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 Broxted
The Old Vicarage, Broxted
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History of Broxted >> 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
John Brand, baker and miller
William Edwardes and Mrs., National Schools
Gamaliel Guyver, wheelwright
Rev. Abraham Mason, M.A., vicar
William Pryor, parish clerk
Farmers.
John Bunnett, Cherry Green
Arthur Davis
John Guyver
John Phillips
Green Cherry
Peter Phillips
Samuel Scruby
William Scruby
William Smith
Henry Silvester
William Speller
Obadiah Spurgeon
John Stack
Edward Williams
George Willis
Beerhouses.
Aaron Barltrop
Rebecca Willis
Blacksmiths.
Aaron Barltrop
William Barltrop
Shoemakers.
Richard Baker
Thomas Smith
Shopkeepers.
William Franklin
David Ham
Aaron Reynolds
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