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50 Years of the Top 50 Occupations in County Durham
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Some Unique Occupations in County Durham
In each of the censuses below, only one person was recorded with each of these occupations.| 1841 | 1851 | 1861 | 1871 | 1891 |
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Artificial Fruit Maker Asylum Master Bacon Man Bellhanger Besom Maker Blacking Man Bobbin Winder Brass Founder Broom Maker Cap Maker Cattle Doctor Chorister Coin Dealer Dancing Master Fancy Knitter Fellmonger Fuller Game Watcher Gingerbread Baker Glue Boiler Hat Box Maker Lastmaker Librarian Mangle Owner Manor Bailiff Mercer Mole Catcher Museum Keeper Music Teacher Musical Instrument Maker Pike Hawker Pot Glazer Potatoe Man Poultry Keeper Quilter Rag Cutter Salammoniac Manufacturer Sand Moulder Sketchmaker Stage Performer Stocking Dyer Strolling Comedian Swillmaker Tea Dealer Tobacco Manufacturer Top Maker Vinegar Man Whipper In Wood Reeve |
Agent for Hong Kong Tea Company Bath Keeper Bird & Animal Preserver Book Seller Brass Founder (and Quack Doctor) Carpet Slipper Maker Castrator Coalminer & Bonesetter Corkmaker Dancing Master Fishing Rod Maker French Polisher Gas Fitter Gingerbread Seller Gleaner of Land Guano Merchant Lace Hawker Lecturer on Anatomy Lemonade Traveller Mangle Woman Manufacturer of Wood Boxes Metal Cleaner Mole Killer Mustard Manufacturer Needlework Teacher Patent Medicine Vendor Planner & Surveyor Professor of Theology Proprietor of Bazaar Rabbit Killer Riddle Maker Shovel Handle Maker Spectacles Hawker Spice Dealer Violinist | Apprentice Boot Closer Bandmaster to Durham Artillery Militia Border Wizard Botanist Butler of the Castle Cancer Doctor City Missionary Compass Maker Doctor ('Quack') Elocutionist Engineer in Ordnance Survey Fitting Office Clerk Flint Glass Manufacturer Florist Gas Fitter & Bandmaster Hat Dresser (Beaver) Hawker of Armchairs Hemp Dresser Image Maker Interpreter Jeweller Logger Mangle Woman & Ginger Beer Manufacturer Mechanic & Surgeon Dentist Militia Drummer Naphtha Manufacturer Photographer Riddlemaker Salt Dealer Steamtug Owner Toy Dealer Travelling Comedian Turkish Bath Attendant Turnpike Overlooker Wailing Woman Washer at Lead Mines Whitesmith & Bellhanger Working Optician |
Acrobat & Dancer Analytical & Practical Chemist Artificial Leg Maker Bacon Dealer Barometer Maker Bill Sticker Blue Slater Bone Mill Foreman Botanist Bus Driver Carpet Designer Clock & Watch Cleaner Coffee Roaster Contortionist Cricketer Dentist Dog Feeder Doormat Hawker Dustpan Smith Evengelist & Primitive Methodist Preacher Gas Works Girl Gymnast & Acrobat Herbalist Indian Civil Service Itinerant Cutler Journalist & Barrister Lamplighter Lead Miner, Draper & Grocer Lemonade Manufacturer Manager of Longstaff's Shoe Mart Master Clogger Mattress Maker Moravian Minister Nail Straightener Negro Comedian Nuisance Inspector Professional Vocalist School Monitor Screw & Bolt Fitter Sewerage Contractor Soda Water Manufacturer Steam Threshing Machine Owner Telegraph Inspector Temperance Agent Umbrella Maker |
Aerated Mineral Water Bottler Athlete Baking Powder Packer Bird Dealer Biscuit Packer Botanic Beer Agent Branmaker Button Hole Maker Candle Manufacturer Circus Proprietor Cocoa Rooms Keeper Cycle Agent Dogkeeper Emigration Agent Fettler Fish Curer Furniture & Wallpaper Dealer Gut Preparer Hay Tyer Herb Beer Packet Maker Ice Cream Vendor India Rubber Merchant's Assistant Inspector of Water Supply Jam Factory Clerk Juggler Kennelman Lemonade Bottler Licensed Horse Slaughterer Manager of Advertising Company Meter Inspector for Water Company Monumental Sculptor Muffin Maker Mustard Maker Paper Calender man Phrenologist Author Pottery Transferer Professional Billiards Player Proprietor of Swing Boats Queen's Messenger Rabbit Skin & Horse Hair Dealer Ratcatcher Reading Room Caretaker Sand Dealer Upholstress Vine Grower Watercress Hawker |
Try it! Using the form below, type in an occupation and get a statistical report like the ones above showing how many people held that job in the census. For example, to find all the people with jobs in the glass industry, search for the string "%glass%" (without the quotes). You can also restrict your search to a certain census or district.
Tip: Use % for the wild card. Doctors were often listed as General Practitioner.