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 Bradfield
Bradfield, the Village c1955
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Bradfield >> 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
Lewis Agassiz, Esq., Stour Lodge
William Anderton, maltster
Edward Bloom, saddler
Elizabeth Buttrum, National School
Charles Byford, marine store dealer
Benjamin Carrington, high constable
Rev. John Edward Carter B.A., rector
Mrs. Ann Constable, White House
John Cousins, tailor and parish clerk
William Everett, horse dealer
John Finer, foreman
Joseph Goss, butcher
Robert Kerridge, wheelwright
Dixey Polley, gardener, etc.
Jonathan Porter, gloves and breeches maker
Thomas Scott, victualler, Plough
John Sparrow, market gardener
Farmers.
Thomas Abrey, Nether Hall
John Balls
John Balls, jun.
Robert Birch Brown, (and miller), Tower Mill
James English, (and miller)
James Fearis, Bradfield Lodge
James Gentry
William Knopp
Sarah Green, Rag Marsh
James Hardy, Jaques Hall
James Hardy Nunn
Edward Sheldrake, (and miller), Hall
Bakers.
William Balls
George Cocksedge
Charles Tweed
Beerhouses.
Jane Cutting
Thomas Goss
George Vincent
Blacksmiths.
Charles Byford
James Lord
John Scrivener
George Vincent
Boot and Shoe Makers.
Abraham Cant
Benjamin Cant
George Cant
Samuel Fox
John Spink
James Smith
Carpenters.
William Buttrum
Abraham Tweed
Grocers, etc.
George Blogg
George Cocksedge
Henry Kerridge
James Lott
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