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History of Arkesden >> 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. There are a number of commercial providers of census returns. These include:

• ancestry.co.uk
• genesreunited.co.uk
• findmypast.co.uk

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

James Gapes, victualler, Green Man
Rev. Thomas S. Griffenhoffe M.A., vicar of Arkesden and rector of Mayland
William Haydon, blacksmith
William Mansfield, shoemaker
Mary Marriage, schoolmistress
Benjamin Tomson Thurgood, auctioneer and land agent
William Watson, parish clerk
Richard Birch Wolfe, Esq., Wood Hall
George Womwell, tailor

Arkesden
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Farmers.
Nathan Bailey, Clodmore Hill
Allen Hurrell, Beckets
John Jeffrey, Foresters
John Marking, Rockells
John Nottage, Rockells
Mary Pigram, Clodmore-end
James Stock, Severals
John Stock
B.T. Thurgood
John Woodcock, Frog's Hall
Samuel Woodcock, Newland-end

Carpenters.
James Bond
Joseph Bush

Beer Houses.
Nathan Bailey
James Bond
Thomas Dean

Shopkeepers.
Thomas Bush
James Gapes
William Mansfield
William Pluck

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