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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 Burnham-on-Crouch
Burnham-on-Crouch, Town Steps c1965
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Burnham-on-Crouch >> White's Directory 1863
White's Directory of Essex 1863 - list of inhabitants.
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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
Mrs Elizabeth Auger
Mr Charles Auger
Mrs Elizabeth Bushell
Rev. Henry Houston Candy, M.A., vicar
Robert Gorton Combe, surgeon
Joseph Cooper, tinner and brazier
Isaiah Feast, fish salesman and carrier
Mrs S. Flick, wheelwright, etc.
Danzie Garrington, sail maker
Samuel Tayleur Gwynn, surgeon
James Thomas Handley, tide surveyor, etc.
William Hart, marine store dealer and carrier
Edward Harrington, boat builder, etc.
John Harrington, parish clerk, etc.
Isaac Holden, boat builder
Henry Hurrell, veterinary surgeon
Robert Lufkin, hair dresser, etc.
Edmund Marshall and Mrs Marshall, master and mistress of Parochial School
Daniel Pannell, miller, Eves Garner
George Perry ,tax collector, etc.
Mrs Ruth Playle, glover,
John Stoke Pritchard, R.N., chief officer of Coast Guard
Samuel Read, carpenter, builder, etc.
Isaiah Richmond and Mrs Richmond, school teachers
William Riddle, clothes, etc., dealer
Andrew Rome, oyster police inspector
Mr Jehu Smith
Mrs Garrood
Elisha Staggs, corn miller, etc.
Robert Stevens, saddler, etc.
Rev. George Taylor (Baptist)
William Tennant, draper
Robert Tracey, boat builder
Alfred Wiseman, travelling tea dealer
John Worraker, carrier and horse letter
Inns and Taverns.
Anchor, John Smith
George and Dragon, Charles Wardon, Ostend
King's Arms, William Gundy
Ship, Robert Russell
Star, James Swain
Welcome Sailor, John Hollowbread
White Hart Hotel, Charles Harris
Bakers.
John Campbell
George Dilliway
Francis Harrington
Joseph Smith
John Taylor
John Wackrill
J. Wackrill, jun.
Beerhouses.
Isaac Brown
John Chrismas
James Pepper, and clothes dealer
David Ham
Jeffrey Manning,
Henry Worraker, and clothes dealer
Blacksmiths.
Mrs S. Flick
William Harris
Charles Lamb
Boot and Shoe makers.
James Abbott
J. Austin, Ostend
William Bigmore
W Bigmore, jun.
Joseph Clark
W. Dale, Ostend
Danzie Murrell, and shopkeeper
William Page
George Padney
William Taylor
Builders.
Isaac Cook, and brickmaker
William Martin
Samuel Bead
Butchers.
John Chrismas
Charles Croxon
Joseph Croxon
Thomas Huddart
Joseph Smith
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