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History of Boreham >> 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
John Algar, coal merchant
Mrs. Blount, New Hall Nunnery
Miss Eliza Brewster
Rev. Henry Brown M.A., Vicarge
Rev. Francis Brownbill (Catholic), New Hall
William Chapman, parish clerk
William Cliff, wheelwright
Charles Eve, baker
John Gilby, saddler
Robert Clere Haselfoot, Esq.
Captain William Henry Haselfoot
John Holland, tailor
Rev. Francis Lythgoe (Catholic), New Hall
Arthur Moggridge, corn miller
William Seabrook, gentleman, Brent Hall
Mrs. Hannah Seabrook, butcher
Susan Stubbings, victualler, Cock
William Stubbings, cattle dealer
Sir John Tyssen Tyrell, Bart. M.P., Boreham House
Robert Partridge Webber, victualler, Lion
Farmers.
John Thompson Argent, Brick House
James Brewster, Birds
John Buttle and Edward Buttle
James French, Mount Maskells
Robert French, Bull's Lodge
Robert French, jun., Boreham Hall
George Gibling, Boreham Hall
William Hurrell, Culverts
John Ketley, Wallace's
James Algernon Piggott, Porters
Charlotte Stubbings, Stocks
Boreham
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Beer Houses.
William Cliff
William Smith
Blacksmiths.
John Harriss
Richard Worsley
Carpenters, etc.
Thomas Beardwell
Charles Lucking
Schools.
Elizabeth Cornell
Mrs. Blount, New Hall Nunnery
Mary Ann Oram
Robert Smith
Shoemakers.
Samuel Clark
Edward Smith
William Stammers
Shopkeepers.
Thomas Chapman
William Smith
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