OCCUPATIONS :S
| SADDLER | one who made saddles, harnesses, horse collars, bridles |
| SADDLE TREE MAKER | one who made the frames for saddles that the saddler used |
| SAGGAR MAKER | one who made the fire-clay 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 | one who made or dealt in salt |
| SANDESMAN | ambassador or messenger |
| SAND HOG | those who dug the tunnel under the river |
| SANDWICHMAN | wears a sandwich billboard for advertising |
| SARCINET WEAVER | silk weaver |
| SAUCER | one who made or dealt in salt |
| 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 | 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 |
| SCAVENGER | employed by the parish to clean the streets |
| SCHRIMPSCHONGER | artisan who carves in bone, ivory, or wood |
| SCHUMACKER | shoemaker |
| SCOTCH DRAPER | sold goods door to door with payment to be made by instalments |
| 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 | wrote out legal documents etc |
| SCRIVENER | clerk, notary |
| 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 |
| SECONDMAN | assistant to driver on a locomotive |
| SECRET SPRINGER | one made watch springs |
| SEDGEMAN | skilled workman who applied sedge (type of grass) which was used as an early roofing material |
| SEEDSMAN | sower of seeds |
| SELF ACTING MINDER | one in charge of the automatic spinning mule in the mills |
| SEMI LORER | maker of leather thongs |
| 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 up-kept 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 | shearer of cloth, metal |
| SHEATH MAKER | one who made scabbards for swords |
| SHEEPMAN | sheep herder |
| SHEPSTER | dressmaker |
| SHERMAN | shearer of cloth, metal |
| SHINGLER | A roof tiler who used wooden tiles (shingles) |
| SHIP HUSBAND | repairer of ships while in harbour |
| SHIP MASTER | owner or captain of a ship |
| SHIPWRIGHT | constructor or repairer or ships |
| SHOE FINDER | seller of shoe maker's tools |
| SHOESMITH | cobbler, one who shoed horses |
| SHOE WIPER | servant who polished shoes |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| SILKER | sewed the ends of the fabric to prevent the layers from separating |
| SILK MERCER | sold silk cloth and items made from silk |
| SILK THROWER | worker in the silk industry |
| SILK TWISTER | silk spinner |
| SILVERSMITH | worked with silver |
| SIMPLER | agriculturist that we would call herbalist today |
| SISSOR | tailor |
| SIZER | applied the size to cloth or worked in a paper mill |
| SKELPER | one who made and sold beehives |
| SKEPPER | 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 |
| SLAPER | one who worked in a pottery preparing the clay for the potter |
| SLAPPER | one who worked in a pottery preparing the clay for the potter |
| SLATER | roofer |
| SLOPSELLER | seller of ready-made 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 small-ware, e.g. tapes, braids etc |
| SMELTER | worker in a metal smelter, smelt fisherman |
| SMIDDY | smith |
| SMITH | metal worker |
| SMUGSMITH | smuggler |
| SNOBSCAT | one who repair shoes |
| SNUFFER MAKER | made the candle snuffer |
| SOAP BOILER | soap maker |
| SOJOURNER CLOTHIER | travelling clothes salesman |
| SOLICITOR | lawyer |
| SOPER | soap maker |
| 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 | maker of spurs |
| 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 |
| 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 | labourer 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 |
| STOCKINGER | knitter, weaver, or dealer in stockings |
| STOKER | tends the fire of an engine boiler |
| STONEMAN | a surveyor of highways |
| STONE PICKER | employed to remove the stones from the farmers fields before planting |
| STONEWARDEN | a surveyor of highways |
| STONE WORKERS | worked with stone eg masons, quarriers etc |
| 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 | 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 |
| SUTLER | merchant or peddler in an army camp |
| SWAILER | miller or dealer in grain |
| SWAIN | herdsman |
| SWEEP | Chimney sweep |
| SWELL MAKER | one who made shallow baskets |
| SWINEHERDER | pig keeper |
| SWINEYARD | pig keeper |
| SWINGLER | one who beats flax to remove woody parts |
| SWORD CUTLER | sword maker |
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