The surnames are first
In
Victorian times most clothes were made by local tailors.
Because a great many of the local people were poor, these clothes would
be mended many times and passed on to other people. Children were often
to be seen in clothes which were much too big which had been handed down
to them. There was a great trade in second hand clothes in most towns.
Tallow was melted down animal fat
which could be used to make soap and candles. Tallow candles were very
smelly but cheaper than beeswax candles.
The tanner turned animal skins into
leather. Leather was important as it was used in a wide range of things
in the days before plastics. Horse harnesses and saddles are all made
of leather. Making both the tallow and the leather was a smelly business!
This
last extract from the lists of tradesmen shows another very important
group of Victorian skilled men. 
The
wheelwrights made the wooden wheels
for the thousands of horse-drawn carts, carriages and omnibuses which
kept Britain going.
This was a job which required great skill and the workshops in Brecon
were probably very busy making and repairing wheels.
