Ancestors lost in the crowd?
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Perhaps these articles on our website may help:
Census 1841 - 1911
Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
The London Gazette
Newspaper archives
Trade Directories
History of Ashen
St. Augustine of Canterbury church, Ashen
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History of Ashen >> 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:
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
Joseph Aylen, blacksmith
Thomas Bird, parish clerk
Thomas Bridge B.A., Prospect Place
Allen Clark, shopkeeper
Thomas Gayfer, miller
Henry Golding, ironfounder
Captain George Hills R.N., Ashen Hall
Rev. Edmund Squire M.A., Rectory
Farmers.
Thomas Chickall, Claret Hall
Thomas Fox
John Golding
Stephen Golding
Beer Houses.
Charlotte Malton
Elizabeth Wright, and shopkeeper
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