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 Thorrington
Thorrington, the Church 1900
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Thorrington >> Post Office Directory 1874
Post Office Directory of Essex 1874 - list of inhabitants.
If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1874 directory is the 1871 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
Rev. Edmund Leachman, M.A., curate
Mrs. Hannah Bacon, Pound Farm
James Bacon, farmer, Goldacres
William Bacon, beer retailer, saddler and harness maker
David Barker, farm bailiff to Edward Allston
Mrs. Eliza Carr, dress maker
John Carr, shopkeeper
Frederick Cooper, miller
William Death, boot and shoe maker
William Stutter Frost, farmer, Thorrington Hall
Henry Gosling, Red Lion PH
Henry Harper, farmer and brick maker
James Hart, wheelwright and carpenter
Jonathan Lord, farmer
William Lord, farmer
Thomas Manning, baker and shopkeeper
Mrs. Charlotte Porter, farmer, Gate House
Frederick Rodwell, blacksmith
Simon Salmon, farmer
Mrs. Susannah Simmons, shopkeeper
George Slowgrove, beer retailer
Thomas Wright, farmer and beer retailer
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