| Saddle Tree Maker |
One who made the frames for saddles that the saddler used |
| Saddler |
One who made saddles, harnesses, horse collars, bridles |
| Saggar Maker / Sagger Maker |
One who made the fireclay containers in which the stoneware
was placed ready for firing |
| Saggar Maker's Bottom Knocker |
Was the saggar maker's assistant who tapped the bottom of the
pots |
| Saloonist |
Saloon keeper |
| Salt Boiler |
One who obtained salt by boiling water |
| Salter
/ Drysalter / Saucer |
Salt
was of great importance in the past as the main food preservation.
A salter was a maker of or dealer in sale |
| Sand Hog |
Those who dug the tunnel under the river |
| Sandesman |
Ambassador or messenger |
| Sandwichman |
Wears a sandwich billboard for advertising |
| Sarcinet Weaver |
Silk weaver |
| Sawbones |
Physician |
| Saw Doctor |
Made, repaired, maintained and sharpened a wide range of cutting
tools and saw blades and also maintained and aligned mechanical
parts of a range of production machines |
| Sawyer |
Saws timber to boards |
| Say Weaver |
One who made Say, material used for table cloths or bedding |
| Scagiola Maker |
One who made imitation marble |
| Scaleraker / Scavenger |
Employed by the parish to clean the streets |
| Scappler |
One who roughly shaped the stone prior to being finished by
the stonemason |
| Scavelman |
Employed to keep the waterways and ditches clear |
| Schrimpschonger |
Artisan who carves in bone, ivory, or wood |
| Schumacker |
Shoemaker |
| Scotch Draper / Scotchman |
Sold goods door to door with payment to be made by installments |
| Screener |
Screened the ore at the mines surface |
| Scribbler |
Employed in a scibbling mill where the wool was roughly carded
before spinning |
| Scribe |
Clerk |
| Scriber |
Employed at the docks to mark the cotton bales with the approximate
weight ready for selling by the brokers |
| Scribler |
A minor or worthless author |
| Scrimer |
Fencing master |
| Scripture Reader |
Employed by the local clergy to go from house to house reading
parts of the bible to try and encourage people to attend church,
also read scriptures during some services |
| Scrivener |
He
was a clerk who specialised in drawing up bonds etc. At a time
when many people were illiterate, he offered an important service
to the community |
| Scrutineer |
Election judge |
| Scullery Maid |
Female servant who performed all the menial tasks |
| Scullion |
Male servant who performed all the menial tasks |
| Scutcher |
Beat the flax to soften the straw in the bundles |
| Seal Presser |
Employed in the glass industry to seal the bath against air
intake which could spoil the finished surface |
| Searcher |
Customs man |
| Searcher |
One made watch springs |
| Secret Springer |
Skilled workman who applied sedge (type of grass) which was
used as an early roofing material |
| Sedgeman |
Sower of seeds |
| Seedsman |
Maker of leather thongs |
| Self-Acter
Minder |
A
person who looked after a self-acting 'mule' in a spinnning
machine |
| Sempster |
Seamstress |
| Seneschal |
A senior steward at the Manor |
| Sewer Hunter |
Scavenger who concentrated on the sewers trying to find valuable
objects |
| Sewer Rat |
Bricklayer who specialised in making and repairing sewers and
tunnels |
| Sewing Clerk |
Collector of clothing piecework |
| Sewster |
Seamstress |
| Sexton |
Employee or officer of a church who cared and upkept church
property and sometimes rang bells and dug graves |
| Shagreen Case Maker |
One who worked with shagreen leather |
| Shanty Man |
Lumberman |
| Sharecropper |
Tenant farmer who would be paid with part of the crop |
| Shearer |
Removed the fleece from sheep |
| Sheargrinder |
Sharpened shears, scissors |
| Shearman
/ Sherman |
Shearer of cloth, metal |
| Sheath Maker |
One who made scabbards for swords |
| Sheepmaker |
Sheep herder |
| Shepster |
Dressmaker |
| Shingler |
A roof tiler who used wooden tiles (shingles) |
| Ship Husband |
Repairer of ships while in harbor |
| Ship Master |
Owner or captain of a ship |
| Shipwright |
Constructor or repairer or ships |
| Shoe Finder |
Seller of shoe maker's tools |
| Shoe Wiper |
Servant who polished shoes |
| Shoesmith |
Cobbler, one who shoed horses |
| Shot Firer |
One in charge of blasting in mines or quarries |
| Shrager |
One who trimmed and pruned trees |
| Shrieve |
Sheriff |
| Shuffler |
Yardman on the farms |
| Shunter |
One who moved rolling stock around the railway yards |
| Shuster |
Shoe maker |
| Shuttle Maker |
Made the shuttles for the weaving mills |
| Sickleman |
Reaper |
| Sidesman |
One who assisted the churchwarden |
| Silk Dresser |
Prepared the silk for weaving |
| Silk Engine Turner |
Turned the wheel on automatic silk weaving looms |
| Silk Mercer |
Sold silk cloth and items made from silk |
| Silk Thrower |
Worker in the silk industry |
| Silk Twister |
Silk spinner |
| Silker |
Sewed the ends of the fabric to prvent the layers from separating |
| Silversmith |
Worked with silver |
| Simpler |
Agriculturist that we would call herbalist today |
| Sissor / Cissor |
Tailor |
| Sizer |
Applied the size to cloth or worked in a paper mill |
| Skeiner Maker |
Made wheels used in spinning industry upon which yarn was wound |
| Skepper / Skelper |
One who made and sold beehives |
| Skinker |
Tapster in an ale house |
| Skinner |
Dealer in hides, mule driver |
| Skipmaker |
One who made the skips used in mining and quarrying for moving
men or materials to the surface |
| Skipper |
Master of a ship |
| Slapper / Slaper |
One who worked in a pottery preparing the clay for the potter |
| Slater |
Roofer |
| Slaymaker |
Apparently an Old English name meaning maker of slay's--wooden
pegs used in weaving |
| Slopseller |
Seller of readymade clothes in a slop shop |
| Slubber |
Operated the machine used to prepare cotton for spinning |
| Slubber Doffer |
Removed the bobbins from the spindles in the mills |
| Smackman |
Worked on a sailing ship (as a sloop or cutter) used chiefly
in coasting and fishing |
| Smallware Maker |
Who made smallware, e.g. tapes, braids etc |
| Smelter |
Worker in a metal smelter, smelt fisherman |
| Smiddy |
Smith |
| Smith |
Metal worker |
| Smugsmith |
Smuggler |
| Snapper |
Worker in glass factory who placed molded bottle (by neck)
into furnace hole |
| Snobscat |
One who repair shoes |
| Snuffer Maker |
Made the candle snuffer |
| Soap Boiler / Soper |
Soap maker |
| Sojourner Clothier |
Travelling clothes salesman |
| Solicitor |
Lawyer |
| Sortor |
Tailor |
| Souter |
Shoe maker |
| Spallier |
Tin worker who performs chiefly menial tasks |
| Sperviter |
Keeper of sparrows |
| Spicer |
Grocer or dealer in spices |
| Spinner |
Spins yarn |
| Splitter |
Operated a splitting machine or one who split things by hand,
e.g. stone, timber etc |
| Spooner |
Made spoons |
| Spurrer / Spurrier |
Maker of spurs |
| Squire / Esquire |
Practitioner of a profession, a gentleman |
| Stabler |
Ostler |
| Stallman |
Keeper of a market stall |
| Stampman |
Worker of an ore crushing machine |
| Stapler |
One
who sorted the wool into different grades |
| Stationer |
Bookseller, seller of paper & writing implements |
| Statist |
Politician |
| Stay Maker |
Corset maker |
| Steeple Jacker |
Painted flag poles etc |
| Steersman |
Ship's helmsman |
| Stenterer |
Operated the cloth finishing machine |
| Step Boy |
Employed to help passengers to enter or leave the coach |
| Stevedore |
Laborer who unloads and loads ships' cargoes |
| Steward |
Manager of property, purveyor of supplies or someone who attended
passengers on conveyance |
| Sticher |
One who does decorative stitching |
| Stockinner / Stockinger |
A person who worked at a stocking hand loom or a stocking weaver
or framework knitter |
| Stoker |
Tends the fire of an engine boiler |
| Stone Picker |
Employed to remove the stones from the farmers fields before
planting |
| Stone Workers |
Worked with stone eg masons, quarriers etc |
| Stoneman / Stonewarden |
A surveyor of highways |
| Storeman |
One responsible for stored goods |
| Stowyer |
One who stowed the nets away on fishing boats |
| Stravaiger |
Vagrant |
| Straw Joiner |
One who thatched roofs |
| Straw Plaiter |
One who made straw braids for the hat industry |
| Streaker |
One who prepared the body for burial |
| Street Orderly / Boy |
Street cleaner |
| Striker |
Blacksmiths helper or harpooned the whale |
| Stringer |
Made the strings for bows |
| Stripper |
Employed in the woollen trade to remove the rubbish from the
carding machines |
| Stuff Gowsman |
Junior barrister |
| Stuff Weaver |
Wove stuff (the coarse part of flax) |
| Sucksmith |
One who made ploughshares |
| Sumner |
Summoner or apparitor |
| Sumpter |
Porter |
| Supercargo |
Officer on merchant ship in charge of cargo |
| Sutler |
Followed soldiers to encampments, set up tents to sell supplies,
foodstuffs and dry goods, ie merchant or peddler in an army camp |
| Swailer |
Miller or dealer in grain |
| Swain |
Herdsman |
| Sweep |
Chimneysweep |
| Swell Maker |
One who made shallow baskets |
| Swineyard / Swineherder |
Pig keeper |
| Swingler |
One who beats flax to remove woody parts |
| Sword Cutler |
Sword maker |
