History of Great Maplestead

St. Giles' Church, Great Maplestead
©Robert Edwards
Photograph by kind permission of Robert Edwards,
contributor to the Geograph Project
History of Great Maplestead >> 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 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. Edgar Siritt Corrie, M.A., vicar
Henry John Sperling, Dynes Hall
Mrs. Sperling, Monk's Hall
Rev. Samuel Montague Staples, curate, Old Vicarage
Benjamin Broyd, shoe maker
Robert Cooper, cattle dealer
Reuben Deal, wheelwright
John Drury, shopkeeper
Charles Arthur Freeborn, farmer, Barratts Hall
William Gatwood, butcher and farmer
Henry Hawkins, blacksmith
James Hearn, farmer
Robert Jackson, beer retailer
Arthur Jarman, carpenter
William Horatio King, farmer, Hop Pole Farm
Charles Metson, miller, Hull Mill
John Rayner, farmer, Purl's Hill
Thomas Ravner, farmer, Great Chelmsford House
Henry Rultun, beer retailer
John Sparrow, farmer
Miss Sarah Taylor, farmer, Mill Farm