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 Boxted
St. Peter's Church, Boxted.
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History of Boxted >> 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, harness maker
Rev. John Arkell, B.A., curate
Charles Arthur, relieving officer
Miss S. Bones
Miss A. Green
William Cole, jun. coach builder, wheelwright, Post Office
Henry Cooper, blacksmith
Michael Cooper, parish clerk
William Fisher Hobbs, Esq., Boxted Lodge
John Joslin, grocer and yictualler, Cross
Miss Meadowcroft
Mrs. Knight
Rev. Charles Norman, M.A., vicar
William Parson, Esq., Rivers Hall
James George Robarts, Esq., Cheshunts House
John Bryckwood Royce, Esq., Boxted Hall
George Edward Thompson, Esq., Boxted House
Misses M. and C. E. Stebbing, Elm Cottage
Thomas Whitaker, gent., Hill House
Academies.
Mrs. Abbott
Robert Malyn
Richard Meadowcroft
Sophia Nevard
Maria Webb
Beerhouses.
Thomas Appleby
John Bacon
Isaac Beardwell
Jeremiah Beardwell
Thomas Ladbrook Cole
Boot and Shomakers.
Daniel Elmer
George Sage
James Waterman
Corn Millers.
William Munson
Henry Sparke
Farmers.
John Bacon
Isaac Beardwell
Charles Biggs
Joseph Biggs
William Cole
William Cole, jun.
Zenas Downs
Nathaniel Everett
Samuel Gardner
Abraham Garwood
James Harvey Priory
Charles Isaac Johnson
John Joslin
William Masterson
John Minter
John Nevard
Isaac Page
Isaac Page jun.
William Parson
Frederick Scratton
John Strutt
Robert Webb
Thomas Whitaker
Henry Willis
John Willis
Shopkeepers.
Thomas Appleby
Isaac Beardwell
Jeremiah Beardwell
William Lilley
Robert Malyn
John Nevard, and baker
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