The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
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Ashdown Forest in 1692
The Weald is "the place where London ends and England can begin"
Ashdown Forest in 1875
Thirty miles south of London and half way to the South coast of England lies an area of outstanding natural beauty combined with a fascinating history called the Weald.  This was, to the Saxons of 900AD, part of Andredesweald (the forest of Andred the Roman fort at Pevensey), that stretched from the marshes of Kent to the New Forest in Hampshire - 120 miles long and 30 miles wide. The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex encompasses the Lancaster Great Park formed in 1372 and renamed as the Ashdown Forest in 1672.

This site catalogues the people, places, maps, drawings, engravings, books, writings and numerous lists and directories that are over 70 years old into an integrated database of information about one of the most attractive parts of England - The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex. In addition, the site and its many contributors have derived extensive familial relationships and pedigrees which can be of great use for genealogical study and research. Where appropriate, the viewer should verify the information presented by consulting the original sources that are noted at every point on this site.

The navigation bar at the top of this page (and every page on this site) give access to all of this information. Records can also be searched for from this page or from the dedicated search page.

Genealogical Pedigrees
Count is the number of people

Adams, Adames, Adam, Adamson, Addams - 900
Akehurst, Ackehurst, Ackarst, Ackerst, Ackhurst, Achurst, Akhurst, Jenner-Akehurst, Jenner Akehurst, Achurst \Acrest, Akurst, Akehurston - 654
Alcorn, Achorn, Alcharne, Alchehorn, Alcheine, Alcheshorne, Alchin, Alchine, Alchorn, Alchorne, Alchyne, Achone, Alcorne, Allcam, Allchin, Allchorn, A - 976
Allan, Allam, Alland, Allane, Alleann, Allen, Alleyne, Allin, Allitt, Allyn, Alwynne, Alyin - 791
Arnold, Arnall, Arnalle, Arneld, Arnell, Arnal, Arnoll - 384
Ashby, Ashbe, Ashbee, Ashbey, Ashbie, Asby, Ashbyes, Asheby, Ashebye, Ashey, Asshebe, Asshebie - 966
Ashdown, Asdown, Ashdon, Ashdowne, Ashedown, Ashedowne, Asshedon, Asshesdowne, Adowne - 740
Atheral, Atharall, Atherall, Atherol, Atheroll, Attersol, Attersoll, Athroll, Athtrill, Athrill, Athrall, Attrell, Attrill, Hattrell, Hatherall, Hathe - 184
Attree, Atree - 108
Austin, Austine, Austen, Aust, Austen-Leigh, Austain, Auston - 2091
Averey, Averie, Averl, Avery, Avery? - 391
Avis, Aves, Avice, Avies, Avaice - 822
Bailey, Bailess, Baileye, Bailleux, Bails, Baily, Bailye, Baillie, Baley, Balye, Baliss, Bayle, Bayley, Baylie, Bayliss, Bayly, Baylye - 583
Baker, Bakere, Bakes - 3682
Baldwin, Baldwine, Balwin, Balden, Baldin, Bauldwin - 902
Barnes, Barns, Barne, Bernes - 338
Bassett, Baset, Basett, Basset, Bassott - 624
Bedwell, Bidwell, Bidewell - 586
Beeching, Beechinge, Beaching - 139
Bellingham, Belingham, Billingham - 304
Berry, Berrett, Berrey, Berrie, Bury - 360
Berwick, Berek, Berick, Bericke, Berreck, Berrecke, Berreke, Berrick, Berricke, Barwick, Berwicke - 300
Best - 384
Bisch, Bish, Bishe, Bysh, Byshe, Bysshe - 476
Bishop, Bishopp, Bisshopp, Byshop, Bysshope, Bisp - 532
Boarer, Boorde, Boorder, Boore, Boorer, Borer, Boror, Borrer, Bourah, Borah, Bowlah, Bowra, Bowrah - 624
Box, Boxall, Boxe, Boxhall - 402
Briant, Bryane, Bryant, Bryand - 358
Bridger, Bridgen, Bridgers, Brydger - 794
Bromley, Bromly, Brumley, Brumly - 327
Brooker - 1778
Brooman, Bronman, Broman, Browman, Bruman - 268
Brown, Broune, Broun, Browne, Browner - 2145
Budgen, Budgens, Budgeon, Budginne, Budge, Budgell, Budger, Budges, Budgin, Bugen, Bugden - 736
Burges, Burge, Burgas, Burgess, Burgesse, Burghes, Burgis, Burgiss, Burgs, Burgys - 1164
Callaway, Callour, Callow, Calow, Calloway - 91
Cambridge, Combridge, Coombridge - 219
Card, Carde, Cardy - 1489
Cat, Catt, Catte - 691
Chesson, Chessin, Chessor, Cheston - 124
Chewtor, Cheuter, Chewter, Chautter, Chuter - 230
Coalman, Coldman, Coleman, Collman, Colman, Coltman - 466
Cole, Coale, Coaler, Coal, Coles - 896
Cork, Corke, Corks - 923
Couchman, Cuchman, Cushman - 363
Cox, Coxe - 591
Crittall, Critch, Critchell, Crittal, Crittale, Crettall, Crittel, Crittell, Crittle, Grittle - 282
Crouch, Crouche, Croch - 379
Crowhurst, Crohurst, Crouherst, Crouhull, Crowherst, Crowhorst, Crawhurst - 627
Curd, Curde, Curds - 497
Dadswell, Dadswall, Dodswell, Dodwell, Dadsell - 958
Dan, Dann, Danne, Dannett, Danns - 716
Denman, Deneman - 177
Deval, Devale, Devall, Devany, Devas, Daval, Dival, Divall, Divell, Dives, Diwell, Duval, Duvall, Duvell, Duvull, Divol - 985
Dibley, Dibly - 182
Diplock, Deplocke, Daplock, Diplocke, Dupleck, Duplecke, Duplock - 788
Doust - 210
Dumsday, Doomsday, Domsday, Dunsday - 51
Eade, Eades, Edde, Ede, Edes - 327
Eastwood - 495
Edward, Edwardes, Edwards - 1512
Everest, Everist, Everst, Evrest, Evarest, Everice - 1155
Farmer, Farmor, Fermer, Fermor, Fermour, Formor - 1309
Fenner - 581
Field, Feilde, Feild, Field Buss, Field-Buss, Fielde, Fields, Fyld - 1217
Fowl, Fowle, Fowles, Fowll - 190
Fowler - 184
Frost - 510
Fry, Fray, Fre, Frie, Frye, ffrie - 935
Gabriel - 171
Gilbert, Gilbart, Gilberd, Gilbard, Gilberte, Gilburd, Gilburt, Gillbart, Gillbert, Guilbert, Guilbird, Gylbert - 719
Gobey, Goble, Goby, Godbey, Godby, Godlee, Godley, Godlie, Godly, Godlye, Golbey, Golby, Gooby, Govey - 418
Goldsmith, Goldsmyth, Goldsmythe, Golsmyth, Gouldsmith, Gouldsmyth, Goulsmyth, Gowldsmythe - 806
Gorham, Goreham - 105
Gravat, Gravatt, Gravett, Gravitt - 64
Groombridge, Gromebridge, Groombridg, Grombridge, Groomebridge, Groomsbridge, Grombreg, Grombrege, Grombredge, Grumbredge, Grumbridge, Gromrege - 976
Grove, Groves - 486
Grover - 302
Gur, Gurr, Gurre - 370
Guy, Guys, Goy, Gye - 155
Hailer, Haler, Halor, Haylar, Haylarr, Hayler, Haylor, Hayner, Heylar - 268
Haiselden, Haisleden, Haisselden, Haizelden, Haselden, Haseldine, Hasleden, Hassleden, Hasselden, Hayilden, Haysellden, Hayseltone, Hazeldean, Hazelde - 581
Hall, Halle, Halls - 1204
Harden, Hardin, Harding, Hardinge, Hurding - 535
Hardwick, Hardwicke, Hardwyck - 69
Harman, Harmar, Harmer, Harmir, Harmon, Harmor, Harms, Harmes, Harner, Hermer, Hermon - 1960
Hartfield, Hartfeild, Hadfield, Hatfield, Hathfeld - 436
Hawkins, Hawken, Hawking, Hawkings - 413
Heasman, Hasmer, Hasmon, Hasmore, Heaseman, Hasman, Heaysman, Heysman, Heayeman, Heseman, Hesman, Hesmane, Hesmer, Hesmon, Hesmond, Hesmore, Hosman, H - 1740
Heat, Heath, Hethe - 476
Heathfield, Hethfield - 68
Hebden, Hebdon, Hepden, Hepten, Hobbden, Hobday, Hobden, Hodben, Hobdin, Habden - 444
Helmesley, Helmsley, Helmsly, Hemesley, Hemsby, Hemseley, Hemsle, Hemslet, Hemsley, Hemsly, Hensley, Homsly - 656
Hider, Hyder, Hyden - 598
Hilder, Hilden - 256
Hill, Hiles, Hilles, Hills, Hyles, Hylles, Hylls - 1179
Histed, Histead, Histid, Hysted, Highstead - 266
Hoadley, Hoadely, Hoadly, Hoadlye, Hoadby, Hodely, Hodelye, Hodeley, Hodley, Hodlye, Hodly, Hodeligh - 840
Hoath, Hoathe, Hoth, Hothe - 572
Hobb, Hobbes, Hobbie, Hobbs, Hobs - 1027
Hollamby, Hollarnby, Hollimby, Hollingby, Hollomby, Holamby, Holomby, Hollomley - 849
Holmewood, Holmswood, Holmwood, Homewode, Homewood, Homwod, Homwode, Homwood, Hoomwood - 1263
Hook, Hoocke, Hoock, Hooke - 497
Hooker - 424
Hudson, Hutson, Hodson - 562
Humfrey, Humfry, Humphary, Humpheries, Humphery, Humphies, Humphrey, Humphreys, Humphries, Humphris, Humphry, Humprey, Umfrey, Umphrey, Umphfree - 1047
Izzard, Issard, Iszard, Izard, Izared, Isard - 572
Jarvis, Jarris, Jarvice, Jarvies, Jervis, Garvis - 642
Jenner, Jennier, Jennor, Jannor, Jinner, Jonner, Genner - 1736
Jenner-Akehurst, Jenner Akehurst - 51
Kid, Kidd, Kidde, Kidder, Kiddle, Kide, Kider, Kidger, Kidner, Kydder, Kyder, Kyd - 366
Killick, Kellicke, Kellick, Killicks - 1340
Langridge, Landridge, Langerege, Langndge, Langredge, Langrege, Langride, Langridg, Landgridge, Langrige - 1698
Leveson, Leveson-Gower - 95
Luck, Lucks, Lucke, Lucket, Luckett - 500
Lulham, Lullam, Lullum, Lulliam - 172
Mackellow, Machellow, Mackelow, Mancklow, Mancktelow, Manctellow, Manctelow, Manetellow, Mankellow, Mankelow, Manketelow, Manklelow, Mankletow, Manklo - 609
Marten, Martin, Martyn, Martins, Martine, Martten - 2134
Mascall, Mascal, Maschol, Maskal, Maskall, Maskeall, Maskel, Maskell - 174
Meopham, Meapham, Meophane, Mepham, Mephan, Mepon, Meppen, Meppham, Mepum - 629
Michelborne, Michiburne - 100
Miles, Mile, Milles, Myles - 1153
Moon, Mone, Moone, Moun - 1489
Morphew, Morphewe - 145
Mudd, Muddel, Muddell, Muddet, Muddle, Muddler, Muddles, Mudel, Mudell, Mudle - 491
Napp, Knapp, Napper - 97
Nevell, Nevile, Nevill, Nevil, Neville - 234
Newington, Newenton - 388
Noakes, Noaks, Nokes, Nocke, Nockes, Neakes - 556
Novis, Novise, Novice, Novies, Novia - 449
Obard, Obband, Obbard - 101
Packham, Packam, Packhan, Pacyham, Peckam, Peckham, Peckhams - 969
Page, Page Mitchell, Pages, Paige, Peige - 1363
Paris, Parish, Parrish, Pariss, Parres, Parris, Parriss, Parrisse - 302
Parker, Parcker, Parkar, Parkare, Parcar, Parkere - 1368
Peacock, Peacocke, Pecock - 372
Pearless, Pearles, Peerlass, Peerless, Perrless, Purless - 375
Pett, Pette - 114
Piddlesden, Piddenden, Piddleden, Peddlesden, Piddlestone - 162
Piper, Pipper, Pyper - 1694
Pocknall, Pocknell, Pocknal, Pocknel, Packnell, Picknall, Picknell, Puknell, Pucknall, Pucknell - 283
Pollington, Pollincton, Pollinton, Pollingstone - 228
Pratt, Pratts - 336
Price, Pryce - 321
Quickenden, Quitenden, Quittenden, Quittenton - 381
Ralf, Ralff, Ralph, Ralfs, Realf, Realfe, Relf, Relfe, Rellf, Relff, Relfs, Relph, Rolf, Rolfe - 1152
Rebbeck, Rebeck, Reback, Rayback - 54
Ridley, Ridly, Rydley - 367
Rivers - 90
Rodger, Rodgers, Roger, Rogers, Roggers - 1236
Rumens, Rummens, Rummen, Rumings, Rumins, Rummins, Rumming, Rumons - 177
Sackville, Sackville-West - 197
Sale, Sales, Sales\Sale, Sales\Selles, Sayle, Sayles - 840
Sandal, Sandall, Sandalls, Sandals, Sandel, Sandell, Sandells, Sandels, Sandles, Sendal, Sendall, Sendalls, Sendals - 137
Sawyer, Sawyers - 533
Shelley - 92
Sherley, Shirley, Shurley - 94
Spence, Spencer, Spenser - 349
Spittal, Spittall, Spittals, Spittel, Spittle, Spittles - 223
Stapley, Stapely, Staple, Stapeley, Staply, Staplye - 966
Stephens, Steavens, Steevens, Stephen, Steaphens, Stevans, Steven, Stevenes, Stevens - 1435
Stevenson, Stephenson, Steevenson - 724
Taner, Tanner - 190
Taylor, Tailor, Taliur, Taillour, Tayllur, Tayler, Taylour - 2488
Tribe - 56
Turk, Turke, Turck, Turks, Tunks - 439
Turner, Turnar, Torner, Turnor, Turnour - 2781
Twiner, Twine, Twinar - 103
Underwood - 168
Vigor, Vigour, Viger, Vigo, Vigar - 178
Vine, Vines, Vyne - 220
Walfare, Welfair, Welfare, Welfear, Welfore, Wellfare - 373
Walter, Walters - 974
Watson, Watson-Smyth - 568
Weakes, Week, Weekes, Weeks - 524
Weeding, Weedding, Weeden, Weedon, Weedin, Weden, Wesding - 130
Weler, Weller, Wellor, Wellar - 1596
Wenham, Wenam, Weinam, Wennam, Werham, Whenham - 197
Weston, Western - 1177
Whapham, Wapom, Whaphame, Whappam, Whappum - 65
Wheatley, Whetley, Weatly, Wheatly, Wheetley, Whetly - 1028
Wickenden, Wickeden, Wikenden - 354
Wickens, Wicken, Wecken, Wickin, Wicking, Wickings, Wickins, Wickkin, Wykyn - 1658
Wicker, Wickers - 200
Wickerson, Wickersham, Wickison - 48
Wigmore, Wigmere, Wignor - 48
Woodam, Woodham, Woodams, Woodhams, Woodomes - 866
Wren, Ren, Wrenn, Wrenne - 522

Records from the 1881 census have been cross referred to the 1841 census; the 1851 census; to Parish records from 1550 for dozens of selected surnames; to guides, directories and lists published from the 1803 militia list to the 1888 directory. From this information, genealogical pedigrees have been established for the surnames listed above and a further 6,500 surnames are recorded as individuals.

 
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Jeffrey Amherst
Field Marshall Jeffrey Amherst
1716/7-1797
North America Commander
Jane Austen
Jane Austen
1775-1817
Author
Wilfrid Ball
Wilfrid Ball
1853-1917
Painter
Sir William Burrell
Sir William Burrell
1732-1796
Antiquarian
Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn
1501-1536
Queen of England

Decimus Burton
Decimus Burton
1880-1881
Architect
Lt-Col. John By
Lt-Col. John By
1779-1836
Military engineer
Florence Emily Carlyle
Florence Emily Carlyle
1864-1923
Painter
Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle
Conan Doyle
1859-1930
Author
Charles Burgess Fry
Charles Burgess Fry
1872-1956
Cricketer and journalist

Mad Jack Fuller
John 'Mad Jack' Fuller
1757-1834
Parliamentarian and patron of the arts
Minnie Louise Haskins
Minnie Louise Haskins
1875-1957
Poet and welfare worker
Henrietta Maria
Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I
1609-1669
Royal patronage of the 'Wells'
Richard Jefferies
Richard Jefferies
1848-1887
Naturallist and author
Sir Andrew Judde
Sir Andrew Judde
c1492-1558
Founder of Tonbridge School

Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
1865-1936
Author
Mark Antony Lower
Mark Antony Lower
1813-1876
Antiquarian and author
Ebenezer Littleton
Ebenezer Littleton
1831-1920
Pastor
Louisa Martindale
Louisa Martindale
1839-1914
Liberal and Nonconformist
A.A. Milne
A.A.Milne
1882-1956
Author

Beau Nash
Richard "Beau" Nash
1674-1761
Dandy of the Georgian era
Coventry Patmore
Coventry Patmore
1882-1956
Poet
Charles Leeson Prince
Charles Leeson Prince
1821-1899
Surgeon and antiquarian
Richard Realf
Richard Realf
1832-1878
Abolitionist and poet
Sir Thomas Sackville
Sir Thomas Sackville
1536-1608
Statesman and poet

Vita Sackville-West
Vita Sackville-West
1892-1962
Poet, author and gardener
Sacharissa
Dorothy Sidney, Countess of Sunderland
1617-1684
'Sacharissa'
William Makepeace Thackeray
William Makepeace Thackeray
1811-1863
Author
Reverend Edward Turner
Rev Edward Turner
1794-1872
Antiquarian
Lt.-Gen. James Wolfe
Lt.-Gen. James Wolfe
1727-1759
"Liberator of Quebec"

People of note documents the lives of over ninety individuals who have made significant contributions to the Weald and includes:

Crowborough - c 1724
1724
Crowborough - c 1795
1795
Crowborough - c 1825
1825
Crowborough - c 1875
1875
Crowborough - c 1899
1899

Maps of the Weald commence in the 16th century courtesy of the Buckhurst Terrier and other historical sources. The 18th century sees the beginning of detailed 1 inch to 1 mile maps and this site records the Richard Budgen maps of 1724, the William Gardner and Thomas Gream maps of 1795, the Christopher and John Greenwood maps of 1825 and cross refers these to the  6 inch to 1 mile Ordnance Survey maps produced in the 1870s and 1890s.  Over 300 maps are available on this site


Rotherfield - 1785

Withyham - 1783

Eridge Castle - 1830

Mayfield - 1892

Wadhurst - 1906

Tonbridge - 1900

Tunbridge Wells - 1718

Speldhurst - 1900

Westerham - 1905

Sevenoaks - 1905

Over 1,900 Pictures, engravings and photographs of the Weald have been encoded into the database and identifiable locations have been cross-referred with the Weald database.


The History of Kent - Vol III

The History of Kent - Vol V

Edenbridge

Tunbridge Wells

Cobbetts Rural Rides

Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood

The Ashdown Forest Dispute

Country Houses of Kent

English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex)

The Story of Wadhurst

The History of Sussex

The Worthies of Sussex

Highways & Byways in Sussex

Rotherfield

Buxted the Beautiful

The Story of Crowborough

The Buckhurst Terrier

Frant - A Parish history

The History of East Grinstead

Kellys Directory

Over 160 Books and documents about the Weald have been encoded into the database and identifiable locations and people have been cross-referred with the Weald database. For example:
To quote Richard Jefferies from his essay on Buckhurst Park - "This wild tract of Ashdown Forest bears much resemblance to Exmoor; you may walk, or you may ride, for hours and meet no one; and if black game were to start up it would not surprise you in the least. There seems room enough to chase the red stag from Buckhurst Park with horn and hound till, mayhap, he ended in the sea at Pevensey. Buckhurst Park is the centre of this immense manor. ........... Here and there a house stands, as it seems, alone in the world on the Forest ridge, thousands of acres of heather around, the deep weald underneath - as at Duddleswell, a look-out, as it were, over the earth. Forest Row, where they say the courtiers had their booths in ancient hunting days; Forest-Fold, Boar's-head Street, Greenwood Gate - all have a forest sound; and what prettier name could there be than Sweet-Haws? Greybirchet Wood, again; Mossbarn, Highbroom, and so on. Out­lying woods in every direction are fragments of the forest, you cannot get away from it; and look over whatever gate you will, there is always a view. ........ Clouds drift over; it is a wonderful observatory for cloud studies; they seem so close, the light is so strong, and there is nothing to check the sight as far as its powers will reach. Clouds come up no wider than a pasture-field, but in length stretching out to the very horizon, dividing the blue sky into two halves; but then every day has its different clouds - the fleets of heaven that are always sailing on and know no haven"
This site is dedicated to presenting the records of the Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex that are more than 70 years old and in the public domain. It was launched in May 2003 and is continually being updated with more information about the Weald as it becomes available from transcriptions of Census data, Parish records, Pictures, Photographs, Maps, Books and many other documents.

Thanks also to over two hundred and fifty people who have kindly contributed much additional information to the site.
Such contributions are welcome from all by E-mail or by using a form.
Visitor number since 30th May 2003: 348493
Currently The Weald is at  Database version 7.4 - 9th June 2009 and contains information on 287,066 people; 8,395 places; 613 maps; 2,566 pictures, engravings and photographs; and 173 books © The Weald and its contributors

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