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History of Belchamp Walter >> White's Directory 1863
White's Directory of Essex 1863 - list of inhabitants.
If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1863 directory is the 1861 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
David Brown, bricklayer
William Brown, shopkeeper
Joseph Carder, baker, Post Office
Sophia Childs, grocer and draper
Rev. F. A. Hammond, curate
William Hart, beer retailer
Frederick Hawkins, blacksmith
Miss A. M. James, schoolmistress
James Lawrence, baker
John Mason, boot and shoe maker
James Pearson, victualler, Eight Bells
Samuel Millbank Raymond, Esq., Hall
Thomas Ruse, maltster and beerhouse
Peter Twitchett, shoemaker.and shopkpr
William Ward, wheelwright
William Woods, boot and shoemaker,
William Wright, Esq., Easton Hall
Farmers.
Henry Archer, St. Mary's Hall
Thomas Chinery, Pottock-End
John Firmin, and corn miller
Robert Firmin, Fishers
Thomas Hutton, (and farrier), Clarks
Mrs Elizabeth Jackson, Larretts
John Edey Offord, Waites Farm,
Timothy Raymond
Henry Rayner
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