19th Century Occupations or job descriptions from Labeller to Lungs.
Labeller | Someone who stuck labels on things |
Labeller & Finisher | |
Labler | |
Laborer | Also General Laborer, usually lifting and carrying etc, an unskilled manual worker. (American spelling) |
Labourer | Also General Labourer, usually lifting and carrying etc, an unskilled manual worker. |
Lace Drawer | A child employed in lace work, drawing out threads. |
Lace Maker | |
Lace Master or Mistress | Someone who employed workers in factories or in their homes for the production of lace |
Lace Runner | Someone who embroidered patterns on lace. |
Lace Sorter | |
Lace Warehouseman | employed in a lace warehouse |
Laceman | A dealer in lace. |
Lacewoman | A lady’s maid. |
Lacquerer | Someone who paints things with lacquer. |
Lacqueress | Ditto – Female |
Lad | A junior in almost any industry. |
Ladies Boot Finisher | |
Ladies Companion | |
Ladies Jacket Maker | Someone who made lady’s jackets. |
Lady Clerk | A Female clerk |
Lady Help | |
Lady Superintendant | |
Lady’s Tailor | Someone who specialised in tailoring for ladies. |
Lagger | A sailor. |
Lagraetman | A constable. |
Lamp Dealer | |
Lamp Lighter | |
Lamp Maker | |
Lamp Shade Maker | |
Lamplighter Gas | |
Land proprietor | Manages land. |
Landlady | |
Landsman | A seaman on his first voyage. |
Land Waiter | A customs officer whose job was to wait or attend on landed goods. |
Lapidary | Someone who cuts, polishes or engraves precious or semi-precious stones. |
Lardner | The keeper of the cupboard, or an official in charge of pig food. |
Lash Maker | |
Last Maker | |
Last Worker | |
Laster | A shoe maker, one who uses a last, a cobbler. |
Latex Rubber Dresser | |
Lath Render or Renderer | A plasterer’s assistant, someone who puts the first coat of plaster onto laths on walls and ceiling. |
Latouner | Someone who works with latten, a brass-like metal alloy. |
Lattener | A brass worker. See Latouner. |
Lattice Boot Maker | |
Launderer | washer |
Launderess or Laundress | A washer woman. |
Laundry | |
Laundry Forewoman | |
Laundry Hand | |
Laundry Keeper | |
Laundry Maid | |
Laundry Woman | A washer woman |
Lavender | A washer woman (from French laver – to wash). |
Law clerk | a clerk who works for a court or a solicitor |
Law Stationer | |
Law Student | |
Lawn Tennis Shoe Maker | |
Lawyer | |
Layer | Someone who works in a paper mill. |
Layer on, Print | |
Lead Factory Hand | |
Lead Glazier & Plumber | |
Lead miner | |
Lead Worker | |
Leaf Cutter | |
Leaf Stem drawer | |
Leaf Stripper | someone who strips leaves from tobacco plants |
Leaf Veiner | Someone who paints veins on the leaves of artificial flowers. |
Learner or Learning | anyone learning a trade which is not an apprenticeship |
Leather & Grindery Dealer | |
Leather Bag Maker | |
Leather case maker | |
Leather Cleaner | |
Leather Currier | |
Leather Cutter | cuts leather |
Leather Dealer | |
Leather Drawer | draws leather |
Leather Dresser | dresses leather |
Leather Dyer | |
Leather Finisher | |
Leather Grounder | |
Leather Seller | sells leather |
Leather Sewer | sews leather |
Leather Trimmer | |
Leather Washer Maker | |
Leavelooker | Someone who examined food on sale at market. |
Lecturer | |
Lederer | A leather maker |
Leech | A physician. Also known as a Sawbones. |
Legerdemainist | A magician. |
Legger | A canal boatman who had to leg the barges through tunnels as they were not big enough for horses to get through. See Horse Marine. |
Leightonward | A gardener. |
Lemon Dealer | |
Lemonade Bottler | |
Letter Carrier | A postman |
Letter Case Maker | |
Letter Press Printer | Also Letterpress Printer; A printer using the letterpress printing method. |
Letter Sorter | |
Letting Lodgins | |
Library Assistant | |
Licensed City Messenger | |
Licensed Hawker | Someone licensed to sell items on the street; Drapery, Glassware etc. |
Licensed Messenger | A messenger |
Licensed Reader, Preach | A preacher |
Licensed Victualler | one who is licensed to sell alcoholic beverages |
Life Assurance Agent | |
Life Buoy Maker | |
Lift Man | |
Light Porter | |
Lighterman | A highly skilled worker carrying freight on a flat-bottomed boat; a lighter. |
Lime Light Operator | Also Drummond light or calcium light; The operator of a type of stage lighting used in theatres and music halls. |
Limeburner | A maker of lime. |
Limner | A draughtsman or artist. An illustrator or painter. |
Linen Collar Maker | |
Linen Draper | |
Linen, flax manufacturer | A manufacturer of linen. |
Linener | A shirtmaker, or linen draper. |
Liner or Lyner | A flax dresser. |
Linkerboy or Man | Someone who carried a link or torch to guide people through the streets at night for a small fee, or a general manservant. |
Lint Maker | Someone who made lint. |
Lister or Litster | Someone who dyed textiles. |
Litho Graphic Printer | Also Lithographic Printer; A printer who used the litho method. |
Litho Grinder, Stone | |
Litho Numbering Printer | |
Litho Plate Printer | |
Litho Printer | |
Litho Stone Polisher | |
Litho Zinc Printer | |
Lithographer | |
Lithographer & Print Maker | |
Lithographer, Draughtsman | |
Lithographic Artist | |
Lithographic Transferer | |
Lithographic Writer | |
Litterman | A horse groom. |
Liveryman | Cared for horses for a fee |
Living on Own Means | |
Loadsman | A ship’s pilot. |
Loblolly Boy | An errand boy, or a surgeon’s assistant on a ship. |
Lock Keeper | Someone who oversees the operation of canal locks. |
Locker Up Lady | |
Locksmith | |
Lodge Porter | Someone who looks after a lodging house. |
Lodging House Day Porter | |
Lodging House Keeper | Someone in charge of a lodging house. |
Lodging House Manager | Someone in charge of or owner of a lodging house. |
Lodging House Night Porter | |
Lodger | Also Boarder; Someone who sleeps in a lodging house. |
Log Reader | |
Log Wood Grinder | Someone who prepared a dye made from logwood, used in the textile industry. |
Lokeer | A locksmith |
London Confectionery Company Worker | |
Longshoreman | A stevedore; a labourer who unloads and loads ships’ cargoes |
Long Song Seller | A street seller who sold songsheets of popular music printed on paper about a yard long. |
Looking Glass Fitter | Someone who fits mirrors. |
Looking Glass Gilder | Someone who gilds the frames of mirrors. |
Looking Glass Maker | Someone who makes mirrors. |
Looking Glass Piller Maker | |
Looking Glass Silverer | |
Lord Mayor | |
Lorimer, Loriner or Lormer | A maker of bridles, spits, and other metal parts for the harnesses of horses. Also a maker of small ironware, or a worker in wrought iron. See Spurrier |
Lorner | Maker of horse gear |
Lotseller | A street seller. |
Low Comedian, Actor | |
Lum Swooper | A chimney sweep. |
Lumper | A dock labourer who loaded and unloaded timber from ships, who was employed by a Master Lumper. Also a fine grained saltmaker, from the practice of moulding salt into lumps. |
Luncheon Housekeeper | |
Lungs | An alchemist’s servant whose duty was to fan the fire. |