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History of Layer Marney

Layer Marney, the Towers 1892
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.

History of Layer Marney >> 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:

• 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

St. Mary's Church, Layer Marney
Reproduced courtesy of Footsteps' Shop on Ebay.
Quality reproductions of old photographs.

William, Everett, wheelwright
Rev. Samuel Farman M.A., Rectory
Frederick Hutley, blacksmith
Jonathan Hutley, shopkeeper and parish clerk
William Sparrow, victualler, Black Lion

Farmers.
Charles Barrit
William Blyth
Henry Blyth
Robert Keyes
James Boys Ley
Susan Orpen
F.U. Pattinson
Elizabeth Sach
Nancy Sach
Elizabeth Wright

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