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 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
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Prittlewell
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John Baker, parish clerk and registrar
Mr Isaac Bell
George Francis, post office
William Ham, sexton and beadle
James Heygate, Esq.
Mr Thomas Hindes
George John Jones, surgeon
Misses Lane
Mr Thomas Lindsell, senior
Thomas Lindsell jun. coach builder and implement maker
Rev. Frederick Scratton Little
David Montague, sanitary pipe, pot, brick, etc. manufacturer
Mr Oxenford
William Parmenter, brickmaker
Edward Parsons, potter
Samuel Phillips, brickmaker
Mr Henry John Price
Rev. Arthur Richard Stert, M.A. curate, Vicarage
James Stockwell, pottery manager
William Swaine, solicitor
James Tabor, Esq.
John Voisey and Son, cabinet makers
Henry Williams photographer
Mrs A. Yarrow
Farmers.
Mrs Elizabeth Adey
Charles Barnard, Coleman's
Arthur Bentall, Folly Farm
Mrs Mary Bentall, Barlands
George Lacell, Hemsolls
John Pledger, Leigh road
Robert Sewell
Thomas Warren, Temple Farm
Mary Ann Whitaker, Whitegate
Prittlewell
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Hotels, Inns, and Taverns
Blue Boar, William Perkins
King's Head, John Benson
Spread Eagle, George Hart
Academies and Schools.
George Bigsby, Free School
Mary Button, Infant School
Mrs Hall
Miss Smith
Bakers and Shopkeepers.
Thomas Bragg
William Dawson
Alfred Garrard
John Lucklng
Mrs F. Price
Peter Price
George White
Beerhouses.
George Bragg
Thomas Kent
Joseph Hicks
George Lucking
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