Ancestors lost in the crowd?
New to family history research?
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 >> Post Office Directory 1874
Post Office Directory of Essex 1874 - list of inhabitants.
If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1874 directory is the 1871 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
John Dixon, Great Claydons
William Gardiner, The Hall
Rev. Samuel Buxton Smyth, M.A., rector
Samuel Aylward, beer retailer
Thomas Bacon, boot and shoe maker
Thomas Bacon, jun., Plough and Sail, and cattle dealer
Thomas Beadel, farmer, Lodge
William Bird, farmer
John Brown, blacksmith
Robert Chapman, boot and shoemaker
William Clark, grocer
Walter Collins, farmer
Charles Cottee, baker and grocer
John Dixon, jun. farmer
Samuel Durrant, farmer
John Eaton, carpenter
William Flack, bricklayer
William Gardiner, farmer and landowner
Horatio Grange, shopkeeper
Charles Mott, farmer and assistant over-seer, Paprills
Richard Myhill, butcher
Thomas Pannell, farmer
Joseph Ratcliff, farmer
Henry Rayner, farmer
William Rayner, wheelwright
William Shelley, Windmill
Henry Wells, beer retailer
James Wells, Three Horseshoes
Thomas Sutton, school teacher
Richard Brand, parish clerk
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