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Chelmsford, High Street 1892
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History of Chelmsford >> 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:

• 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

The directory combines Chelmsford, Springfield and Moulsham as one entry.

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Springfield Road, Chelmsford
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Iron Merchant.
Frederick Greenwood

Ironmongers.
Robert Cole
Samuel Collis
Thomas Dennis
Charles Horsnell
Sarah Merritt and Ann Merritt
Thomas Milbank
William Shave
George Wood

Linen Drapers.
Acworth and Hughes
Davey Bourne
Charles Cheveley and Thomas Cheveley
Robert Christy
William Hawes
John Houghton
Samuel Mann
Richard Dudley Palmer
Henry Nicholson
James George Yell

Malsters.
Richard Battle
Charles Stanton Gray
Thomas Dixon Ridley
Charles Scott

Duke Street, Chelmsford
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Marine Store Dealers.
John Driscole
George Mason
Peter Phillips

Milkmen.
Samuel Bigsby
John Carley
James Choat
David Christy
John Finch
William Garwood
John Miller
Benjmain Pudney
William Weatherley

Milliners and Dress Makers.
Sarah Ablin
Mary Barnard
Elizabeth Caroline Bullen
Caroline Bundock
Emma Crush and Maria Crush
Mary Ffitch
Rebecca Garrood
Caroline Jackson
Mary Ann Johnson
Mrs. Hannah Lucklin
Elizabeth Palmer
Matilda Poulton
Elizabeth Ray
Mrs. Roberts
Elizabeth Scott
Elizabeth Scruby
Mrs. Sibley
Mary Smith
Miss Wooldridge
Elizabeth Wright

Duke Street, Chelmsford
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Millwrights.
John Howlett
Alfred Mecklenburgh

Musical Instrument Makers and Dealers.
George Thomas Bond
J.R. Rust (organ builder)

Nursery and Seedsmen (Gardeners, Florists, etc.)
Henry Dowsett
Zachariah Ginn
Henry Heard
John Kerridge
William Maryon
William Mills
Mary Rayner
John Saltmarsh
Joseph Saltmarsh
Joseph Skinner
Edward Sorrell
Thomas Sorrell
Thomas Turvill

Oil and Colourman.
George Augustus Page

Painters, Plumbers, and Glaziers.
Dunt and Farrow
Robert Garrood
James Humphreys
Thomas Matt
George Rogers
Henry Sewell
William Stock
William Stock, jun.
James Tilson
William Wilder

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