This is a collection of the job titles or occupations of the people living in London in the 19th Century.
| Back Washer | cleans the wool in the worsted manufacturing industry |
| Backmaker | a Cooper; made backs, vats and tubs |
| Backster / Baxter | baker |
| Backus Boy or Back'us Boy | kitchen servant, abreviation of: "back of the house" |
| Badger | licensed pauper who wore a badge with the letter P on it, or a corn miller or dealer, or an itinerant food trader. |
| Bag Maker, Canvas / Paper | made bags |
| Bagman | travelling salesman |
| Badgy Fiddler | A boy trumpeter in the military. |
| Bagniokeeper | A person in charge of a bath house or brothel. |
| Bailie, Baillee or Baillie | Bailiff |
| Bailiff | officer of the sheriff, a land steward acting on behalf of the landowner |
| Bairman / Bareman | a pauper or beggar |
| Baker | baked bread and pastries |
| Bal Maiden | female mine worker who worked on the surface; Pit Brow Lass |
| Balancer | One who operates the "balance" in a coal mine, which is a slope with a pulley at the top where empty coal tubs pulled full tubs up the slope. |
| Baler | A person who bales hay, and in the mills one who baled wool or cotton goods |
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