| Rack Maiden |
Girl employed in the tin mines of Cornwall to
dress the ore
|
| Raff Merchant |
Seller of fibre used to make raffia bags etc |
| Raffman |
One who dealt in raff (saleable rubbish) |
| Rag and Bone Man |
One who went from street to street with a cart and collected
any old rubbish, usually in exchange for a small item, e.g. a
block of soapstone |
| Rag Cutter |
One who cut up rags into small pieces to be used for making
paper etc |
| Rag Gatherers |
Employed to clear the rags from the machinery in the mills
(usually children) |
| Rag Man |
One who went from street to street collecting and selling old
clothes and rags |
| Rag Picker |
Sorted through the left over rags to find re usable ones |
| Raker |
Street sanitation worker |
| Ratoner |
Rat catcher |
| Rattlewater |
Town watchman |
| Rectified |
One who distilled alcoholic spirits |
| Redar |
Interpreter of dreams |
| Redsmith |
Goldsmith |
| Reeder |
Worked with reeds for hedging or thatching |
| Reedmaker |
Made the pipe for a musical instrument or made a weavers implement
(a reed) or reed cloth or the comb used in tapestry |
| Reeler |
Operated the machine that wound the yarn onto the bobbin |
| Reeve |
Church warden |
| Reever |
Shriever |
| Registrar |
Official who registers events such as land purchases or births |
| Renovator |
One who repaired clothing |
| Revenuer |
Taxman who enforces tax laws on liquor |
| Rickmaster |
Captain of Horse |
| Riddler |
Wool
stapler |
| Riftere |
Reaper |
| Rigger |
Hoist
tackle worker; works on a ship's rigging |
| Ripper
/ Rippier |
One
who sold fresh water fish at the markets or maker and seller
of baskets |
| Riverman |
Worker
on a river boat |
| Rockgetter |
Rocksalt
miner |
| Rockman |
Worked
in a quarry usually placing the charges on the rockface |
| Rodman |
Surveyor's
assistant |
| Roll
Turner |
Carder
of wool, cotton etc into rolls prior to spinning |
| Roller
Coverer |
One
who covered the rollers for the spinning process |
| Rolleyway
Man |
Maintained
the underground road in the mines |
| Roman
Cementer / Plasterer |
One
who worked with roman cement used in stuccoing |
| Roper |
Maker
of rope or nets |
| Rover |
Archer
or operator of a machine used in cotton mills which prepared
the carded fibre into rolls |
| Rubbisher
/ Rubbler |
Sorted
the small stones in the quarries |
| Rugman |
Dealer
in rugs |
| Runner |
Smuggler,
messenger and ironically one who worked for the magistrate
best remembered as Bow Street Runners |
| Rustler |
Cattle
thief |
