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Bennett Street, Buxton was a street built for working class people between 1878 and 1899. By 1901 it contained around 90 houses. Elizabeth Wildgoose has put together a list of the different kinds of jobs people who lived here were doing at the time of the 1901 census.
TRANSPORTATION
Coach painter x 2
Coach painter’s apprentice
Harness maker x 2
Saddler’s apprentice
Cabdriver/groom x 4
Railway plate layer
Railway engine cleaner x 2
Railway engine driver
Railway porter x 2
Blacksmith
UTILITIES
Plumber x 2
Plumber’s labourer
Electrician x 2
Electric Cable assistant
Electrical Engineer’s labourer
HIGHWAY WORKERS
Ashphalter x 2
Ashphalter’s assistant
Stone paviour x 4
BUILDING TRADE/ARTISANS
Stone mason x 14
Stone mason’s apprentice x 2
Stone mason’s labourer x 25
Slater’s labourer
House painters x 7
Builder’s general labourer
Plasterer’s labourer x 2
Plasterer’s apprentice
Joiner/Carpenter x 10
House Painter & Decorator
Plumber & Glazier
Foreman bricklayer
Joiner
QUARRY WORKERS
Engine man at lime works
Lime Stone Quarryman x 9
Grit Stone Quarryman
Lime works foreman
GAS WORKERS
Gasworks stoker
Gasworks labourer
Gasworks engine tender
MISCELLANEOUS LABOURERS
Excavator labourer/navvy x 5
Scavenger’s labourer x 11
Farm labourer & horse keeper
Sewerage works labourer
CARTERS
Carter for corn dealer
Carter for urban/district council x 3
Carter for pork butcher
Coal carter
Carter on farm x 2
Builder’s carter
Grocer’s carter
GARDENERS
Jobbing gardener x 2
Landscape gardener
Commercial gardener x 2
Domestic gardener
FOOD TRADE
Fishmonger’s assistant
Fruiterer’s errand boy
Greengrocer’s errand boy
Grocer x 3
Fish & Chip Bar Proprietor & Baker
Confectioner’s apprentice x 2
Pork butcher
Milk seller
CLOTHING TRADE
Tailor x 3
Shoe maker
Draper
Draper’s assistant
Boot maker’s errand boy
Corset maker
Boot maker
Dyer’s errand boy
Dressmaker x 5
Dressmaker’s assistant x 2
LAUNDRY SERVICE
Laundress x 6
DOMESTIC SERVANTS
Charwoman
Housemaid x 6
Housekeeper domestic x 2
Page boy domestic
Kitchen maid domestic
Domestic nurse
Scullery maid
Parlour maid
Coach man domestic x 2
Domestic cook
Domestic servant x 2
Charwoman
HYDROTHERAPY
Bath maid
Bath attendant
PUBLIC SERVICE WORKERS
Postman
Police Constable
LUXURY SERVICES
Cane seated chair repairer
Watch maker
Toy shop assistant
Upholstress
French Polisher
LEISURE TRADE
Punch & Judy Performer
Musician
Bar maid
HARDWARE SPECIALISTS
Ironmongery & Oil salesman
Ironmonger dealer
PRINTING
Printer compositor
Printer
MISCELLANEOUS
Builder’s clerk
Office cleaner
Chemist’s errand boy x 2
General servant x 3
Lodging housekeeper x 2 (probably unpaid and working from home)
Chimney sweep x 3
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