Trade Directory for Stanford Rivers in 1875

Directories started in the late 17th century but it was not until the 19th century that they became more wide-spread across Britain and more comprehensive. By 1850 the main directory publishers were the Post Office, White's, Pigot's, and Kelly’s. The publisher of the directory often relied on local agents to collect information on the locality and its local residents - invariably upper and middle class - and trade and professional persons.
The population of Stanford Rivers in 1891 was 990, but by 1901 it had fallen to 909. The following businesses and principal people were listed in Kelly’s Directory for Essex for the year 1875.
Colonel Charles St. John Barnett – Stanford Rivers House.
Revd. Robert Rolleston – The Rectory.
COMMERCIAL:
William Betts – shopkeeper.
Joseph Brown – blacksmith
David Christy – farmer, Stanford Rivers Hall.
William Cottee – boot and shoe maker.
James Crouch – farmer, Freemans farm.
Joseph Downham – boot and shoe maker.
Sarah Edwards (Mrs) – shopkeeper.
Freeman and Palmer – farmers, Toot Hill.
John Freeman – cattle dealer & farmer, Murrell’s farm.
Daniel Hartgrove – poultry dealer, Toot Hill.
John Freeman (jnr) – farmer and cattle dealer, The Lawns and Traceys Farm
George Lane, shopkeeper.
Primrose McConnell – farmer, Ongar Park Hall.
Charles Alfred Millbank – farmer, Burrows and Clarks farms.
William Millbank – farmer, Widows farm.
Robert Mugglestone – farmer, Littlebury.
John Mumford – farmer, Toot Hill.
Emily Murton (Mrs)- Beer retailer.
Charles Owers – Green Man P.H. and Baker, Toot Hill.
James Palmer – farmer, Bridge farm.
Julian Plummer – farmer, Toot Hill.
Mary Ann Piggott (Mrs) – beer retailer.
William Reed – shoe maker, Toot Hill.
Richard Richardson – poultry dealer.
George Sawkins – shopkeeper, Toot Hill.
Peter Smith – farmer, Steers and Does.
Stephen Staines – wheelwright, Toot Hill.
Daniel Surridge – miller (wind), Toot Hill mill.
Jane Tanner (Mrs) – White Bear P.H.
Theodore Thompson – registrar of births and deaths and relieving and vaccination officer for Chipping Ongar sub-district.
James Tucker – hay carter.
Richard Waltham – farmer, Mitchell’s farm.
William Westwood – carpenter, Toot Hill.
Ellen White (Miss) – farmer, Berwick farm.
National School (mixed), built in 1850, for 190 children: average attendance 146; Henry Newmarch, master; Mrs Jane Newmarch, mistress.
Colonel Charles St. John Barnett
Shown in the directory as living at Stanford Rivers House, he was born in 1841, the fourth son of Henry and Eliza Barnett. His father was a doctor and J.P. Charles served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Bengal Staff Corps.
In the 1891 Census he is shown as living at Sandon Hill. He was single and had two servants, a cook and a housemaid living at his address. In the 1901 Census he is shown as living at Great Colemans, Stanford Rivers. He died at Ongar in 1910, aged 69 years. He was buried in Lewisham, in the grave of his parents.