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History of Stanford Rivers >> 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
John Barnard, baker and victualler, White Bear
Charles Carter, butcher
Rev. Edward Dowdeswell D.D., rector and canon of Christ Chapel, Oxford
Rev. Cosmo Spencer Gordon B.A., curate
John Halls, corn miller
John Mansfield, cattle salesman
John Mott, carpenter
William Mott, cattle salesman
Joseph Henry Nicholas, master of Ongar Union Workhouse
William Pavitt, wheelwright
William Rayner, bricklayer
Edward Rowan, victualler, Green Man
Henry Rudd, blacksmith
Mary Sewell, matron, Workhouse
Isaac Taylor, gentleman
Thomas Thompson, relieving officer and registrar
Farmers.
Daniel Allen
Charles Baker
Mary Barton
Augustus Berkeley
William Clark
Thomas Clements
Robert Dix, Hall
James Hawes
Robert Hill, Morrells
Mary Jennings, Caunes
William Kynaston, Littlebury
William Lamb
John Mott
Mary Mott
James Noakes
Thomas Oldham, Berwicks
John Palmer, Traceys
Henry Pavitt
Matthew Playle
John Sallibrass, Ongar Park
Jonathan Stokes, Passingford Bridge
Rev. R. Waller (home, Great Birch)
Isaac Ward
Mary Waterhouse
Shoemakers.
Edward Garrett
James Sharp
Shopkeepers.
Michael Connolly
James Green
George Vale
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