Regrettably I can't help with the your names, but it is interesting to see Wix mentioned, where my family of BARBER originate about this date. Many of the surnames on your list occur also in Wix. I do have a number of other directories if you are interested. Antony > Can anyone shed light on the 3 _italicizied_ names- VESEY > _HAMMOND-PARMENTER? > > David Vesey > Toronto Canada > ------------------------------------------------- > *1848 directory - Tendering* ( 3 of our family names there???) > > Charles Ball, parish clerk > John Bones, Mary Ann Bones, miller and baker > John Cardinall Esq., Manor House > Rev. John Chapman M.A., rector > Harman Harris and Mrs, master and mistress, Workhouse > Charles Mash, wheelwright > Margaret Masterman, schoolmistress > Thomas Newcomb, victualler, Crown > William Plumb, Workhouse School > William Sargeant, blacksmith > Solomon Smith, swine dealer > Thomas Smith, policeman > _/*Lieutenant John Vesey, Cottage > */_ > Farmers. > William Burt > James Ansell > Francis Cooper (and butcher) > Giles Cutting > Clementina Fox > Samuel Dennis, Pilcocks > John Finer, Grove House > John Girling, Hannams Hall > _/*Daniel Hammond (maltster)*/_ > James Hardy, Stump Hall > Robert Hardy Esq., land agent, Tendring Hall > William Mash > James Sorell > Robert Page, Bretts Hall > /_*Ann Parmenter, Glebe Farm*_/ > Joseph Sorrell (and cattle dealer) > Robert Sizer > Joseph Watson > John Thompson, Brocketts Hall > Robert Thompson Esq., Old Hall > > Beer Houses. > William Crampin (and carpenter) > Mark Fox > > Grocers etc. > Nathaniel Blowers > Henry Mash (and draper) > Robert Sizer > John Wagstaff > John Wilby > > Shoemakers. > Thomas Askew > William Butcher > John Mash > > > > >