The surnames are first
On
this page you can see those entries for professional
people.
The professional men at the beginning of Victoria's reign had to work
to earn a living, but they were men who were educated. Here we can see
the lawyers or attorneys who were trained in the law and the auctioneers
and valuers who organised all the sales of livestock and property.
Here
we can see the banks in Brecon where
the tradesmen and property owners kept their money safe. This was important
to local businesses.
In
Victorian times though a great many ordinary working people would have
never gone into a bank in their lives.
Notice that all these people are men! Just about all professions were closed to women in the Victorian period.
Early
Victorian Brecon was lucky in that it had two physicians
rather than surgeons. At this time the surgeon had only had limited training
whereas the physician had attended medical school. Few working people in
the area could afford to visit either as they would have to pay for treatment.
The
Victorian period was a time of great construction works. New roads, railways
and buildings sprang up across the nation. The surveyor
was the man who measured and planned all this new construction out so that
the builders would know where to build.