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Census 1841 - 1911
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Trade Directories
History of Frating
Frating Village Hall
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History of Frating >> 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
Rev. Robert Bickersteth Mayor, B.D., Rectory
Robert Almond, blacksmith
Zachariah Avis, shoemaker
William Boghurst, farmer and landowner, Frating Abbey
Henry Simons Brown, farmer and landowner, Morehams
Mrs. Harriett Clark, grocer
Gregory Cowell, bricklayer
William Cross, farmer, Ivy Cottage
Zenos Downs, farmer, Hockley Farm
Thomas Girling, cattle dealer
Arthur Green, corn merchant
George Lowndes, farmer, Frating Lodge
Abraham Maskell, farmer, Holly Farm
Abraham Maskell, jnr., cooper
William Robinson, farmer, Manning's Farm
James Vince, farmer
Philip Bernard Vincent, farmer, Frating Hall
James Robert Warren, King's Arms PH
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