
| Wheelwright | maker or repairer of wagon wheels |
| Wheelwright | One who made or repaired wheels; wheeled carriages |
| Whitening Moulder | |
| Whitesmith | Tinsmith; worker of iron who finishes pr polishes the work |
| Wholesale Butcher | |
| Wholesale Oilman | |
| Window Cleaner | |
| Wine and spirit merchant | |
| Wire Frame Maker | |
| Wire Worker | |
| Wood Box Maker | |
| Wood Carver | |
| Wood Chopper | |
| Wood Cutter | |
| Wood Sawyer | |
| Wood Tier | |
| Wood Turner | |
| Wood, timber merchant/dealer | |
| Woodchopper | |
| Woodworker | |
| Wool Factor | wool merchants agent |
| Wool Knitter | |
| Wool Labourer | |
| Wool Sorter | |
| Woollen cloth manufacture | |
| Working Builder | |
| Working in Fur | |
| Works in Soap Factory | |
| Worsted manufacture | |
| Worsted Winder | |
| Wright | builder or repairer |
| Wright | Workman, especially a construction worker |
| Yard Labourer | |
| Yardman | rail road yard worker |
| Yeoman | Farmer who owns his own land |
| Yeoman | farmer who owns his own land |
| Zinc Worker | |
| Zincographer | designer who etched in relief a pattern on zinc plates used for printing |
| Zoographer | one who classifies species of animals |
