Occupations : W

OCCUPATIONS :W

WABSTER	weaver
WADSETTER	under Scottish law a creditor to whom a wadset is made; a wadset is a right, by which lands, or other heritable subjects, are impignorated by the proprietor to his creditor in security of his debt
WAGONER	wagon or cart driver
WAILER	one employed in the mines to remove the impurities from the coal
WAINWRIGHT	builder or repairer of wagons
WAIT	night watchman
WAKEMAN	night watchman
WALKER	cloth worker
WALLER	one who built walls either brick or dry stone, also a person who worked making coarse salt
WANTCATCHER	mole catcher
WANTER	mole catcher
WARDER	in charge of prisoners
WAREHOUSEMAN	in charge of or employee in a warehouse
WARPER	set the warp thread on the looms or employed to move boats by hauling on the warps (the ropes attached to the boats)
WARRENER	in charge of a portion of land used for breeding rabbits and other small game
WASHMAN	tin coater
WASTEMAN	checked the old workings for gas and maintaining them in the mines or employed to remove waste
WATCH FINISHER	assembled watches and clocks
WATCHMAN	town official who guarded the streets at night
WATER BAILIFF	official in charge of the fishing rights on a stretch of water
WATER CARRIER	carted and sold fresh water
WATER GILDER	trapped water fowl
WATER LEADER	transported and sold fresh drinking water
WATER LEDER	transported and sold fresh drinking water
WATER LODER	transported and sold fresh drinking water
WATERMAN	worked with or on boats usually on rivers
WATTLE HURDLE MAKER	made a type of fence from wattle to keep the sheep in
WAULKMILLER	cloth worker
WAY-MAKER	employed to make roads
WAY MAN	surveyor of roads
WEATHERSPY	astrologer
WEBBER	weaver (originally a female weaver)
WEBSTER	weaver (originally a female weaver)
WEIGHER	worked on the docks to weigh the cargo as it was unloaded
WELLMASTER	one in charge of the local well with the responsibility of ensuring clean water for the village
WELL SINKER	dug wells
WELL WRIGHT	made the winding equipment used to raise the bucket in the well
WET GLOVER	made leather gloves
WET NURSE	woman employed to suckle the child of another (common practice with the rich)
WETTER	dampened paper during the printing process or in the glass industry who detached the glass by wetting
WHACKER	horse or oxen team driver
WHARFINGER	owner of a wharf
WHEELER	wheel maker, attended to the spinning wheel in the textile industry and one who led the pit ponies that pulled the tubs underground in the mines
WHEEL TAPPER	railway worker who checked for cracked wheels by striking them with a long handled hammer and listening for a clear ring
WHEELWRIGHT	maker or repairer of wagon wheels
WHEERYMAN	in charge of a wheery (a small light rowing boat)
WHIG	horse driver (Scottish term)
WHIPCORD MAKER	made whips
WHIPMAKER	made whips
WHIPPERIN	managed the hounds in a hunt
WHITEAR	hide cleaner
WHITE LIMER	plastered walls using lime and water plaster
WHITENER	one who bleached cloth
WHITENING ROLL MAKER	made the whitening used in whitening walls of cottages
WHITE SMITH	tin smith
WHITESTER	one who bleached cloth
WHITEWING	Street sweeper
WHITSTER	one who bleached cloth
WHITTAWER	preparer of white leather
WHITTAWER	one who made saddles and harness
WILLOW PLAITER	one who made baskets etc
WILLOW WEAVER	one who made baskets etc
WINDSTER	silk winder
WOODBREAKER	one who made wooden water casks
WOODRANGER	in charge of the forest or woods
WOOD REEVE	in charge of the forest or woods
WOODWARD	in charge of the forest or woods
WOOLCOMBER	operated machines that separate the fibres ready for spinning in woollen industry
WOOL DRIVER	one who brought the wool to market
WOOLLEN BILLY PIECER	worked in the woollen mills to piece together the broken yarns
WOOL FACTOR	wool merchants agent
WOOL MAN	one who sorted the wool into different grades
WOOL SORTER	one who sorted the wool into different grades
WOOL STAPLER	one who sorted the wool into different grades
WOOLSTED MAN	a seller of woollen cloth (from worsted man)
WOOL WINDER	one who made up balls of wool for selling
WORSTED MANUFACTURER	one who made worsted
WORSTED SHEARMAN	one who made worsted
WRIGHT	maker or repairer of wagon wheels
WYRTH	labourer

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