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
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Blackmore >> 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
Blackmore
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Rev. William Callendar, incumbent
John Cannon, beerseller
Miss Crickatt, Smyth's Hall
Sarah Dowsett, victualler, Bull
Misses Giblin
Thomas Green, butcher
Ellen Manser, schoolmistress
Richard Maynard, parish clerk
William Mihill, victualler, Leather Bottle
Rev. William Trotman (Baptist)
William Trotman, rustic chair maker, etc.
John Wade Brown Wades, surgeon
Joseph Wiffin, victualler, Prince Albert
Farmers. (* Are Owners.)
* Ashley Barrett, Jessops
Charles Bloomfield, Hay Green
* William Caton, Jennings
John Chaulk, Red Roses
Francis Drake, Savages
* James Eve, Wyatt’s Green
William Hart, Esq., Fingrith Hall
Isaac Humphrey, Brick Kiln
Samuel Metson, Quince Hall
Richard Middleton, Wyatt's
Thomas Pearse, Esq., Blackmore House
John Pease
Mrs Skipworth
Joseph Smith, Wenlocks
* George Staines, Ray Place
Alfred Tuck, and corn miller
Bakers.
William Attridge, and butcher
Thomas Page
Blackmore
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Blacksmiths.
Stephen Chapman
William Raymond
Lionel Javier
L. Favier, jun.
Samuel Samuel
Carpenters.
John Bannister
William Brightmore
Henry Ward
Shoemakers.
William Brewster
James Burrell
George Mead
Shopkeepers.
George Hearn
Isaac Humphrey
John Lapage
Susan Perry
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