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No. 836: Minerva Street, E2

Posted in Lettering, London Labour, Shops by esotericlondon on May 13, 2013

Minerva Street, London, E2. Photo © Roger Dean 2013

HAND-BOOK OF LONDON. Past and Present – Peter Cunningham, 1850:

Trades in London. The last population returns (1841) exhibit the following tradespeople, &c., residing in London :-

168,701 domestic servants.

29,780 dressmakers and milliners.

28,574 boot and shoemakers.

23,517 tailors and breechesmakers.

20,417 commercial clerks.

18,321 carpenters and joiners.

16,220 laundrykeepers, washers, and manglers.

13,103 private messengers and errand boys.

11,507 painters, plumbers, and glaziers.

9,110 bakers

7,973 cabinetmakers and upholsterers

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