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Wickham Bishops, Blue Mill c1960
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History of Wickham Bishops >> White's Directory 1848

White's Directory of Essex 1848 - list of inhabitants.

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:

• ancestry.co.uk
• genesreunited.co.uk
• findmypast.co.uk

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

Mrs. Honeywood Blake, Wickham Place
Henry Golding Borrett, victualler, Chequers
Jeremiah Dines, poulterer
Charles Ewwers, parish clerk
William Firman, blacksmith
James Gardiner, assistant overseer of Great and Little Totham
Rev. Thomas Leigh M.A., rector and rural dean (and rector of St. Magnus, London,) Rectory
Rev. Stratford Leigh, curate
Rev. William Manbey M.A.
John Millbank, salesman
Isaac Otway, veterinary surgeon
Mr. William Otway
Mrs. White
Benjamin Spoooner, wheelwright

Farmers.
Aaron Aldham, Heath-gate
Josiah Bright, White House
Benjamin Dixon and Robert Walker, (and millers,) Wickham Mills
Stephen Foster, High Hall
William Grainger, Longs
Herbert Smith, Hall Farm
Thomas Smith, The Hall

Bakers.
William Brown
Thomas Coote
Robert Dedman

Carpenters.
William Candler
William Warren (and beerhouse)

School.
Mrs. Brown
James Habgood

Shopkeepers.
Edmund Ardley
Joseph Sharp
William Sparkes
Lydia Thorpe

Shoemakers.
William Bacon
Nem. Bacon
John Bridge
Samuel Bridge

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