Ancestors lost in the crowd?
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Census 1841 - 1911
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The London Gazette
Newspaper archives
Trade Directories
History of Canewdon
Canewdon, the Church c1965
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Canewdon >> 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 Allen, blacksmith
Charles Austin, shoemaker
Thomas Barnard, shopkeeper
Samuel Bartrup, victualler, Chequers
John Binns, wheelwright, etc.
Charles Bright, coal merchant, ferryman, and victualler, Cricksea Ferry
John Clarke, cooper and parish clerk
Thomas Claxton, bailiff, Scottys
George Coffin, blacksmith
William Codlin, butcher
Mr. John Hales
William Harris, baker and grocer
Sarah Harris, victualler, Anchor
John Hart, carpenter and wheelwright
Rev. George Heath, M.A., Vicarage
James Lambert, blacksmith
John Last, baker and grocer
William Newman, shoemaker, Post Office
John William Potton and Son, millers and bakers
John Turner, harness maker, etc.
James Vile, schoolmaster
Farmers.
William Allen, Wallasea Island
John Auger, Esq., Lamborn Hall
John Baker, Pudsey Hall
William Isaac Belcham
Thomas Bradford
Henry Cross
Zachariah Guiver, Wades Farm
William Guiver, New Hall and White House Farms
Thomas Joslin
James Neill, Esq., Canewdon Hall
John Offord, Loftmans
James Reeve, Esq., Apton Hall
J.W. Stallibrass; h Eastwood
Joseph Smith
S.P. Widmill, Bolt Hall
James Whitwell
Mrs Ann Whitwell, Sturgeons
John Wright, Boxes Farm
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