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Great Bentley, the Green and the Mill 1895
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

History of Great Bentley >> 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:

• 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

Council School, Great Bentley
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Quality reproductions of old photographs.

Frederick Almond, horse breaker and victualler, Plough
James Almond, butcher and cattle dealer
William Almond, veterinary surgeon
William Auston, Esq.
Henry Banyard plumber, painter, etc.
Mr William Banyard
Mr John Sizer
William Bines, saddler, etc.
William Collins, policeman
Arthur Cowell, bricklayer
Rev. Joseph Crofts, M.A., vicar
Lieutenant James Crosgrove
Samuel Goodwin, wheelwright
Charles Kidley, cooper
Willm. Meadowcroft, surgeon, Hill House
William Osbome, drill owner
James Oxberry, victualler, Lion
Rev. William Powell (Wesleyan)
Joseph Taylor and T. Newman, thatchers
Mr John Thompson, and Mrs Thompson
Philip Webb, butcher and dealer
William Webb cattle dealer, and Mark Webb, postman
Isaac Wright, gardener, etc.

Academies.
Mrs A. Almond
Hannah Lugar
Miss Reed

Bakers.
Thomas Jolly Charles
George Sizer, miller

Beerhouses.
Ebenezer Almond
John Fisher
Jeremiah Hayho, and sweep
William Jennings

Blacksmiths.
Abraham Almond
William Neville

Butchers.
James Alward
Philip Webb

Carpenters.
Edward Clark
John Dorman

Dressmakers.
Jane Dorman
Mrs H. Prior

Farmers.
John Bateman Borrodell, Esq.
Thomas Bromley
Thomas Henry Brown
William Cant
Thomas Carey
William Delf, Hall
William Hyam
William Kemp
John Lord
James Lufkin
Isaac Mills
Henry Nunn
Mrs A. Robinson
Edward Sheldrake
Carrington Francis Sizer
G. Sizer, miller
Peter Thompson, Brook House
George Bailey Ward
Joseph Ward

Grocers, etc.
John Blowers
Thomas Clarke
George Howard
Misses Mawby
William Newman
William Wright

Shoemakers.
Thomas Almond
Alfred Woadley

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