Ancestors lost in the crowd?
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Census 1841 - 1911
Birth, Death and Marriage Registration
The London Gazette
Newspaper archives
Trade Directories
History of Layer de la Haye
History of Layer de la Haye >> Post Office Directory 1874
Post Office Directory of Essex 1874 - list of inhabitants.
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
Simon Barton, parish clerk
Mrs. Eliza Woodward, school mistress
Mrs. Carr
Mrs. Grimwood
Rev. Thomas Price, B.A., Vicarage
John Tracey
John Allen, boot and shoe maker
Charles Appleby, farmer
Benjamin Baker, jun., farmer
John Brown, beer retailer
George Bullock, grocer and draper
Charles Burton, shopkeeper
George Candler, Fox Inn PH
William Clark, farmer, Wick Farm
John Demon, carpenter
Samuel Dennis, farmer
Daniel Gentry, beer retailer
Robert Gentry, butcher
Robert Hicks, bricklayer
Charles Hunwick, wheelwright and blacksmith
William Richardson, farmer, Rye Farm
Henry Royce, farmer, Gate Farm
William Royce, miller
Alfred Saunders, farmer and malster
Thomas Scott, baker
William Theobald, shoe maker
Charles Walford, farmer, Hill Farm
Edwin Walford, farmer, Fields Farm
William Walford, farmer, Hall Farm
William Wheeler, jun., farmer, Burnt Down Farm
James Woodward, bricklayer
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