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History of West Bergholt >> White's Directory 1863
White's Directory of Essex 1863 - list of inhabitants.
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
Henry Allston
Thomas Daniell, brewer, maltster and coal merchant
Walter Garling, baker, etc.
Jeremiah Groves, pork butcher
Bailey Pittock, brewer, grocer, wheelwright and smith
Samuel Ratcliffe, victualler, White Hart
Moss Rose, blacksmith
George Thomas Sargeant, schoolmaster
James Seaborn, wheelwright and smith
Rev. Frederick Sims, B. A., rector
Beerhouses.
Benjamin Cole
William Pitch
James Hemstead
Bricklayers.
James Atkinson
Samuel Mussett
John Seaman
Cattle Dealers.
Edward Barrow
Samuel Burton
Edward Seaborn
George Wright
Corn Millers.
John Argent
James Green
Elias Springett
Farmers.
John Thompson Argent
Thomas Beardwell
Daniel Bradbrook
Robert Bradbrook, Cook's Hall
Samuel Burton
Daniel Bradbrook
James Grant
James Green
Jacob Lambert, High Trees
Sophia Marchant and Mary Ann Marchant
John Norman
Isaac Page
Cutforth Sea Amory
Edward Thorington
John Ward, Hall
James West
George Wright
Shoemakers.
Joseph Cant
Robert Whitehead
Shopkeepers.
Joseph Cant
James Howe
William Linsell
George Moss
Pittock Bailey
Seaborn Edward
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