History of Rettendon

Rettendon, The Bell Cross Roads c1960
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History of Rettendon >> White's Directory 1848

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

For Battlesbridge, also see Rawreth.

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.

Rettendon Common
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John Baker, parish clerk
Stephen Asser Bell, schoolmaster
John Bone, carpenter
James Borrodell, miller and baker
Richard Bowton, blacksmith
Isaac Clarke, wheelwright
Samuel Jenkins, victualler, Bell Inn
John Kendall, butcher and carrier
William Lucas, miller (Rawreth)
Edward Mann, victualler, Hawk Inn
Richard James Meeson, William Meeson, coal and lime merchants
Richard James Meeson, Marine Cottage
Samuel South, baker
William Storey, bricklayer, etc.
Mr. Thomas Taylor
Rev. Samuel Wilks Waud M.A., rector

Farmers.
Francis Bourne
Francis John Bourne
Philip Carter, Gosses
Henry Cleeve, Rettendon Place
William Cleeve, Saltersdown
Thomas Everett
Ann Kendall
John Marsh, Renshaws
Henry Patmer, Rettendon Hall
William Pertwee, jun., Little Hayes
Robert Raven, Hyde House
William Taylor, Hyde Hall
William Winter
Rebecca Richens

Beer Houses.
William Benson
James Bignall
William Harrod
Joseph Havers

Shoemakers.
William Marsh

Shopkeepers.
William Bornes
James Brignall
James Benson
William Benson
James Oddy