A collection of the occupations or job descriptions of the people living in London in the 1890's. Most of the descriptions are fairly self explanatory, I'll elaborate on the ones that aren't in due course.
| Kedger | A fisherman |
| Keeker | Colliery official who checked quantity and quality of coal output. A weighman. |
| Keeler | A bargeman who sailed a flat bottomed boat known as a keel. |
| Keelman | A Keeler |
| Keller | A keeper of salt. |
| Kellogg | A slaughterman. |
| Kempster | A Wool comber |
| Kepegest | An innkeeper. |
| Kiddier | A skinner or dealer in young goats |
| Kilner | limeburner, in charge of a kiln |
| Kisser | Someone who made cuishes and high armour. |
| Kitchen Assistant | assisted - obvious really |
| Knacker | harness maker or saddler, also the buyer of old horses and dead animals |
| Knappers | Someone who shaped and dressed flints into the size shape required for use in flintlock guns for the British Army. |
| Kneller | A chimney sweep who went from door to door looking for business. |
| Knight | This is the English term for a European social position. It is no longer the pricipal duty to fight as and lead heavy cavalry as was the case in the late middle ages. But the ideals to which a knight may aspire are still largely prowess, loyalty, generosity and courtesy. |
| Knocker-Up | A person employed to wake up workers in northern mills and factorys on early shifts, going from house to house using a long pole to knock on bedroom windows. |
| Knockknobbler | A dog catcher. |
| Knoller | The toller of bells |
| Knuller | A chimney sweep who went from door to door looking for business. |
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