Ancestors lost in the crowd?
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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 South Hanningfield
St. Peter's Church, South Hanningfield
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History of South Hanningfield >> 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, blackmsith
Joseph Crow, shopkeeper
William Hunt, victualler, Windmill
Mr John Langley
Farmers.
Richard Algar, Hall
John Clift Algar, Little Prestons
John Cross, Smith Dukes
Edwin Grace, Arrow Farm
J.S. Harvey, Little Claydons
William Mumford, Great Prestons
Thomas Parnell, and William Jourdan, Giffords
Samuel Whybro
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