History of Barnston

Barnston Parish Church
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History of Barnston >> Post Office Directory 1874

Post Office Directory of Essex 1874 - list of inhabitants.

If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1874 directory is the 1871 census. This can be obtained from ancestry.co.uk: 1871 England Census; or, genesreunited.co.uk: 1871 census

Note: the directory lists the names in the following order: Surname, First Name. It also abbreviates names. These have been reversed and typed in full to assist research.

William Newell, parish clerk
Mrs. Eliza Pilgram, school mistress
Rev. Richard Roundell Toke, M.A., Rectory
James Thomasin, LL.M., J.P., Barnston Lodge
Frederick Barker, surveyor of highways, Dunmow District, Harbings
John Crabb, farmer, Pyes
John Hockley, farmer, Well Stye Farm
Mrs. Mary Smith, farmer, Barnston House
Abraham Wade, farm bailiff
James Welch, farmer, The Hall