History of Hadleigh

Hadleigh, the Castle 1891, Essex
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History of Hadleigh >> White's Directory 1848

White's Directory of Essex 1848 - list of inhabitants.

If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1848 directory is the 1851 census. This can be obtained from ancestry.co.uk: 1851 England Census; or, genesreunited.co.uk: 1851 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.

St James' Church, Hadleigh
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Robert Thompson Ambler, master of the Diocesan Commercial School
Thomas Baldwin, butcher
James Carter, grocer and general dealer
John Choppen, wheelwright
William Doe, blacksmith
John Poster, butcher and victualler, Crown
George Gibbs, blacksmith
William Harvey , farmer
George Lloyd, baker and grocer
Thomas Miller, police constable
John Polklington, farmer and salesman

Hadleigh
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John Pyke, victualler, Castle Inn
James Ridgwell, basket and sieve maker
Samuel Shelly, beerhouse
William Smith, shoemaker
William Summers, shoemakers
Rev. Henry Whittington, curate
Henry Wood, sen., and jun., farmers
Daniel Woodard, John Woodard, farmers