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 Black Notley
Black Notley, St Peter and St Paul's Church 1903
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Black Notley >> 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
Mrs Abbott
Abraham Bilney
Newton King
Rev. Thomas Overton, B.D. Rectory
William Henry White, The Lodge
Eli Andrews, farmer
Thomas Andrews, shopkeeper
George Athell, farmer, Hayswood
Daniel Challis, farmer, Buck Farm
Edmund Clarke, beer retailer
Joseph Cooper, miller
William Dines, farmer, Ludham Hall Farm
William Dodd, shoe maker
Charles Eley, Green Dragon PH
Bulford Mill, Black Notley
©Robert Edwards
Photograph by kind permission of Robert Edwards,
contributor to the Geograph Project
William Fuller, blacksmith
John Gentry, pig dealer
John Gilder, farmer, Dagness Farm
John Hammond, shopkeeper
Samuel Hardy, market gardener
John Hearn, farmer; and at Braintree
William Martin, beer retailer and horse slaughterer
Abraham Mortier, calf dealer
John Mortier, Reindeer PH
Joseph Musgrove, bricklayer
Thomas Pool, farmer and maltster, Hall
William Rayner, farmer; and at Bocking
Charles Saunders, calf dealer
Joseph Smith, carpenter
Charles Sorrell, farmer
Thomas Wood, farmer, Friars Farm
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