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Offline rubymelia

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Porter (Police court) any ideas??
« on: Monday 19 November 18 21:33 GMT (UK) »
My ancestor was named to have the profession of " Porter (Police court)" not sure what this means?
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Re: Porter (Police court) any ideas??
« Reply #1 on: Monday 19 November 18 21:34 GMT (UK) »
He had a job as a porter and that was the place where he portered? 
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Re: Porter (Police court) any ideas??
« Reply #2 on: Monday 19 November 18 21:51 GMT (UK) »
As a porter he was probably the  doorkeeper, who  had a  porter's lodge at the entrance to the court.
A porters' lodge is a place near the entrance of a building where one or more porters can be found to respond to enquiries from the public and direct them around the building https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porters'_lodge
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