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 Braintree

Braintree, Market Square 1900
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

History of Braintree >> Pigot's Directory 1823

Pigot's Directory of Essex 1823 - list of inhabitants.

If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1823 directory is the 1841 census. There are a number of commercial providers of census returns. These include:

• ancestry.co.uk
• genesreunited.co.uk
• findmypast.co.uk

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

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High Street, Braintree
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Quality reproductions of old photographs.

Covers Braintree and Bocking

Druggists.
William Boulton
John Dixon

Grocers.
Thomas Joslin
John Mouds
Augustus Portway

Inns.
Horn, John Cartwright
White Hart, Edward Lee

Ironmongers.
William Elgar
James Shave

Joiners and Builders.
James Boyton
James Coote
Thomas Galley
Robert Leaver
William Newman

Linen and Woollen Drapers.
Joseph Brockwaye
John Davies
J.P. Fenn
Thomas Joslin
Augustus Portway

Millers.
Joseph Joscelyne
D. Piper
Edward Stock

High Street, Braintree
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Quality reproductions of old photographs.

Painters, Plumbers and Glaziers.
J.S. Coote
William Suckling

Saddlers.
Samuel Collis
James Kirkham
G.S. Tyler

Surgeons.
T & C Dixon
John Harrison

Tailors.
John Andrews
James Day
Joshua Garett
William Hayward
Thomas Joslin
John Pasfield

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Are your ancestors from this location? Why not tell us their story. When were they here? Who were they? What they did they do? Where did they go? Have you an interesting story to tell about them?

Go to the home page of the parish, village or town, and follow the 'My Ancestors' link halfway down the page.