OCCUPATIONS :H
| HABERDASHER | seller of men's clothing |
| HACKER | maker of hoes |
| HACKLER | one who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle, an instrument with teeth in linen industry |
| HACKMAN | one who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle, an instrument with teeth in linen industry |
| HACKNEY MAN | renter of horses & carriages |
| HAIRMAN | weaver of cloth composed wholly or partly of horsehair |
| HAIR SEATING & CURLED HAIR MERCHANT | dealer in horse-hair stuffing used in upholstery |
| HAIRWEAVER | weaver of cloth composed wholly or partly of horsehair |
| HALBERT CARRIER | soldier or halberdier, armed with a halberd, a combination spear and battle-axe (a ceremonial officer) |
| HAMMERMAN | hammerer, a smith |
| HANDLE STICKER | put handles on cast ceramic cups, pitchers, etc |
| HANDSELLER | street vendor |
| HANDWOMAN | midwife or female attendant |
| HANKYMAN | a travelling magician in Victorian/Edwardian England |
| HARLOT | vagabond, beggar, rogue, 14th century male servant, attendant or menial, and 15th century, loose woman |
| HARMER BECK | constable |
| HARPER | performer on the harp |
| HATCHLER | combed out or carded flax |
| HATTER | maker of or dealer in hats |
| HAWKER | peddler |
| HAYMONGER | dealer in hay |
| HAYWARD | fence viewer |
| HEADSMAN | executioner |
| HEADSWOMAN | midwife |
| HEALD KNITTER | operator of a machine which produced a jersey type of fabric as opposed to woven fabric |
| HECKLER | one who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle, an instrument with teeth in linen industry |
| HECK MAKER | maker of a part of a spinning machine by which the yarn is guided to the reels |
| HEDGE LOOKER | supervised good repair of fence and enclosures |
| HEDGER | hedge trimmer |
| HEELMAKER | made shoe heels |
| HELLIER | tiler or slater |
| HELPER-UP | young boy employed in Durham pits to help other workers |
| HEMPHECKLER | flax worker |
| HENCHMAN | horseman or groom |
| HENSMAN | horseman or groom |
| HENTER | thief |
| HEWER | miner who cut coal, stone, etc., a face worker in a mine |
| HIGGLER | one who haggles or bargains or itinerant dealer, similar to a cadger |
| HIGHWAYMAN | robber who preys on public roads |
| HILLIER | roof tiler |
| HILLIER | tiler or slater |
| HIND | farm labourer |
| HIRED MAN | gardener, farmhand, or stableman |
| HOBBLER | boat tower on a river or canal |
| HODSMAN | mason's assistant |
| HOGGARD | pig drover |
| HONEY DIPPER | extracted raw sewage from catch basins and out-houses |
| HOOFER | dancer |
| HOOKER | 16th century reaper, 19th century worker in textile industry who operated a machine which laid fabric flat in uniform folds of any required length |
| HOOPER | makes hoops for casks (not a cooper) |
| HORNER | worker in horn making spoons, combs, or musical horns |
| HORSE-CAPPER | dealer in worthless horses |
| HORSE COURSER | owner of race horses |
| HORSE-HAIR CURLER | dressed horse hair which was used extensively in the upholstery trade |
| HORSE KNAVE | groom |
| HORSE LEECH | veterinarian, farrier |
| HORSE MARINE | man-handled barges on canals when horses could not be used |
| HOSIER | retailer of stockings, socks, gloves, night-caps |
| HOSTELLER | innkeeper |
| HOSTLER / OSTLER | cares for horses, stableman, groom, repairer or railway engines |
| HOTPRESSER | worker in paper or textile industries where product was pressed between glazed boards and hot metal plates to obtain a smooth and shiny surface |
| HOUSE JOINER | house framer |
| HOUSE WRIGHT | house builder |
| HOWDY WIFE | midwife |
| HOYMAN | one who carries goods and passengers by water (Hoy - small coastal vessel or sloop) |
| HUCKSTER | sells small wares |
| HUCKSTER | peddler |
| HUISSHER | usher or door attendant |
| HURDLEMAN | hedge-maker, of wattled framework fencing |
| HURRIERS | term applied to the girls aged 5-18 who were employed as coal-drawers in the coal industry |
| HUSBANDMAN | tenant farmer |
| HUSH SHOP KEEPER | brewed and sold beer without a license (usually as a side line) |
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