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History of Great Bromley
History of Great Bromley >> 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
William Cook, parish clerk
Joel Dorling, corn miller
Rev. William Hall Graham M.A., Rectory
John Joseph Hazell, farrier
William Hazell, wheelwright
George Rice Jay, auctioneer and land surveyor
James Peacock, police constable
Samuel Archer Sparling, gentleman
John Stevenson, victualler, Black Boy
Nathaniel Wendon, butcher and cattle dealer
Miss Elizabeth Wilkins, schoolmistress
Beerhouses.
John Eagle
Samuel Miller
James Smith
Blacksmiths.
William Nicholls
John Scott
Farmers.
Edward Alston, Hall
John Charles Baker
Philip Bromley
Charles Brundell
John Carrington
John Dawson
John Francis
Thomas Harris
John Joseph Hazell
William Jacobs
George Sargeant
Jeffrey Scott
William Sparling
George Warner
George Wendon
Nathaniel Wendon
Joseph Wilkins
Shopkeepers.
Cornelius Byham
John Eagle
Daniel Sargeant
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