Bradwell Road, Tillingham, c.1955Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Tillingham >> Post Office Directory 1874
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.
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Robert Gorton Coombe Henry George Crabb, The Hall Charles Croxon, Reddings Mrs. Mary Dines Rev. Charles Sweet Escott, B.A., vicar Thomas Jackson, Bridgemans Rev. George Wessley, (Baptist) Mrs. Mary Anne Alliker, farmer Henry Argent, blacksmith Robert Aylett, wheelwright Thomas Baxter, blacksmith Mrs. Rhoda Chapman, shopkeeper Charles Chenery, shopkeeper Charles Collins, carpenter Robert Gorton Coombe, surgeon and registrar of births and deaths Clark Cooper, farmer Clark Cooper, jun., grocer Co-operative Industrial Society (William Ford, manager) Henry George Crabb, farmer, The Hall James Cracknell, farmer, Lincolns Charles Croxon, farmer, Reddings Mrs. Elizabeth Dines, straw hat and bonnet maker Samuel Dines, farm bailiff to Robert Page, esq., Marsh House Joseph Dowsett, bricklayer Edward Drew, bricklayer Joseph English, shoe maker Alfred Hart, grocer and draper Edwald Albert Hart, grocer and draper Stephen Hart, grocer and draper Mrs. Elizabeth Hedgley, farmer, Dots Mellons Henry Hubbard, marine store dealer
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James Jackson, farmer, Leggetts James Jackson, farmer, Sampsons Mrs. Mary Jackson, farmer Thomas Jackson, farmer and landowner, Bridgemans Thomas Lay, baker George Metcalfe, farm bailiff to Charles Page, The Grange John William Osborne, plumber and painter John Park Payne, farm bailiff to James Gale Mrs. Mary Payne, dame school Thomas Fletcher Peacock, baker Mrs. Lydia Pearson, Cock PH Miss Eliza Playle, milliner James Pond, baker and postmaster William Pond, carrier Potter and Mitson, shoe makers William Raven, proprietor of thrashing machine Alfred Rayner, saddler Arthur George Rayner, Cap and Feathers PH James Harris Rodda, carpenter Thomas Sewell, grocer and draper John Sexton, shopkeeper Francis Simpson, Swan PH Mrs. Mary Skingsley, straw hat and bonnet maker William Spurgin, agricultural implement agent Robert John Taylor, plumber, painter and glazier John Turner, farmer, Hill Farm Marshall Turner, farmer, East Hyde Thomas Wildish, baker John Wright, butcher and carrier
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Tillingham - Cary's New and Correct English Atlas, 1798
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