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This is an interesting discussion. My ancestor was listed as a hairdresser on the 1841, 1851 and 1861 census in Pentonville, Middlesex. In 1841 his neibours are mainly in trade: tobacconist, news agent, confectioner & surgeon so sounds like a parade of shops. In 1851 he has moved to Hampstead high street so his neighbours are various trades so it sounds like it’s an hair dressing establishment. Two of his sons are listed as medical students and train as doctors, this seems quite a leap socially for the time.