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History of Stanford-le-Hope
Stanford-le-Hope, Corringham Road c1960
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Stanford-le-Hope >> 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
William Bearman, parish clerk
Edward Coe, baker
James Dale, plumber, painter, etc.
Thomas Allen Dent, butcher
Miss E. Dentry, school mistress
Thomas Dexter, station master
George Dove, victualler, King's Head
William Frostick, grocer and draper
Rev. Brisco Morland Gane, B.A., curate
John Gentry, wheelwright and builder
John Knowles, blacksmith
Herbert Edward Massey, grocer, etc.
Thomas Nash, shoemaker and shopkeeper
Thomas Michael Parrott, surgeon
William Payne, carpenter
William Stevens, victualler, Railway Tavern
Peter Davey Taylor, gent.
William Wilson, Esq., Moor Place
Farmers.
John Blyth, Hassingbrook Hall
William Eastwood, Great Garlands
William Eve, Pitsea Farm
John Mayes, Grove House
Henry Bell Offwood, Broad Hope
Frederick George Spitty, Old Garlands
William Wilson
Charles Bates
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