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History of St Osyth
St Osyth, the Creek 1912
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of St Osyth >> 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 Archer, wharfinger and miller
Samuel Groat, wharfinger and miller
Frederick Blyth, gentleman
John Clark, brazier and gunsmith
Mr. Martin Cook
Mrs. Chaplin
Henry Crampin, schoolmaster
James Dean, gentleman
Thomas Fisher, gentleman
Misses Maria Dwyer and Fanny Dwyer
James Fisher, hair dresser, etc.
James Franklin, carrier
John Gilders, corn merchant, maltster, and brewer
Samuel Groat, corn miller, etc.
Mrs. Hardy, National School
John Harvey, Police Constable
George Jay, land steward, Priory
Jacon Joy, plumber, painter, etc.
Mr. A. Law
Ruth Minter, carrier
James Lilly, hosier, etc.
William Frederick Nassau, Esq., and John Nassau, Esq., St. Osyth Priory
James Newcomb, grocer and draper
Rev. John Norman M.A., curate
Henry Norman, veterinary surgeon
Thomas Pilbrow, coal and lime merchant and wharfinger
Charles Stevens, coast guard boatman, Stone Point Tower
Peter Thompson, coal merchant, maltster, ship owner, etc.
Mrs. Fanny Trimmell
Henry Rycroft Wilson, grocer, draper, and agent to Phoenix Fore Office
Inns and Taverns.
Abraham Bush, Flag Inn
Ireland Graham, King's Arms
James Norman, Red Lion, Post Office
Charles Warren, White Hart
Farmers.
Benjamin Baker, Duchess Farm
William Wilson Blyth, Park Farm
Carrington Wilson Blyth
Abraham Carter
George Frost
Richard Dodson Cheveley, Warren
Edward Cole, Earls Hall
Thomas Cooper, Hampton Wick
Samuel Dean, St. Clere's Hall
Henry Ferris, Frowick Hall
George Gardner
James Glandfield, St. Osyth Wick
John Gray, Folly Farm
John Hempson, Willow Wick
Benjamin Jaggard, Cock's Farm
George Knight, Braziers
Henry Laws, Wigborough Wick
William Matson, Black House Wick
William Matthews
William Simpson
John Potter
Robert Salmon
Elizabeth Skipper, Wire Hall
John Amos Thompson, Well Wick
Peter Thompson, Hill House
Frederick Vallance, Dolts and Mases
Bakers.
Maria Graham
George King
William Last
Blacksmiths.
John Hamby
Jonathan Wells
Bricklayers.
Joseph Page (and beerhouse)
William Peggs
Butchers.
Isaac Nicholson
James Norman, jun.
Carpenters.
George Bowden
James Demaid
Ireland Graham
James Watsham
Gardeners.
William Clark
James Cook
James Dunnett
William Dunnett
Milliners.
H. Buckingham
Eliza Coe
Mrs. H. Eade
Eliza Nicholson
Maria Skipper
Saddlers.
Edward Blowers
Frederick Humphrey
Shoemakers.
William Dunnett (and parish clerk)
George Sealey
John Sealey
Shopkeepers.
William Coe
James Cook
William Gilders
James Newcomb
Joseph Page
George Sealey
Henry Wilson
Surgeons.
Robert Latten
Robert Welham
Tailors.
Abraham Carter
Martin Cook
Wheelwrights.
Benjamin Burgess
Sarah Sloughgrove and John Sloughgrove
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St Osyth Priory
print published 1834
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