Ancestors lost in the crowd?
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Census 1841 - 1911
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The London Gazette
Newspaper archives
Trade Directories
History of Sible Hedingham
History of Sible Hedingham >> 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. This can be obtained from ancestry.co.uk: 1851 England Census
OR
genesreunited.co.uk: 1851 census
OR
findmypast.com: 1851 census
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
Mr. Joseph Baynes
Mr. Joseph Bell
Mrs. Mary Ann Bull
William Butler
Mrs Mary Currey
Elizabeth Davis
Joseph Curtis, relieving officer and registrar
John Eley and Thomas Eley, corn millers
Samuel Eli England, excise officer
Edward Everton, wood turner
Frederick Nunn Everton, surgeon
Rosanna Fitch, straw hat maker
Miss M.E. Fowke
Mr. George Hills
Edward Heckford, hairdresser
Samuel Hockley, fruitier
Rev. James Howell, (Baptist)
Thomas Jennings, gentleman, High House
Robert Letch, higgler
J.E. Moor, bookkeeper
Samuel Nott, jun., rate collector
Mr. John Osborn
John Root, dealer
Rev. Thomas Pearse M.A., curate
Thomas Root, cooper
Mr. David Sampson
John Savill, auctioneer, land surveyor.
William Seymour, gentleman
John Spurgeon and Joseph Spurgeon, grocers and drapers
Matthew Staines, gentleman
Rev. Henry Warburton B.A., Rectory
Thomas Willis, coach builder
Farmers.
George Bell, Prayours
Henry Bell, Blois
Richard Britton, Ferry Green
William Carr, Morris Green
George Carter, Brook House
George Downes, Southey Green
Charles Flack, Brick Wall
Roger Gatward, (and jobber)
William Gunn, Greys
William Hale, Monks
Charles Hilton
John Hubbard
Samuel Kemp, Hawkwoods
William Leonard, Priors
Robert Letch, Morris Green
Robert Letch, jun., Welcome Slough
Edward Moor, Wash Farm
John Moss, Gormansey
Daniel Nash, Graveshall
John Rawlinson, Looms Hole
David Rist, Sparrows
Joseph Smith, Almshouse
Charles Eglonton Thorn
Sarah Winterflood, Hole Farm
Grimwood Wood, Hostages
St. Peter's Church, Sible Hedingham
©Robert Edwards
Photograph by kind permission of Robert Edwards,
contributor to the Geograph Project
Inns and Taverns.
George Bird, Bell
Thomas Kendall, Black Horse
Robert Prentice, Lamb
Charles Rawlings, Swan
William Root, Three Sugar Loaves
Richard Fitch, White Horse
Academies.
Adam Ebbels, Diocesan School
George James Marson
Joseph Martin, National
Bakers.
George Ames
Thomas Garrod
Ann Hutton
W. Kendall
Basket Makers.
Horace Dodman
James Goss
Beer Houses.
Henry Fitch
William Mayhew
John Orbell
Robert Redgwell
Thomas Henry White
Blacksmiths.
Henry Conway
William Mead
John Pettit
Richard Tiffen
William White
Thomas Henry White
Boot and Shoemakers.
William Abrahams (and leather cutter)
Charles Ames
Richard Fitch
William Gibbons
Robert Ince
William Lee
Thomas Pettit
Joseph Scotcher
John Westrop
Bricklayers.
Robert Brett
William King
Brick and Tile Manufacturers.
Charles Hilton
John Parish
Butchers.
George Ames
William Ames
Richard Fitch
Robert Hammond
Robert Harrington
Carpenters, etc.
Edward Cock
James Jarman
John Orbell
John Spurgeon, (and builder)
Flour Dealers.
Hannah Lazell
William Stuck
William Willett
Gardeners and Seedsmen.
Frederick Fairbank
Ann Flack
Charles Flack
Elizabeth Flack
William Mayhew
Benjamin Rule
Charles Thorn
Maltsters.
John Hubbard
John Taylor
Milliners.
Ann Jefferies
Martha Moss
Susan Scotcher
Elizabeth Willett
Painters, Glazers, and Plumbers.
Jacob Andrews
William Farrow
Shopkeepers.
Thomas Bishop
Henry Fitch
Henry Levitt
Samuel Nott
John Spurgeon and Joseph Spurgeon
Tailors.
George Abraham
Joseph Newborn
George Coppin
Wheelwrights.
Robert Prentice
Thomas Willis