The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1851 Wadhurst Census
Reference: HO 107 1639, Wadhurst Registration District, Folios 330-342 in the Wadhurst Enumeration District 1b
Shovers Green District. All that part of the Parish on the South side of the Turnpike Road from Stone Cross to Shovers Green, and on the West and North from Shovers Green by the boundary of the Parish to Coomb and on the East from Coomb to Stone Cross, including Church Settle, Crouches, Flattenden, Buttons, Hightown, Beales Oak, Wenbans, Scrag Oak etc.
Enumerator - Thomas Piper
 ▼ Head records ▼

Id Property Person Position Date of Birth Place of Birth
001Pump CottageBenjamin Baldock, farm labourerHead, occupation: farm labourer1799Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
002Mount Pleasant CottageWilliam WatersHead; occupation Farm labourer1824Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
003Lodge Hill CottageThomas RichardsonHead; occupation Farm labourer1800Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
004Lodge Hill FarmWilliam FieldHead; widowed1803Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
005No 1, Beales Oak CottageJames Eaton, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1810Parish of Burwash, Sussex
006No 2, Beales Oak CottageJames RichardsonHead; occupation Farm labourer1792Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
007No 2, Wenbons CottageJesse Kitchenham, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1786Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
009No 1, Wenbons CottageJohn WeeksHead; occupation Farm labourer13th Jan 1815Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
010Wenbons FarmJames TompsettHead; employs 6 people; occupation FARMER1787Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
011No 1, Stream CottageJames Akehurst, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer21st Jun 1812Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
012No 2, Stream CottageGeorge Paine, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1817Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
013Scrag Oak FarmJohn TompsettHead; employs 6 people; occupation FARMER1782Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
014Walland FarmJames Harmer, farmerHead; employs 9 people; occupation: farmer1792Parish of Etchingham, Sussex
015Churchlands FarmWilliam Baldock, farmerHead, employs 1 person, occupation: farmer1800Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
016Alms CottageThomas PomfretHead; occupation Farm labourer1811Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
017Bunkers CottageStephen Baldock, farm labourerHead, occupation: farm labourer1804Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
018No 1, Stone Cross CottageWilliam Sands, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1812Parish of Etchingham, Sussex
019No 2, Stone Cross CottageJohn Clarke, broom makerHead, handicap: blind, occupation: broom maker1782Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
020No 1, Cates CottageEdward Tester, sawyerHead; occupation: sawyer1825Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
021No 2, Cates CottageStephen Pattenden, sawyerHead; occupation: sawyer1799Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
022No 3, Cates CottageJames Gardener, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1820County of Wiltshire
023No 4, Cates CottageJesse Forward, carpenter's labourerHead; occupation: carpenter's labourer1800Parish of Ticehurst, Sussex
024Darby FarmJohn StandenHead; employs 2 people; occupation FARMER1800Parish of Mayfield, Sussex
025No 1, High Street CottageJames Evans, farm labourerHead; widowed; occupation: farm labourer1810Parish of Ticehurst, Sussex
026No 2, High Street CottageWilliam Eastwood, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer25th Oct 1803Parish of Ninfield, Sussex
027No 1, Darbys CottageJohn Baldock, farm labourerHead, occupation: farm labourerJun 1806Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
028No 2, Darbys CottageSarah WilsonHead; widowed; occupation BREAD and FLOUR SELLER1781Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
029No 3, Darbys CottageHenry Clifton, farm labourerHead, occupation: farm labourer1818Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
030No 4, Darbys CottageThomas Avard, tea dealer, farm labourerHead; occupation farm labourer1806Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
031No 1, Shovers Green CottageWilliam Stevens, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1786Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
032No 2, Shovers Green CottageMoses WrightHead; occupation Farm labourer1771Parish of Waldron, Sussex
033No 3, Shovers Green CottageStephen PopeHead; occupation GROCER1803Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
034Norwood CottageThomas Friend, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1805Parish of Ticehurst, Sussex
035Little MaplesdenJohn Bones, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1797Parish of Ticehurst, Sussex
036No 2, Maplesden CottageWilliam NewickHead; occupation Farm labourer1825Parish of Etchingham, Sussex
037No 3, Maplesden CottageGeorge Kemp, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1821Parish of Ticehurst, Sussex
038Copyhold CottageJames Cooper, farm labourerHead, occupation: farm labourer1811Parish of East Grinstead, Sussex
039Church Settle FarmGeorge Fry, railway constableHead; occupation: railway constable19th Nov 1819Parish of Goudhurst, Kent
040Church Settle FarmGeorge VidlerHead; employs 8 people; occupation BAILIFF1822Parish of Ticehurst, Sussex
041Church Settle FarmEdward Pattenden, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1802Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
042Rail Road CottageJoseph Wren, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1817Parish of East Hoathly, Sussex
043Beer ShopPhilip Knowles, beer shopkeeperHead; occupation: beer shopkeeper1821County of Norfolk
044No 1, Crouches FarmWilliam Akehurst, bailiffHead; employs 9 people; occupation: bailiff1813Parish of Waldron, Sussex
045No 2, Crouches FarmJohn Blackman, farm labourerHead, occupation: farm labourer1811Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
046Dens CottageThomas Tester, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1820Parish of Etchingham, Sussex
047FlattendenEdgar BoormanHead, occupation: farm labourer13th Apr 1808Parish of Burwash, Sussex
048FlattendenJohn Hayward, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1814Parish of Rotherfield, Sussex
049FlattendenThomas Kemp, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1812Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
050Mill LandsEdgar PlaystedHead; occupation FARMER1814Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
052MailhapHenry A. PlaystedHead; employs 1 person; occupation FARMER1807Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
053Buttons HouseMary BurtHead, widowed1811Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
054Buttons FarmEastman Strickland BarhamHead, employs 3 people, occupation: farmer1794Parish of Wadhurst, Sussex
055Mill Land CottageDavid Cork, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1798Parish of Mayfield, Sussex
056Oyster Shell CottageSamuel Jenner, farm labourerHead; occupation: farm labourer1791Parish of Mayfield, Sussex
057High Town FarmThomas Frederick Piper, farmerHead; employs 10 people; occupation FARMER15th Dec 1812Parish of Mayfield, Sussex

Please note:

These are derived census records that have been enhanced as further data becomes available. For example - the surname at birth of a wife is derived from the census return or a corresponding parish record - the date of birth is derived from the age recorded on the census and refined where a parish record has been matched - the occupation has been unified (e.g. Ag Lab, Farm Lab, and many other such recordings are all displayed as Farm labourer).

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