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 East Hanningfield
East Hanningfield, Post Office c1960
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of East Hanningfield >> 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
Charles Blanks, blacksmiths
John Du Croz, Esq., Great Claydons
Thomas Hill, bricklayer and victualler, Three Horse Shoes
Richard Myhill, butcher and victualler, Windmill
Rev. John Nottidge M.A., rector and rural dean, Rectory
Joshua Ramsey, victualler, Plough and Sail,
William Rayner, wheelwright
Farmers.
Thomas Beall, Hall
David Bewers, Lodge
Joseph Blanks, Common
James Edwards, Salesfriths
George Grave, Sumpters
Frederick Mead, Little Gibcrack
Sarah Ratcliff, James Ratcliff, Rough Hill
Thomas Stock
Joseph Smith
William Whittamore, Romans
Beer Houses.
Joseph Dowsett
Henry Wells
Carpenters.
James Eaton
John Eaton
Robert Eaton
Shoemakers.
Thomas Bacon
Thomas Deakin
William Dowsett
Joseph Overall
Shopkeepers.
Joseph Cottee, baker
Joseph Dowsett
John Stock
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