Here are some unusual jobs that were commonplace in Victorian
1. crossing sweeper: someone who swept the manure off of London streets from the horse drawn carriages and trolleys for pedestrians
![](http://www.victorianlondon.org/mayhew/mayhew-48.gif)
2. costermonger: a street seller of fruits & vegetables
![](http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-488-488-90/40/4015/BXKWF00Z/posters/a-donkey-barrow-transports-a-wealthy-costermonger-s-family.jpg)
3. purefinder: collected dog feces for tanners
![](https://windowthroughtime.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/mayhew-35_small.gif)
4. tosher: searched the sewers for scrap metal and other valuables
![](http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/history/files/2012/06/Tosher.jpg)
5. mudlark: searched the banks of the River Thames for wood, metal, rope or coal from passing ships
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuv-IeX0WTR4yh-6qaGZH9OQaMayTUoYB4Wcv9L1G5ej7pr-YGwnLQSIpo2MxAmhqxmgO2zLnZvqhqaXzutDtLP9KJtaAfrRFexpNExNyXxVs6xeioB_gjgqpHX-1NK5s-74yOnZ_0BpU/s400/mudlark.gif)
7. streetwalker: prostitute
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8. charwoman: chore woman or maid
![](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/ad/6e/3a/ad6e3ab9139da1d950c4e869f7a35d78.jpg)
9. female hysteria doctor: someone who helped a woman have an orgasm (ex. using an orgasm machine)
![](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/e7/89/fb/e789fb4fb909b2a53918eb9a18b08db3.jpg)
10. lamplighter: lit the gas powered lamps
![](http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000UyVBD.Hc0nM/s/650/650/BBSO0262-N-lzn.jpg)
11. resurrectionist: someone who supplied medical schools with fresh corpses
![_100](https://thechirurgeonsapprentice.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/1004.jpg?w=640)
12. leech collector: provided leeches for doctors (the Tylenol of the 19th Century)
13. chimney sweep
![chimnet-sweep-boy-sm](http://www.wellerschimneysweeps.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/chimnet-sweep-boy-sm-199x300.jpg)
14. knocker up: a human alarm clock
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