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 Blackmore
Blackmore, the Village c1955
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History of Blackmore >> White's Directory 1848
White's Directory of Essex 1848 - list of inhabitants.
If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1848 directory is the 1851 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
Blackmore
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William Abel, victualler, Leather Bottle
Elizabeth Alexander, Infant School
Miss Sarah Barrett
Mrs. Barlow
James Burrell, victualler, Bull Inn
William Bush, gentleman
* Miss Crickitt, Smyth's Hall
William Elsden, beer seller
William Richard Gill, surgeon
Elizabeth Gray, ladies' school
William Horsnell, blacksmith
W.T. Longbourne, gentleman, Priory
George Richard Snow, butcher
Elizabeth Scrivener, carrier
William Wilson, collar maker
James Wright, tailor
* Charles Ranken Vickerman, Esq., Blackmore House
Farmers.
Ashley Barrett, Jessops
* Henry Caton, Hey-Green
William Caton, Wenlocks
John Chaulk, Red Roses
William Chaulk, Hook End
Isaac Damyons, Elton's Green
Francis Drake, Savage's
* Eve James, Wyatt's Green
William Gandy, Hyde Farm
William Greenwood, Great Wyatts
James Hailes, Stubbings
Isaac Humphrey, Brick-Kiln
Richard Humphries, Fingreth Hall
William Lawrence, Spriggs
Frederick Osborne, Hook-end
Blackmore
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Bakers.
William Attridge
Thomas Page
William Page
Bricklayers.
Lionel Favier
L. Favier, jun.
Joseph Maynard
* Samuel Samuel
Shoemakers.
William Brewster
George Mead
Joseph Wheal
Blackmore
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Shopkeepers.
William Perry
William Richards
Josiah Smith
Carpenters.
John Bannister
William Bannister
George Pegram
Joseph Turner
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