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 Birchanger
Birchanger, St Mary's Church 1899.
Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith.
History of Birchanger >> 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
Thomas Harrison, Birchanger Place
Miss Elizabeth Storey, school mistress
Frederick Nash, Sion House
Arthur Nockolds, The Limes
Miss Harriett Pitt
Mrs. Smith, Birchnger Cottage
Charles Spencer, Brooklands
Edward Sworder, Hall
Levingstone Ward, The Mount
Rev. George Watts, M.A., rector
Edward Charles Blake, Bell PH
John Bush, blacksmith and beer retailer
Frederick Levey, carpenter and parish clerk
Arthur Nockolds, auctioneer, The Limes
John Smith, farmer
Charles Spencer, farmer, Brooklands
Richard, Spencer, overseer, Brooklands
Joseph Westwood, carter
William Wiffen, corn merchant and maltster, Forest Hall
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