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 Prittlewell
Prittlewell, Village 1891
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History of Prittlewell >> 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
Prittlewell
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Thomas Bell, postmaster
Joseph Bentall, farmer, Berlands
John Burge, excise office
James Crix, farmer, Folly
John Dowsett, hair dresser
William Garon, currier
William Gusterson, bricklayer
George Lacell, farmer, Hamsells
John Lucking, beer seller
Thomas Lindsell, coach builder, etc.
Rev. Frederick Nolan LL.D., vicar
William Page, beer seller
Captain Robert Scallon R.N.
Rev. Arthur Richard Stert
James Tabor, Esq., Earl's Hall
James Trigg, beer seller
George Trumper, farmer, Chalkwell Hall
Robert Trower, watchmaker
John Baker, National School
Thomas Bragg, coal merchant
Sophia Garrard, straw hat maker
Hotels and Inns.
Isaac Francis, Blue Boar
William Raven, King's Head
George Hart, Spread Eagle
Bakers.
Thomas Bragg
William Dawson
Alfred Garrard
George Laver
Peter Price
William Price
Prittlewell
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Blacksmiths.
Humphrey Adcock
Thomas Lindsell
Samuel Wolf
Boot and Shoe Makers.
Joseph Deer
Henry Dowsett
James Dowsett
Edward Garrard
William Gray
John Truss
Butchers
George France
William Hart
Carpenters and Builders.
Giles Bell
William Bragg
Grocers, Drapers and Shopkeepers.
Isaac Bell
George Bragg
Thomas Hardwick Livermore
William Cable
Corn Millers.
Elizabeth Going
G. Threadgold
Milliners, etc.
Eliza Bragg
Sophia Garrard
Saddlers.
Mrs. Ayton
John Goodman
Tailors.
William Harridge
James Johnson
William King
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