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History of Aldham >> 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
OR
findmypast.com: 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.
My ancestor lived here at this time, but why aren't they listed here? Answer: Not everyone appeared in a trade directory. Please read our Trade Directories article
Those marked * are on Ford Street., and + are Land Owners
Rev. Charles Bannatyne M.A., Rectory
* Enoch Bibby, saddler, etc.
* James Cansdale, tailor, Post Office
* William Clark, butcher and victualler, Queen's Head
Jonathan Everett, butcher
* Thomas Green, James Green, corn millers
* Peter Hawkes, cooper, hoop maker, and victualler, Cooper's Arms
* George Hellen, coach builder
William Howe, parish clerk
Thomas James Johnson, maltster
Samuel Ladbrook, wheelwright
* Abraham Lambert, schoolmaster
John Lovell, toll collector
* Edward Potter, blacksmith
James Scillitoe, seed grower
John Stonhall, shoemaker
Bakers.
* Alfred Mann
* James Rivers
Farmers.
Samuel Bentley, Hill Farm
John Farrow
George Hellen, Hoo
Mrs M.A. Hellen, Bouchier's Hall
+ John G Lay, Great Tey
George Lithgow, Stanway
Augor Negus Mayhew, Church House
* James Miles jnr.
John Pettit, Checkly
John Sharp
Shopkeepers.
* William Deeks
* Ebenezer Forster
Jabez Harris
* Henry Powell
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