Ancestors lost in the crowd?
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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 Pebmarsh
History of Pebmarsh >> 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

Pebmarsh
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Quality reproductions of old photographs.
Peter Hearn, parish clerk
Mrs. Ann Watts, school mistress
Rev. Harbottle Grimston, M.A., rector
Mrs. Jane Rodick
Mrs. Thompson
Charles William Start, Moat Farm
Henry Baker, miller
Joseph Binks, farmer
Stephen Baker
Thomas Clark, King's Head PH
Mrs. Hannah Susannah Collis, farmer, Byndes Farm
John Collis, malster, Farmer and landowner, Hill Farm
Thomas Creffield, baker
George Dixey, shopkeeper
William Dixey, pork butcher
James Eldred, blacksmith
Joseph Eldred, wheelwright
Mrs. Harriet Farrow, farmer, Marvel's Garden
Shadrach Hearn, farmer and beer retailer, Buxton Place
George Lee, grocer and postmaster
George Nott, farmer, Dagworth
Henry Nott, farmer, Collis Farm
E.L. Rodick and H. Rodick, silk throwsters
William Smith, saddler
John Stebbing, farmer, Spoons Hall
Robert Stebbing, Farmer, Stanley Hall
Joseph Stuck, farmer
George Whiting, shopkeeper
Mrs. Ann Wiffen, beer retailer
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