Handloom weaver

A person who sells small sewing goods, threads, buttons etc.

A person who carries out the early stages of preparing raw fibre (for example Jute and flax) for spinning. Hackle-pins and fluted rollers were used to comb and soften the fibre and, in the case of jute, an emulsion of oil and water (whale oil until the late 19th century) was applied to assist the process.

One who drives a hackney coach or coach for hire

One who deals in hair

One who arranges hair

A child who spends half the day in factory school and the other half working in the factory. Dundee was the last city in Scotland to abolish half-time working, in 1918.

A person who operates a hammer for example In a blacksmith's, or shipyard, or a steam hammer in a foundry

One who makes leather harness for horses, oxen, etc.

One who makes hats and other headgear

One who makes hats and other headgear

One who makes hats and other headgear

One who makes hats and other headgear

A person who goes round houses or streets selling their wares

One who works at a mill

Flax-comb maker

One who makes separate heels for fitting to shoes

One who makes separate heels for fitting to shoes

Royal messenger, later member of Lyon Court

One who paints heraldic shields, scrivener

One who tends to herd of animals

Landowner/property owner with liability for financial contributions to parish burdens, for example the upkeep of the parish church, school, the poor and the wages of the schoolteacher and stipend of the minister

A married farm servant, for example a skilled ploughman with his own cottage, who worked on the land with his wife and family

One who tends to herd of animals

One who arranges the provision of servants, animals, vehicles, etc., in return for money