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 Thorpe le Soken
Thorpe-le-Soken, The Rose and Crown c1955
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Thorpe le Soken >> White's Directory 1863
White's Directory of Essex 1863 - list of inhabitants.
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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
Farmers.
Benjamin Barnard
Robert Beckwith
William Bumstead
John Clarke, Dommet's
William Gifford
Charles Hicks
Mrs Eliza Lines
Isaac Moles
John Moy, White Hall
James Nicholson
Robert Nicholson
William Nicholson, New Hall
Jag Rolph, Park
John Salmon
Thomas Rolph Sallows, Lodge
William Skeet
William Sorrell, Hall
William Thompson, New House
William Thompson, jun.
William Wenden
Grocers and Drapers.
John Barlett
Jn Hacklett
James Hill
John Worters
Saddlers.
Daniel Barton
William Field and Samuel Stribling.
Tailors.
John Ross
William Alfred Skeet
Wheelwrights.
Stephen Brown
John Hill
John Lillev
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