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 Birchanger
Birchanger, St Mary's Church 1899.
Reproduced courtesy of Francis Frith.
History of Birchanger >> 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
Rev. Robert Andrew Bathurst, M.A., rector
John Bush, blacksmith and beerhouse
John Carter Cornell, farmer
Thomas Harrison Esq., Birchanger Place
Frederick Woodham Nash, Esq., Zion House
James Newman, beerhouse and shopkeeper, and parish clerk
Miss Harriet Pitt
Miss Catherine Stokes
John Smith, Parsonage Farm
Charles Stagg, victualler, Old Bell
Mr Edward Sworder, Birchanger House
Frederick Todd, farmer and miller
Charles James Welch, Esq. Lines Hall
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