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Census 1841 - 1911
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History of Black Notley
Black Notley, St Peter and St Paul's Church 1903
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
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History of Black Notley >> 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
William Abbott, gent., Notley Place
Mrs. Bourse
John Clarricoat, gent.
Winifred Butcher, beerhouse
Joseph Cooper, corn miller
William Dodd, parish clerk and shoemaker
Charles Eley, victualler Green Dragon
Rachel Fuller, blacksmith
Thomas Harris, lath render and beerhouse
Charles Hart, soap maker, etc.
Samuel Hardy, gardener
John Mortier, victualler, Rein Deer
Joseph Musgrove, bricklayer
Rev. Thomas Overton, B.D., rector
Miss Smith, schoolmistress
Daniel Thompson, assistant overseer
Samuel Watkinson, jun., commisssion agent
D. Walters and Sons, silk manufacters, and Braintree
George Witting, castrator
Bulford Mill, Black Notley
©Robert Edwards
Photograph by kind permission of Robert Edwards,
contributor to the Geograph Project
Farmers.
Eli Andrews
William Clarke, Park
Elizabeth Brewer
Mrs. Mary Piggott
William Cook
John Gosling
Thomas Pool, Hall
Joseph Smith
Samuel Watkinson, Stauntons
Thomas Hills Wood, Friars
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