Ancestors lost in the crowd?
New to family history research?
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 Basildon
Basildon, Composite c1965
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Basildon >> Post Office Directory 1874
Post Office Directory of Essex 1874 - list of inhabitants.
If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1874 directory is the 1871 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
Rev. John Flowerdew Colls, D.D., rector
Alfred Raynham Archer, farmer, Moat farm
Daniel Archer, farmer
George Braybrook, shopkeeper and post office
William Gardiner, farmer
Benjamin Moss, farmer and landowner
Abraham Offin, farmer and landowner
Robert Symonds, farmer
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Go to the home page of the parish, village or town, and follow the 'My Ancestors' link halfway down the page.