There is a complicating factor in determining the precise whereabouts of the Naldretts in this period, in that The History of Effingham [O’Connor, 1973] asserts on pages 90-91 that in 1851 the property “New House” – being the property now comprising “Dormers” and “Thorncroft” – had been sold at auction and that the associated auction notice stated that the house was “now or late in the occupation of Francis Bilby and Allen Naldred”. O’Connor’s sources for this claim need to be checked.
Kelly’s Directory of Surrey for 1851 has, in its description of Effingham, the entry:
POST OFFICE.– Mrs. Sarah Naldrett, post mistress.
London letters arrive from Leatherhead by foot post at 1/2 past 8 p.m.; despatched 6 p.m.
Again, the “8 p.m.” should doubtless have read “8 a.m.”.
Sarah died in mid-1853, [GRO Ref: Dorking 2a 65, 1853 (Q2)], three weeks after the birth of her child Sarah. There is no GRO birth entry for this child.
In late 1854 Allen remarried, to Ann(e) (née) Rose [GRO Ref: Dorking 2a 169, 1854 (Q4)]. She had been born on February 5th 1808 to parents Henry and Hannah in Betchworth and baptized there on February 8th 1808 [IGI: Batch C067941].
Kelly’s Directory of Surrey for 1855 gave a similar entry as for 1851 except that it finally gave a plausible arrival time for letters:
POST OFFICE.– Mrs. Sarah Naldrett, post mistress.
London letters arrive from Leatherhead by foot post at 1/2 past 8 a.m.; despatched 6 p.m.
but was clearly out of date in not reflecting that Sarah had died.
The 1861 Census finds Allen’s family living at the “Post Office”; this was the first census to refer explicitly to a post office in Effingham. His new wife was now the (sub-)postmistress: