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. |