Ancestors lost in the crowd?
New to family history research?
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 Stondon Massey

Bricklayer's Arms, Stondon Massey
©John Winfield
Photograph by kind permission of John Winfield,
contributor to the Geograph Project
History of Stondon Massey >> 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
Robert Ablin, victualler, Bricklayers' Arms
James Barnes, parish clerk
Edward Broughton, gentleman
Caroline Cooper, schoolmistress
Thomas Gann, shopkeeper and wheelwright
Rev. Thomas Hubbard B.A., rector and rural dean
Philip Hermann Meyer, Stondon Place
Ann Page, Stondon House
William Savill, shopkeeper
Farmers.
Philip Burgess Collyer
Henry Darby
George Gandy
James French, Stondon Massey Hall
William Page, Stondon House
Edmund Saunders
Edward Stock
James Webb
George Wright

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Go to the home page of the parish, village or town, and follow the 'My Ancestors' link halfway down the page.