Ancestors lost in the crowd?
New to family history research?
Perhaps these articles on our website may help:
Census 1841 - 1911

Birth, Death and Marriage Registration

The London Gazette

Newspaper archives

Trade Directories

History of Great Wakering

Great Wakering, High Street c1950
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

History of Great Wakering >> 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

High Street, Great Wakering
Reproduced courtesy of Footsteps' Shop on Ebay.
Quality reproductions of old photographs.

James Alp, blacksmith
Augustus Ascole, watch mater, etc.
Thomas Bailey carpenter and builder
William Bailey, carpenter
James Bell, wheelwright, etc.
Henry Benniwith, wheelwright
Daniel Bradley, victualler
Charles Bradnam, gardener, etc.
George Burgess, bricklayer
James Catmull, jun., builder
John Edmund Catmull, brick maker
Agate Clement, bailiff, Wic Farm
John Collins, coal dealer
Robert Cooper, watch maker, etc.
Samuel Cripps, horse, etc. letter
Rev. Edward Dodson, B.A., vicar
Robert Foulger, clothes dealer
John Freeman, wheelwright
George Nathan Fulcher, schoolmaster
William Fulcher, victualler White Hart
Charles Gardner, parish clerk
James Howard and John Howard, bargemen
James Kemp, victualler, Anchor
Abraham Kernot, surgeon
Charles Miller, surgeon
Alexander Norden, blacksmith
Rev. Samuel Oliver (Independent)
Joseph Pawsey, beerhouse, etc.
George Perkins, hardware, etc., dealer
Thomas Pierce, veterinary surgeon
William Rod, victualler, Lion
Mrs C. Whitaker
Mrs E. Webb

Farmers.
Henry Cater, St. John's Land
James Catmull, and builder
William Parsons, Winters
J.W. Stallibrass
Mr Morin
Alfred Wedd, Land Wic

Bakers.
John Freeman
Samuel Frost
Joseph Howard
Abraham Kilson
John Monk
William Porter
John Smith

Boot and Shoemakers.
John Adams
James Baker
Jonathan Beadel
Thomas Goodson
Mellor Wyborn
William Wyborn
Robert Wyborn

Butchers.
Joseph Kirkham
Samuel Oliver

Saddlers.
John Boreham, and harrow maker
James Ayton

Shopkeepers.
Thomas Beard
William Buxton
Charles Leeks
Henry Livermore
William Hadley
John Rivers
George Walter Webb
Henry Webb
Ann Elizabeth Wright

Tailors.
Peter Henry Brown
Stephen Rice

Back to History of Great Wakering

Are your ancestors from this location? Why not tell us their story. When were they here? Who were they? What they did they do? Where did they go? Have you an interesting story to tell about them?

Go to the home page of the parish, village or town, and follow the 'My Ancestors' link halfway down the page.