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History of Great Chesterford >> 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:
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 Debnam, parish clerk
Mrs Barnard
Octavius Green, solicitor
Mary Hailes and Martha Hailes, drapers
Hon. and Rev. Lord Charles Ambrose Hervey, M.A., Rectory
Henry Hester, station master
Josiah Living, corn miller
Rev. Frederick Metcalfe, curate
Frederick Murton and Mrs, National School
Rev. Henry Stacey (Independent)
Martin Surrey, lime burner
William Weedon, watchmaker, etc.
Thomas Whitby, saddler, etc.
Inns and Taverns.
Crown, Sophia Wilkin
Crown and Thistle, Thomas Jowett
Greyhound, John Rudland
Farmers.
Thomas Bareham
William Kent
James Burleigh, and maltster
Robert Martin Johnson Cottingham
Mrs T. P. Nash, Manor House
John Pilgrim
Mrs Eliza Wall
James Sampson, and miller
Bakers.
James Marritt
John Perry and Thomas Perry
Beerhouses.
Joseph Hill
Joseph Mason
James Perrin
Joseph Reed
William Rule
Blacksmiths.
Jeffrey Dean
Benjamin Kent
Bricklayers.
John Jeffrey
John Wright
Butchers.
Charles Edward
Thomas Pilgrim
Carpenters.
Austin Haggar
Jeremiah Haggar (and wheelwright)
Haggar Thomas
John Killingbeck
Grocers and Drapers.
James Bard
Edward Kent
Mary Marten
William Rule
William Shelford, and coal dealer
Shoemakers.
Benjamin Frisby
Thomas Rice
William Smith
Tailors.
William Danns and Edward Danns
Henry Perkins
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