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Census 1841 - 1911
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The London Gazette
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Trade Directories
History of Waltham Abbey
Waltham Abbey, Market Square 1921
Reproduced courtesy of The Francis Frith Collection.
History of Waltham Abbey >> White's Directory 1848
White's Directory of Essex 1848 - list of inhabitants.
Part 2. Continues Part 1 >>.
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
Those marked 1, are in High Beech; 2, Holyfield Hamlet; 3, Upshire Hamlet; 4, Sewardstone Hamlet; and the rest are in the town of Waltham Abbey.
Brewers.
Thomas Chatteris
2 James Death
Bricklayers.
Thomas Adams
William Sibthorp
Thomas Sinkwell
William Wiggs
Butchers.
James Brown
Charles Carr
William Dugard
Francis Hilton
Andrew Nash
Charles Newland
John Paine
Richard Smith
Carpenters.
James Franklin
John Gardener and William Gardner
Henry Phillips
Chemists and Druggists.
William Baker
James A. Marshall
China, Glass, etc., Dealers.
Mary Barwick
Joel Isaacs
Isaac James
Coal and Corn Merchants.
William Clark
4 John Hampton
Thomas Smith
William Webster
Charles Whipps
Coal Dealers
Mary Aylin
Thomas Meeson
Jonathan Woodbridge
Corn Millers.
Frederick Brown
James Carr
William Webster
Corn and Flour Dealers.
William John Bates
James Carr
John Clayden
George Crean
John Hanchet
William Hicks
Edward Jones
Richard Rudge
Thomas Smith
William Webster
Farmers.
3 Christopher Alderson
4 Henry Ashcomb
4 John Ashcomb
4 John Atkinson
3 William Bailey
4 Henry Banks
3 Stephen Barton
3 Richard Bates
2 Thomas Brett
3 James Buer
4 Charles Burrell
4 Frederick Bursill
2 Charles Chapman
2 John R. Chapman, Holyfield
Thomas Chapman, Abbey Farm
3 John Clark
Joseph Clark
2 Richard Dawson
3 James Doe
2 John Eaton
3 Deskford Gray
2 William Waterman Green
4 James Hampton
4 Jonas Hampton
3 Thomas Haines
3 Mary Hardinge
3 Joseph Hartwell, Woodridden Hill
3 John Hide
4 John Kendall, Leopard’s Hill
2 David Littlechild, Bowtells
3 Benjamin Mills, Maynards
3 John Mills, Fearn Hall
4 Peter Mills
3 Thomas Mills
2 William Mills
3 James Morgan
2 George Palmer
3 Joseph Palmer
3 William Parrish
3 Thomas Passfield
2 William Pegrum
2 Thomas Perry
2 Benjamin Pryor
Thomas Rickett
4 John Risley
3 John Roberts
2 John Smith
4 John Sprugen
4 Maria Trapps
3 James Webb
4 Joseph Welch
Gardeners.
David Carter
Thomas King, Abbey Gardens
Mrs. Maloney
4 James Perry
William Savill
Grocers, etc.
Mary Barwick
William John Bates
4 John Bride
1 William Burrell
William Dendy
Joel Isaacs
Isaac James
James Edward O’Brian
Thomas Reed
James Rickett
Samuel Thompson, Green Yard
John Wood
Elizabeth Wray
Ironmongers and Braziers.
John Marsh
William Richardson
Linen Drapers.
Christopher Andrews
J.E. Howell
Samuel Boyes Pugh
William Sedgwick
Maltsters.
Thomas Chatteris
Edward Jones
Milliners, etc.
Eliza Allsup
P. and J. Bigg
Catherine Champness
Sophia Speller
Perfumers and Hairdressers.
Thomas Dench
William Law
Plumbers., Painters, Glaziers, etc.
Sarah Goff
Thomas King
Richard Rudge
Saddlers.
S. Crossingham
William Judd
Edward White
Shopkeepers.
Thomas Boards
W.H. Champness
James Laurence
1 Joseph Meyers
2 Thomas Walker
Surgeons.
Henry Bursey
John Brown
Arthur Priest
Tailors.
Thomas Dixon
Charles Gowler
George Mumford
John Phipps
James Speller
W.P. Warner
Watchmakers.
William Longden
J.B. Sargent
John Warden
Wheelwrights.
James Cook
H. Copperwheat
James Pegrum
Continues Part 1 >>.
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