Olde Occupations
H - L
Olde Occupations
H - L
| A | B | C | D-E | F-G | H-L | M-P | Q-S | T-Z |
| Haberdasher | seller of men's clothing |
| Hacker | maker of hoes |
| Hackler | separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle |
| Hackman | separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle |
| Hackney Man | renter of horses & carriages |
| Hair Seating & Curled Hair Merchant | dealer in horse-hair stuffing used in upholstery |
| Hairman | weaver of cloth composed wholly or partly of horsehair |
| Hairweaver | weaver of cloth composed wholly or partly of horsehair |
| Halbert Carrier | soldier or halberdier armed with a halberd |
| Hamberghmaker | horse collar maker |
| Hamberow | horse collar maker |
| Hammerman | hammerer; a smith; worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry |
| Hand Flowerer | ladies who embroidered flowers or similar designs on muslin or cambric |
| Handle Sticker | put handles on cast ceramic cups, pitchers, etc |
| Handseller | street vendor |
| Handwoman | midwife or female attendant |
| Hanger-On | hung corves (baskets) on rope at the pit-bottom; later - pushed tubs of coal into the mine-shaft cage |
| Hankyman | traveling magician in Victorian/Edwardian England |
| Hansard | weapon maker or seller |
| Harlot | vagabond; beggar; rogue; (14th century) male servant; attendant or menial; (15th century) loose woman |
| Harmer Beck | constable |
| Harper | performer on the harp |
| Hatcheler | combed out or carded flax |
| Hatchler | combed out or carded flax |
| Hatter | maker of or dealer in hats |
| Haulier | employed in coal mine, dragged a dram |
| Hawker | peddler |
| Haymonger | dealer in hay |
| Hayward | keeper of fences |
| Headborough | constable |
| Headsman | executioner |
| Headswoman | midwife |
| Heald Knitter | operator of a machine which produced a jersey type of fabric as opposed to woven fabric |
| Heater | employed in iron works |
| Heck Maker | maker of a part of a spinning machine by which the yarn is guided to the reels |
| Heckler | separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle |
| Hedge Looker | supervised good repair of fence and enclosures |
| Hedger | hedge trimmer |
| Heelmaker | made shoe heels |
| Hellier | tiler or slater |
| Hello Girl | telephone employee in the early 1900s |
| Helper-Up | young boy employed in Durham pits to help other workers |
| Hempheckler | flax worker |
| Henchman | horseman or groom |
| Hensman | horseman or groom |
| Henter | thief |
| Herd | shepherd or herdsman |
| Hetheleder | provider of heather for fuel |
| Hewer | miner who cut coal, stone, etc., a face worker in a mine |
| Higgler | itinerant peddler; haggles or bargains; similar to cadger |
| Highwayman | robber who preys on public roads |
| Hillard | tiled roofs with slate; tiler |
| Hiller | tiled roofs with slate; tiler |
| Hillier | tiled roofs with slate; tiler |
| Hind | farm laborer |
| Hired Man | gardener; farmhand; or stableman |
| Hitcher | in charge of the cage at the pit-bottom |
| Hobbler | boat tower on a river or canal |
| Hodsman | mason's assistant |
| Hoggard | pig drover |
| Hogger | railroad engineer or train driver |
| Hoghead | railroad engineer or train driver |
| Holster | groom who took care of horses, often at an inn; reaper |
| Honey Dipper | extracted raw sewage from catch basins and out-houses |
| Hoofer | dancer |
| Hooker | (16th century) reaper; (19th century) worker in textile industry who operated a machine which laid fabric flat in uniform folds of any required length; worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry |
| Hooker-On | hung corves (baskets) on rope at the pit-bottom; later - pushed tubs of coal into the mine-shaft cage |
| Hooper | made hoops for casks and barrels |
| Horner | worker in horn making spoons, combs, or musical horns |
| Horse Capper | dealer in worthless horses |
| Horse Courser | owner of race horses |
| Horse Knave | groom |
| Horse Leech | veterinarian, farrier |
| Horse Marine | man-handled barges on canals when horses could not be used |
| Horse-Hair Curler | dressed horse hair which was used extensively in the upholstery trade |
| Horsler | hostler (stableman or groom), horse servant at an inn |
| Hosier | retailer of stockings, socks, gloves, nightcaps |
| Hosteler | innkeeper |
| Hostler | groom who cared for horses |
| Hotpresser | worker in paper or textile industries |
| House Joiner | house framer |
| House Wright | house builder |
| Howdy Wife | midwife |
| Hoyman | carries goods and passengers by water (Hoy = small coastal vessel or sloop) |
| Huckster | peddler |
| Huckster | sells small wares |
| Huissher | usher or door attendant |
| Hurdleman | hedge-maker, of wattled framework fencing |
| Hurdler | hedge-maker, of wattled framework fencing |
| Hurriers | term applied to the girls aged 5-18 who were employed as coal-drawers in the coal industry |
| Husbandman | a farmer; animal husbandry; tenant farmer |
| Hush Shop Keeper | brewed and sold beer without a license (usually as a side line) |
| Iceman | seller or deliverer of ice |
| Idleman | gentleman of leisure |
| Indentured servant | has committed to working for someone for a fixed number of years |
| Infirmarian | in charge of an infirmary |
| Intelligencer | spy |
| Intendent | director of a public or government business |
| Interfactor | murderer |
| Iron Founder | founds iron |
| Iron Master | owner or manager of a foundry |
| Iron Monger | dealer in hardware made of iron (also known as a feroner) |
| Iron moulder | foundry worker who produced the sand molds into which the molten iron was poured to produce a cast metal/iron object |
| Ivory Workers | included makers of combs, boxes, billiard balls, buttons, and keys for pianofortes |
| Jack | young male assistant, sailor, or lumberjack |
| Jack-Frame Tenter | cotton industry worker who operated a jack-frame, used for giving a twist to the thread |
| Jack-Smith | maker of lifting machinery and contrivances |
| Jagger | carrier; carter; peddler or hawker of fish; (19th century) young boy in charge of 'jags' or train of trucks in coal mine; man in charge of pack horse carrying iron ore to be smelted |
| Jakes-Farmer | emptied cesspools |
| Japanner | covers with a hard brilliant coat of any of several varnishes |
| Jerquer | custom house officer who searched ships |
| Jersey Comber | worker in woolen manufacture (Jersey = wool which has been combed but not spun into yarn) |
| Jiggerman | operated a spinning wheel (Jigger) to form the foot (back side) of a ceramic plate |
| Jobber | a buyer in quantity to sell to others, a pieceworker |
| Jobling Gardener | employed on a casual basis |
| Jobmaster | supplied carriages, horses and drivers for hire |
| Joiner | skilled carpenter |
| Jongleur | traveling minstrel |
| Jorman | journeyman |
| Journeyman | not bound to serve a master, but hired by the day |
| Jouster | fish monger |
| Joyner | skilled carpenter |
| Kedger | fisherman |
| Keeler | bargeman |
| Keelman | bargeman |
| Keeper | colliery official who checked quantity and quality of coal output or weighman |
| Keeper | controlled the quantities of ore and fuel, regulated the blast and tapped the molten metal from the furnace |
| Keller | salt keeper |
| Kellogg | slaughter man |
| Kempster | wool comber |
| Kepegest | innkeeper |
| Kiddier | skinner or dealer in young goats |
| Kilner | limeburner, in charge of a kiln |
| Kisser | made cuishes and high armor |
| Knacker | harness maker, buyer of old horses and dead animals |
| Knappers | dressed and shaped flints into required shape and size |
| Kneller | chimney sweep who solicited custom by knocking on doors |
| Knocker-Up | man paid to wake up northern mill and factory workers on early shifts |
| Knocknobbler | dog catcher |
| Knoller | toller of bells |
| Knuller | chimney sweep who solicited custom by knocking on doors |
| Lace Runner | young worker who embroidered patterns on lace |
| Lace-Drawer | child employed in lace work, drawing out threads |
| Laceman | collected lace and sold it in the lace markets |
| Lace-Master/Mistress | employed workers in factories or in their homes for the production of lace |
| Lacewoman | lady's maid |
| Lagger | sailor |
| Lagreatman | local constable (Law-Rightman) |
| Lampa | glass blower |
| Lampe | glass blower |
| Landguard | group of customs men stationed along a coast to prevent landing of smuggled goods |
| Landwaiter | customs officer whose duty was to wait or attend on landed goods |
| Lardner | keeper of the cupboard |
| Laster | shoe maker |
| Lath render | put the plaster on walls and ceilings; split withies or pieces of timber to make laths |
| Latouner | worker in latten (a metal resembling brass) |
| Lattener | brass worker |
| Launderer | washer |
| Lavender | washer woman |
| Layer | worker in paper mill responsible for a particular stage in paper-making process |
| Leavelooker | examined food on sale at market |
| Lederer | leather maker |
| Leech | physician |
| Legerdemainist | magician |
| Legger | canal boatman |
| Lehrer | teacher |
| Leightonward | gardener (leighton - a garden) |
| Lengthman ; | employee of Great Western Railway - walked specified length of track carrying out minor repairs and reporting more major work necessary |
| Lengthsman | railway worker who had a length of railway track to keep in good order |
| Lighterman | worker on a flat-bottomed boat |
| Limeburner | maker of lime |
| Limner | draughtsman; illuminator of books, painter or drawer |
| Linener | linen draper, shirt maker |
| Liner | flax dresser |
| Linkerboy/man | carried a link or torch to guide people through city streets at night for a small fee |
| List Boys | worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry |
| Lister | dyer; worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry |
| Litster | dyer; worked in the tinplate manufacturing industry |
| Litterman | groom (of horses) |
| Loadsman | ship's pilot |
| Loblolly Boy | ship's doctor's assistant or errand boy |
| Lock Keeper | overseer of canal locks |
| Locker | customs officer who guarded a bonded warehouse |
| Lokeer | locksmith |
| Long Song Seller | street seller who sold popular song sheets printed on paper |
| Longshoreman | stevedore |
| Lorimer | maker of horse gear |
| Lormer | maker of horse gear |
| Lotter | bought odd lots of wool and consolidated them for sale |
| Lum Swooper | chimney sweep |
| Lumper | dock laborer who discharged cargo of timber employed by a master lumper; fine-grain salt maker, from practice of molding salt into lumps |
| Lungs | alchemist's servant whose duty was to fan the fire |
| Luthier | maker and repairer of stringed musical instruments |
| Lyner | flax dresser |
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