| Cab Driver | drove a cab. Also Cab Man, Cabman, Cabbie or Carman |
| Cab Man, Cab Nasher, or Groom | drove a cab |
| Cabinet Hawker | |
| Cabinet Maker | a highly skilled maker of quality furniture |
| Cabinet Maker Apprentice | apprentice to above |
| Cabinet maker, upholsterer | one who specialised in seating |
| Cabinet Maker's Labourer | assisted - obvious really |
| Cabinet Polisher | often a french polisher |
| Cable Jointer | joined cables |
| Cad | A person employed to feed and water horses at coach stops. |
| Caddie | A boy who carried messages or who ran errands. |
| Caddy Butcher | butcher that dealt in horse meat |
| Cadger | A beggar |
| Cafender | A carpenter |
| Caffler | rag and bone collector |
| Cainer | made walking sticks |
| Caird | A tinker |
| Calciner | burnt bones to make powdered lime |
| Calender | One who listed documents |
| Calender Worker, Calenderer or Calenderman | A person who operated a machine which pressed cloth and paper using two large rollers (calenders). |
| Calico Printer | dyed and colored calico |
| Cambist | An expert in financial exchange, a dealer in bills of exchange. |
| Cambric Maker | A person who made a fine linen or cotton fabric called cambric. |
| Camerist | A lady's maid. |
| Camister | A minister of the cloth |
| Camlet Merchant | A seller of camlet, cloth used to make cloaks & petticoats. |
| Campaner | Bell Maker |
| Cancellarius | Chancellor. |
| Candle Maker or Candler | One who made candles |
| Candy Man | A travelling candy salesman, or a slang name for a bailiff. |
| Caner or Chair Bottomer | made the seats for chairs out of woven cane |
| Cannaller | canal boat worker |
| Canter | A religious speaker who uses cant, or a beggar or vagrant. |
| Canting Caller | An auctioneer |
| Canvaser or Canvasser | One who made canvas |
| Cap Cutter | cut cloth to make caps |
| Cap Machinist | machined caps |
| Cap Maker | made caps |
| Cap Makers Apprentice | apprentice to above |
| Cap Manufacturer | owner of a cap making factory or establishment |
| Caper or Capper | cap maker |
| Capillaire Maker | A person who made orange flavoured syrup. |
| Capitalist | A person who provided private capital or wealth for the production and distribution of goods. |
| Capsule Maker | |
| Captain | in charge of a ship or a group of soldiers and also a term for an overseer or boss |
| Card Nailer | A person who maintained the teeth (nails) on the carding machine used for preparing wool and cotton for weaving. |
| Carder | A person who operated a carding machine used to prepare wool and cotton for weaving by removing the knots and tangles. |
| Cardmaker | A person who made the handheld implement used for carding wool and cotton, or a maker of playing cards. |
| Cardroomer | A person who worked in the carding room of the cotton mills. |
| Caretaker | takes care of another's property |
| Carman, Carrier or Carter | drove a vehicle used to transport goods |
| Carman Contractor | carman contracted to a company |
| Carman with Mineral Waters | carman delivering water |
| Carman, Railway | carman working for the railway |
| Carman's Assistant | assisted - obvious really |
| Carner | A granary keeper |
| Carnifex | A Butcher |
| Carpentarius | A Carpenter |
| Carpenter & Joiner | Skilled woodworker |
| Carpenter's Labourer | assisted - obvious really |
| Carpet and rug manufacture | made carpets and rugs |
| Carpet Weaver | wove carpets |
| Carriage Painter | painted carriages |
| Carrier | A person who drove a vehicle used to transport goods. |
| Cart Boy | junior version of a carman I'd guess |
| Cart Minder in Market | a boy who looked after a stall in a market |
| Cart Wheeler | made cart wheels |
| Carter | A carman, carrier, drayman or wagoner. |
| Cartographer | map maker |
| Cartomancer | A fortune teller who used cards. |
| Cartridge Maker | made cartridges for the firearms industry |
| Cartwright | maker of carts & wagons |
| Case Maker | made cases (often packing cases) |
| Cashmarie | A person who sold fish usually at inland markets. |
| Caster or Castor | A person who made small bottles used for sprinkling salt, pepper, sugar etc. |
| Castrator | A person who castrated farm animals aka a Gelder. |
| Catagman | A cottager |
| Catchpole or Catchpoll | A bailiff or sheriffs officer. |
| Catechist | A teacher of religion. |
| Cattle Drover | drove cattle |
| Cattle Jobber | A person who bought and sold cattle. |
| Caulker | filled up cracks and seams in ships or barrels to make them watertight using tar or oakum-hemp fibre |
| Causewayer | A person who was involved in road repairs. |
| Cautioner | guarantor, one who acts as security for another. |
| Ceapman | See Chapman |
| Ceiler | puts up the ceilings in buildings |
| Cellar Boy | boy who worked in a cellar |
| Cellarman |
looked after the beer, wines and spirits in public houses and warehouses |
| Cellarman Winestores | looked after the beer, wines and spirits in wine stores |
| Cemmer | A person who hand combed the yarn before weaving. |
| Chaff Cutter | made chaff by cutting straw |
| Chafferer | dealer in chaff |
| Chain Maker | made chains |
| Chair Bodger | traveling chair repairman |
| Chair Maker | made chairs |
| Chaise Driver | The driver of a two wheeled, one or two person, light open carriage with a hood that may be let down. |
| Chaisemaker | Carriage maker |
| Chaloner | A dealer in shalloon, a material made in Chalons, or a person who made blankets. |
| Chamberlain | steward to either royalty or nobility, in charge of the household |
| Chambermaid | female servant attending to bedrooms in houses or inns |
| Chamber Master | A shoemaker that worked from home as an outworker or selling direct. |
| Chandler | grocer, dealer or trader; one who makes or sells candles |
| Chandler Shop Asst | assisted - obvious really |
| Chanty Man or Shanty Man | sailor that led the singing of shanties on board ship |
| Chapeler | made and sold hats |
| Chapman or Copeman | itinerant dealer or peddler of goods, or a keeper of a booth or stall in a market |
| Char | cleaner |
| Charcoal Burner | made charcoal usually in the woods where the trees were cut |
| Charman | See Carrier |
| Chartmaster | A middleman that negotiated mining contracts and supplied the labour. |
| Charwoman / Char | cleaning woman |
| Chaser | An engraver |
| Chatelaine | The mistress of a castle or house. |
| Chaunter | street entertainer who sung ballads |
| Cheese Factor or Monger, or Cheeseman | dealer in cheeses |
| Chesterman | A guard. |
| Chest Maker | made chests |
| Chiffonier or Chiffonnier | wig maker or ragpicker |
| Childbed Linen Warehouse Keeper or Dealer | A person who hired bedlinen for use at child-birth as most children were born at home in the 19th century. |
| Children's Boot Maker | made boots for children |
| Chimney Sweep or Sweep | Swept the soot out of chimneys |
| China & Glass Dealer | sold china and glassware |
| Chinglor | A rooftiler who used wooden shingles. |
| Chip or Chippy | shipwright or carpenter |
| Chipper's Labourer | An assistant to a shipwright or ships carpenter. |
| Chiropodist | A person who treats diseases of the feet & hands. |
| Chirugion or Chirurgeon | An apothecary or surgeon. |
| Chowder | fish monger |
| Chronologist | A person who recorded official events of historical importance. |
| Cigar Box Maker Cutter | cut and made cigar boxes |
| Cigar Box Paperer | lined cigar boxes with paper |
| Cigar Maker | made cigars |
| Cigar Maker's Apprentice | apprentice to above |
| Cigar Sorter & Bundler | sorted and bundled cigars |
| Cigar Stripper | tobacco stripper, part of the cigar making process |
| Cigarette Cutter | cut cigarettes |
| Cigarette Maker | made cigarettes |
| Cinder Wench | female who collected cinders from gas works and sold them door to door |
| Circuit Rider | Traveling Preacher |
| Cissor | A tailor. |
| Claker | A magician or astrologer. |
| Clapman | A man who took a person to prison. |
| Clark, Clarke or Clericus | clerk |
| Classman | An unemployed labourer. |
| Claviger | A Servant |
| Clay Carrier | An assistant to the shot firer in the pits. |
| Clayman | One who worked in the clay pits, preparing the clay for making bricks, or a person who coated the outside of buildings with clay to make them water proof. |
| Cleaner, Char | domestic cleaner |
| Clericus | See Clerk |
| Clerk | general clerical work, also can mean clergyman, cleric |
| Clerk (C.C.) | commercial clerk |
| Clerk in Holy Orders | A Clergyman, cleric or priest. |
| Clerk (Junior) | obvious really |
| Clerk Secretary | secretarial clerk |
| Cleyman | See Clayman |
| Clicker | One who made eyelet holes or uppers in boots using a machine which clicked, or a person in charge of the final stage of layout before printing in the print industry, or the servant of a salesman who stood at the door to invite customers in. |
| Clipper, Clipper on, or Clipper Off | One who attached the coal carts to the rope which was used to drag the carts to and from the coal face in the mines. |
| Clock Maker | made clocks |
| Clod Hopper | plowman or ploughman |
| Clog Dancer | street entertainers - Actors |
| Clogger | A clog maker (wooden shoes). |
| Cloth Cutter | cut cloth |
| Clothesman or Clothier | A person who made or sold clothes. |
| Cloth Lapper | A person who took the cloth from the carding machine and made it ready for the next process. |
| Cloth Linter or Picker | A person who removed unwanted threads and lint from the finished material. |
| Clotnman | See Clothier |
| Cloth Presser | pressed cloth |
| Clothes Cutter | cut clothes |
| Clothier | who made or sold clothes |
| Clothier's Cutter | cut clothes |
| Clouter | A person who made nails. Also another term for a shoemaker. |
| Clower | A person who made nails. |
| Club Proprietor | manager of a club |
| Coach Maker | made coaches |
| Coach Painter | painted coaches |
| Coachman | drove a coach, or acted as a guard, or looked after the horses |
| Coal Backer | A person employed to carry the sacks of coal from the coal barge to the coal wagons. |
| Coal Burner | A person who made charcoal. |
| Coal Dealer & Greengrocer | sold fruit and vegetables as well as coal |
| Coal Drawer | worked in the mines pushing or dragging the coal carts to the bottom of the pit |
| Coal Heaver | A person employed to move coal e.g. from boat to shore or from shore to boat. |
| Coal Higgler or Coalman | A person who sold coal usually from a horse and cart, house to house. |
| Coal merchant/dealer | sold coal |
| Coalmeter | A person who measured the coal. |
| Coal mine service | worked in a coal mine |
| Coal Miner | worked in a coal mine |
| Coal Porter or Coal Bearer | carried and delivered coal |
| Coalheaver, Coal labourer | Similar |
| Coal Runner | A person who attended the coal carts underground. |
| Coal Whipper | One employed to unload coal from ships using baskets attached to a simple form of crane. |
| Coast Surveyor or Waiter | A customs officer who watched over the off-loading of goods on the coast. |
| Cobbler | One who mended shoes and boots. |
| Cobleman | A person who used a flat bottomed boat for fishing. |
| Cockfeeder | A person who looked after fighting cocks. |
| Cocoa Nut Opener | opened cocoa nuts |
| Cocus | A cook |
| Cod Placer | A person who put the fire proof containers which held the pottery for firing into the kiln. |
| Coffee House Manager | managed a coffee house |
| Coffee House/Shop Keeper | kept a coffee house or coffee shop |
| Coffin Maker | made coffins |
| Coffin Maker, Undertaker | made coffins and took care of funeral arrangements |
| Cohen | a priest |
| Coiner | A person who worked at the Mint stamping out coins. |
| Collar Cutter, Shirt | cut collars for shirts |
| Collar Dresser Shirt | fitted collars onto shirts |
| Collar Ironer | ironed collars on shirts |
| Collar Maker | made horse collars or shirt collars |
| Collier | coal miner, a coal merchant or one who worked on the coal barges |
| Colour Man | mixed the dyes in the textile trade and also assistant to a house painter |
| Colourator or Colorator | A person who worked with dyes. |
| Colporteur | Peddler of books, sometimes religious books. |
| Colt | A name for unskilled workers. Used to describe women and children working in the framework knitting trade. |
| Comb Maker | A person who made combs either for the textile industry for combing wool etc. or the maker of hair combs. |
| Comber | One who operated a combing machine in the mills. |
| Combere | A person who combs wool. |
| Commercial Agent | another name for an agent |
| Commercial Clerk | another name for a clerk |
| Commercial Traveller | another name for a travelling salesman |
| Compositor, Printer | set the type ready for printing |
| Conder | A person on shore who gave directions to fisherman as to the movements of the shoals of fish (usually from the top of cliffs). |
| Coney Catcher | rabbit catcher |
| Confectioner | maker of sweets |
| Conner | An inspector or tester. |
| Contriver | An inventor, or a schemer or plotter. |
| Conveyor | A grantor or seller. |
| Cook | someone who cooks food |
| Cook, Domestic | someone who cooks food domestically |
| Cooper or Cuper | makes or repairs barrels or other vessels made of staves & hoops, such as casks, tubs, vats, etc |
| Copeman | dealer in goods, or a dishonest dealer in horses. |
| Coper | A horse dealer. Sometimes a dishonest horse dealer. |
| Copperbeater or Copperbeter | A coppersmith, someone who worked with copper or brass. |
| Copper miner | mined copper ore |
| Coppersmith's Labourer | assisted - obvious really |
| Coppice Keeper | A person who looks after a small wood. |
| Coracle Maker | A person who made coracles, small round boats used for inland water fishing. |
| Cordiner or Cordwainer | A shoemaker. Also a person who worked with Cordovan, a special soft leather from Spain. |
| Cork Cutter | A person who worked with cork. |
| Cork Porter | one who carried cork |
| Corn Chandler | sold corn |
| Corn Cutter | A podiatrist. |
| Cornet | The lowest commissioned rank in a cavalry regiment. |
| Corn Factor | A middleman in corn deals. |
| Corn Meter | An official who measured and weighed the corn at market. |
| Corn Porter | carried corn |
| Correspondent | journalist or writer |
| Corset Maker, Bone | made corsets |
| Corver | A person who made baskets used in coal mining known as corves. |
| Corveysera, Corviner or Corviser | See Cordiner |
| Coster | peddlar, hawker, seller of goods on the street, sometimes fruit, but not always |
| Coster Monger or Costermonger | fruit seller, or peddler, hawker, seller of goods on the street |
| Coster Wife | female fruit seller |
| Coteler or Cotyler | A person who made and repaired knives. |
| Cotiler | A cutler |
| Cottager, Cottar, Cotter or cottier | An agricultural labourer who lived in a cottage on the landowners farm. |
| Cotton Feeder | A person employed in the cotton mills to feed the cotton into the loom. |
| Cotton Winder | wound cotton |
| Coucher | A person employed in the paper making trade. |
| Countour | A person who collected rates. |
| Couper | A dealer, Buys and sells, usually cattle and horses. |
| Couple Beggar | An itinerant priest who performed marriages without licence or banns. |
| Coupler | A person employed in the coal mines coupling the coal tubs together. |
| Couranteer | A journalist. |
| Court Factor | A person who bought and sold courts (small carts). |
| Court Roller | A person in charge of the court rolls and records. |
| Court Toolmaker | A manufacturer of tools used to produce carts known as courts. |
| Courtier | The owner and driver of a horse and cart known as a court. |
| Cow Boy, Milk | milked cows |
| Cowherd | A person who looked after cows. |
| Cowkeeper, Cowman or milkseller | kept one or more cows and sold the milk from the front door, or from door to door |
| Cow Leech | An animal doctor. |
| Coxwain | ship or boat helmsman, or a member of the crew that gave the steering instructions to the helmsman |
| Crayman | driver of a cart carrying heavy loads. |
| Creaque Hand | |
| Crier | law court officer, auctioneer, town announcer |
| Crimper | A member of navy press gang. |
| Crocker | Potter |
| Crofter | tenant of a small piece of land |
| Cropper | tenant who is paid with a share of the crop, or a skilled worker in the Yorkshire weaving trade who sheared the nap from cloth. |
| Crowner | A Coroner |
| Cuhreur or Cunreur | A currier. |
| Culler | A gelder of male animals. |
| Curate - Clergy | |
| Curer | cures tobacco or pork |
| Curretter | A Broker. |
| Currier | One who dresses the coat of a horse with a curry comb, or one who cures or tans hides |
| Customer or Customs Officer | A customs tax collector. |
| Cutler | knife seller or sharpener |
| Cutter | One who cuts things |
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