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  • Old Scottish Occupations . Comprehensive list and description of over 300  unusual occupations and work terms found on 17th, 18th, 19th and early 20th century records, Census returns, and gravestone inscriptions in Scotland.

         
 

Extract from List of Old Scottish Occupations from Scots Family

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Baxter  
                 Baker
Beadle                  Parish official employed in church to usher and keep order.
Beadman               Licensed beggar
Beamer                 A weaver's beamer drew yarn through the heavy beam of a loom.
Bedeswoman        An alms woman, licensed beggar
Beetler                  Cloth mill worker operating a beetling machine to emboss fabric
Beildsman             Licensed beggar
Berlin blacker       Applied a dull black varnish as a coating for ironware products
Blaxter                  Bleacher of cloth
Bleacher               Mill worker who whitened textiles, or paper 
Blockcutter           Person who hand-carves wooden blocks used for printing
Blockmaker          A trader or broker
Blockprinter          Person who prints on paper or cloth with carved wooden blocks
Bobbin turner       Maker of wooden bobbins and spools for textile mills
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