Ancestors lost in the crowd?
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Census 1841 - 1911
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Trade Directories
History of Layer de la Haye
History of Layer de la Haye >> 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
Benjamin Baker, carpenter
George Bullock, hawker
Rev. John Dewhurst M.A., incumbent of Layer de la Hay and Berechurch
John Finch, cooper
Charles Hunwick, blacksmith, Cross
John Royce, miller, Great House
Evatt Sanders, maltster, Malting Green
Richard Steer, victualler, Fox Inn
William Thompson, wheelwright
James Woodward, bricklayer
Mrs E. Woodward, schoolmistress
Farmers.
Joseph Appleby
James Baker
Susan Dalins
Richard Foster
William Garrard, Blind Knights
Daniel Gentry (and butcher)
John Grimwood
Charles Hall, Wicks
John Pearson, Esq.
John Tracey, Rye
Richard Ardleigh Walford
John Watkinson
Shoemakers.
John Allen
Charles Theobald
Shopkeepers.
Robert Adams
James Goodacre
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