| Lace-Drawer |
Child
employed in lace work, drawing out threads |
| Laceman |
Dealer
in lace, who collected it from the makers, usually only those
who had bought his thread, and sold it in the lace markets |
| Lace-Master
/ Mistress |
Employed
workers in factories or in their homes for the production of
lace |
| Lace-Runner |
Young
worker who embroidered patterns on lace |
| Lacewoman |
Lady's
maid |
| Lagger |
Sailor |
| Lagraetman |
Local
constable (Law-Rightman) |
| Landwaiter |
Customs
officer whose duty was to wait or attend on landed goods |
| Lardner |
Keeper
of the cupboard |
| Laster |
Shoe
maker |
| Lattener |
Brass
worker |
| Launderer
/ Lavender |
A
washerwoman may call herself from the French 'Laver' to wash |
| Layer |
Worker
in paper mill responsible for a particular stage in paper-making
process |
| Leavelooker |
Examined
food on sale at market |
| Leder
/ Lodger |
Transported
and sold fresh drinking water |
| Leech |
Physician |
| Legerdemainist |
Magician |
| Legger |
Canal
boatman |
| Leightonward |
In
spite of the important sounding name, he was a gardener |
| Lighterman |
Worker
on a flat-bottomed boat |
| Limner |
Illuminator
of books, painter or drawer |
| Linener |
Linen
draper, shirtmaker |
| Liner
/ Lyner |
Flax
dresser |
| Linkerboy
or man |
One
who carried a link or torch to guide people through city streets
at night for a small fee (had to be licensed to trade in early
19th century had and term later sometimes applied to general
manservant ) |
| Lister
/ Litster |
Dyer |
| Litterman |
Groom
(of horses) |
| Loadsman |
Ship's
pilot |
| Loblolly
Boy |
Ship's
doctor's assistant or errand boy |
| Lock
Keeper |
Overseer
of canal locks |
| Long
Song Seller |
Street
seller who sold popular songsheets printed on paper |
| Longshoreman |
Stevedore |
| Lorimer |
A
lorimer was a maker of bits, spurs and other small ironware
for horses. Sometimes known as Loriner. |
| Lotseller |
Street
seller |
| Lotter |
One
who bought odd lots of wool and consolidated them for sale |
| Lum
Swooper |
Chimney
sweep |
| Lumper |
Dock
laborer who discharged cargo of timber employed by a master
lumper (not the Dock Company) or fine-grain saltmaker, from
practice of moulding salt into lumps |
| Lungs |
Alchemist's
servant whose duty was to fan the fire |
| Luthier |
Maker
and repairer of stringed musical instruments |
