UK Family History Researcher


	Dictionary of Old Occupations and Trades
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		Benchman	- A type of Sawyer.

		Bender	- Cut leather

		Besom Maker	- Made besom brooms (Witches Brooms) from short tree branches tied to a wooden stale or handle.

		Besswarden	- Chosen by the parish to care for their livestock.

		Bicycle Liner	- Painted the decorative lines on the side of Cycles with a fine brush.

		Biddy	- Used mainly in the US to refer to an Irish maid servant.

		Bill Poster	- Put up posters.

		Binder	A) Book binder added the leather binding to books B) Hat binder applied binding to the hats edges to prevent ravelling.

		Bird Boy	- Employed to frighten birds like a scarecrow.

		Bird Catcher	- Caught birds or wild fowl.

		Birds Nest Seller	- Collected wild birds nests containing eggs and sold them for brooding by domestic fowl, the resulting chicks were sold as pets.

		Birlyman	- Parish arbiter with the power to settled disputes or ground officer “Scottish”.

		Biscuit Kiln Man	- Fires biscuit ware (Clay after its first firing is known as biscuit ware) in a kiln “Pottery industry”.

		Biscuit Rubber	- This person brushed/scours the biscuit ware (Clay after its first firing is known as biscuit ware) this removes loose debris. “Pottery industry”

		Black Borderer	- Applied black varnish to the edges of paper and envelopes, this stationary was then used to inform family and friends of a death.

		Black Tray Maker	- Coated trays with japanning which was a type of lacquer/varnish.

		Blacksmith	- Produces metal items such as horse’s shoes using a forge, anvil and hammer.

		Blackworker	- Embroidered blackwork this was a counted thread type of embroidery using black silk on a white background fabric.

		Blacking Maker	- Produced shoe polish commonly made by mixing tallow with lamp black.

		Bladesmith	- Sword maker.

		Bleacher	- A) Bleached flour B) Leather bleacher in the shoe making industry C) Cloth bleacher.

		Blemmere	- Plumber.

		Blentonist	- Finds underground water or other natural resources by divining or dousing.

		Block Cutter	- A) Cut blocks of stone used in the slate industry B) Produced wooden blocks used as a base in the hat making industry C) Cut patterns for fabric printing into blocks of wood or copper inlaid with felt D) Cut letters into wooden blocks for use in the printing industry.

		Bloodletter or Bloodman	- Practised Phlebotomy often using ether leeches or a scarificator to let blood as a treatment for many illnesses.

		Bloom Smith or Bloomer	- Worked in a Bloom Smithy processing Iron Ore into Iron.

		Blower	- A) Glass worker who blows through a pipe into the centre of molten glass B) Pumped bellows to supply the burning coal with oxygen in a smithy.

		Blowfeeder	- Inserted the fibres into a blowing machine which laundered and separated them in the Textile Industry.

		Blue Dyer	- Used blue dye to lighten textiles like calico during production or laundering.

		Blue Maker	- Produced the blue dye used to lighten textiles like calico during production or laundering.

		Bluestocking	- A) Female intellectual or writer B) Member of the Blue Stocking Society which encouraged female education.

Bluffer	- Publican.

Blunger operator	- Works the blunger machine which produces slip by mixing clay with water in the pottery industry.

Boarder	- Person who resided and ate meals with the family in return for a fixed fee.

Board Liner	- Person who pastes patterned or plain paper onto cardboard.

Boarding Officer	- Checks ships papers and cargo for contraband before permission is granted to enter port.

Boardman	- A) Tenant of a manor who paid for his lodgings by providing his master with food B) Attendance Office employed to check up on absent children (Truant officer).

Boardwright	- Carpenter.

Boatman	- A) Dealt with the mooring of boats B) Worked on or in charge of a Boat/Barge.

Boatswain	- Member of a ships crew in charge of the deck hands and responsible for general ship repairs.

Index of Occupations A \| B \| C \| D \| E \| F \| G \| H \| I \| J \| K \| L \| M \| N \| O \| P \| Q \| R \| S \| T \| U \| V \| W \| X \| Y \| Z (B-BAR)(BAS-BEL)(BEM-BOA)(BOB-BOW)(BOX-BZ)
© J Hewitt Family Researcher

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Dictionary of Old Occupations and Trades