History of Basildon

Basildon, Composite c1965
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

History of Basildon >> P.O. 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

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.

Rev. John Flowerdew Colls, D.D., rector
Alfred Raynham Archer, farmer, Moat farm
Daniel Archer, farmer
George Braybrook, shopkeeper and post office
William Gardiner, farmer
Benjamin Moss, farmer and landowner
Abraham Offin, farmer and landowner
Robert Symonds, farmer