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Historical directory term

Leather factors, merchants and grindery dealers

Commercial / service occupation Service / retail Low–Medium manual labour Rare / obsolete title
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What did this occupation involve?

Leather factors, merchants and grindery dealers sold small materials and fittings used particularly in shoemaking and leather trades, such as nails, thread, eyelets and tools.

Historical wording: Housetory describes occupations according to the period and evidence available. Gender is retained where it is historically meaningful to a title or role; otherwise it is not assumed.

How Housetory classifies this entry

These classifications are present-day aids to help readers understand the character of the work. They sit alongside, rather than replace, the historical wording used in Sands and other sources.

Entry typeCommercial / service occupation
Modern work classService / retail
Manual labourLow–Medium
Typical work settingShop / retail / customer-facing

Seen in supplied Sands indexes

1905

Housetory connections

As Sands observations are linked to the canonical Trades & Professions registry, this area can show the people, houses, streets and directory years where this occupation appears in Housetory.

Planned linkage House → resident → Sands evidence → occupation → other people and places

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