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Trade Directories
History of Great Dunmow (Dunmow)
Great Dunmow
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History of Great Dunmow >> Post Office Directory 1874
Post Office Directory of Essex 1874 - list of inhabitants.
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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
Great Dunmow
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William James Anniss
Benjamin Anderson
Rev. John Backhouse, M.A., Brook House
Moses Barltrop, Rose Cottage
George Barnard
James Barnard
Mrs. Barnard, The Limes
Frederick Bellamy
Henry Burt, Brick House
Francis Cates, Broadgroves
William Blackborne Clapham
William Clayton
George Cock, Causeway
Right Hon. Sir Robert Collier, Bigods Hall
James Cullingford
Rev. James Ervine, (Congregational)
Thomas Gibbons, Down House
Stephen Giffard
Richard Greene, The Downs
David Day Grigsby, The Downs
Sir Brydges Powell Henniker, bart. J.P., Newton Hall
Mrs. Holloway, Daisey Cottage, Church End
Robert James, Church End
William Wheatley Knocker
Miss Langworthy, The Downs
Oliver Manaton, The Downs
Horatio Maunsell, M.D. and M.C.
Charles Moore
Edward Philbrick, Bowling Green
Mrs. T.M. Philbrick, Ivy Cottage
Mrs. Mary Randall, North House
Captain Herbert Ray, Goston Lodge
Rev. William Langston Scott, M.A., vicar and rural dean, Church End
James Smith, The Laurels
Miss Smith, Dunmow Park
Joseph Smith
Frederick Snell
Mrs. Taylor, The Downs
Thomas Warner, Causeway
Mrs. Welch, The Downs
Samuel White
William James Anniss, surgeon
Agricultural Society Thomas Welch, sec.
William Bailey, farmer, Strood Hall Farm
Thomas Ballardie, cabinet maker and upholsterer
George Barnard, farmer, Marks Hill, Crouches, Maples and Old House
Great Dunmow
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John Clapton Barnard, wine merchant
Thomas Barnard, confectioner
Thomas Barnard Constable, farmer, Low Hall
William Barnard, bankers' agent
William Beard, draper and outfitter
Frederick Bond, grocer and cheesemonger
Charles Brewster, agricultural implement dealer
Simon Bright, baker
Misses Brown, ladies' school
Building Society, Stephen Giffard, sec.
John Bull, corn dealer
William Burch, clothier and outfitter
Burt and Ottway. wine and spirit merchants
Robert Burton, corn dealer
Charles Rayner Byatt, tailor
Dansie Carter, book seller and printer
Dansie Carter, jun., fancy repository
Francis Cates, jun., Saracen's Head - hotel, family, commercial posting house
Mrs. Elizabeth Cheek, dress maker
George Dixon Clapham, corn, coal, seed, cake merchant
William Blackborne Clapham, surgeon to the Dunmow union
John Clark, butcher
Elisha Clayton, tailor
William Clayton, wholesale grocer
Samuel Coates, baker, Church End
Henry Cockayne, Eden School
Cole Brothers, huilders
Miss Lydia Collis, school
Amos Coote, beer retailer
Henry Cox, builder and brick maker
Arnos Crow, beer retailer
John Crane, station master
Mrs. Ellen Day, dress maker
Thomas Dennis, ironmonger
Mrs. Mary Dennison, clothier
George Ellis, carter and coal dealer, Parsonage Down
Thomas Elsey, superintendent of police
Rev. James Ervine, British and Foreign Bible Society's depot
William Fisher, general dealer
Mrs. Susan Franklin, farmer, Newton Hall Farm
William Franklin, White Horse PH, timber merchant and builder
Friendly Society, John George McKenzie, clerk; W.C. Barnard, treasurer
John Galney, tea dealer
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