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Southminster, Hall Road and the Old Pump c1955
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Southminster >> 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
Rev. James Ault (Independent)
Rev. George Campion Berkeley, M.A., vicar; h Dunton Waylett
John Bishop, carpenter and builder
Benjamin Bobby, carrier
Mr G. Campin
Robert Gorton Combe, surgeon; h Burnham
John Cook and Son (Charles), builders
Joseph Cook, mole catcher, etc.
Mr. William Cooper
Joseph Downing
Samuel Dennish, cooper and basket maker
Isaac Downing, wheelwright
Rev. Joseph Glover Evans, B.A., curate
William Ely coach, builder, wheelwright, smith, and machine agent
Andrew Glass, farm bailiff
John Halstead, sexton
Henry Shuttleworth Hurrell, veterinary surgeon
John Kemp, maltster and corn dealer
William King, chemist and druggist
Joseph Livermore, carrier
Robert Lufkin, hair dresser
Thomas Otway, veterinary surgeon and druggist
Benjamin Sage, parish clerk
Mrs E. Pipe, draper and milliner
Mrs Charlotte Totter, milliner
John Utley, chimney sweeper
William Arthur Rush, surgeon
Thomas Trageant Smyth, corn dealer, etc.
Mr James Spurgin and Mrs Jane Spurgin
William Summers, postman
Henry Vinson, draper and clothier
Academies and Schools.
Miss Harriet Spell
Miss Pipe
William Wright, (day and boarding)
British School, Robert Ireson
National School, John Taylor and Miss Taylor
Inns and Taverns.
King's Head, Robert Willsmer
Rose and Crown, William Dixey
White Hart, John Rayment, cattle dealer
White Horse, Thomas Baldwin
Bakers, etc.
James Cant
George Norris
Thomas Otley
Edward Spells
Jonathon Summers
Beerhouses.
William Bishop
John Brockis
William Hewlett
Benjamin Noakes
Blacksmiths.
William Ely, and wheelwright
Anthony Rayment
Joseph Rumsey
Boot and Shoe makers.
Daniel Cooper
Daniel Olley
Thomas Pickman
William Purkis
Benjamin Smith, jun.
Samuel Walker
Butchers.
William Dixey
William Totham
John Willsmer
Carpenters, etc.
John Bishop
J. Cook and Son
Benjamin Noakes
Wild Stammers
Henry Stammers
Corn Millers.
William Smyth
Jonathan Summers
Farmers.
G. Attenborough
Thomas Clarke
William Clarke
Robert Glass Davies, and bailiff
James Hoy
John North Kemp
John Marriott
William Page, Hall
W. Page, jun., Limes
William Potter
Henry James Robinson
Thomas Sewell
Edward Spells
Edward Spells, jun.,
John Stammers
Grocers and Drapers.
Robert Beehag
Westwood Camping
John Harding
W. Harvey and Son
John Pipe
Edward Piper
William Purkis
John Prior
John Reeve, upholsterer
John Smith
Plumbers, etc.
Thomas Bruce
William Camping
Henry Winterbon
Saddlers.
Edward Polley
Benjamin Smith
John Smith
John Smith, jun.
Tailors.
Robert Hasler
Thomas Wright
Watchmakers.
Henry Carter
Stephen Hewes
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