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History of Manuden

The Old Maltings, Manuden.
©Robert Edwards
Photograph by kind permission of Robert Edwards,
contributor to the Geograph Project
History of Manuden >> 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:
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

Maunden
Reproduced courtesy of Footsteps' Shop on Ebay.
Quality reproductions of old photographs.
Miss Ann Cork, grocer, etc.
Thomas Horner, carpenter, etc.
Miss Mary Hurrell, schoolmistress
William Moss, shopkeeper
Emily Sawyer, schoolmistress
Joseph Simmons grocer and draper
John Thomas, Esq., Manewdon House
Rev. St. John Wells Thorpe, B.A., vicar and surrogate
Richard Ward, bricklayer
Silvanus Ward, victualler, Cock
Beerhouses.
Mary Brand
John Hanscomb
Blacksmiths.
Edward Brand
Thomas Phillips
Boot and Shoemakers.
Isaac Clark, parish clerk
George Day
James Parker
Farmers.
James Burls
Ann Bush
Charles Clayden
Joseph Cowell
Stephen Judd
Hannah Patmore
Mary Patmore
George Smith
Samuel Beddall Totman
Tailors.
James Bush
Charles Lagden Moss
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