The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Ashdown Forest [near Crowborough]      Crowborough  
Historical records

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerAllen HarbourAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeEleanor Harborough [Shepherd]
DaughterMary Jane Harborough
SonEzekiel Harborough
Brother; occupation Farm LabourerStephen Harbour

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: pauperElizabeth Allen [Gibson]Ashdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
Nurse; occupation: nurseHarriet Fermor

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: wood dealerJohn Taylor, labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeEliza Taylor [Box]
Son; occupation: scholarStephen Taylor
Daughter; occupation: scholarElizabeth Taylor
Daughter; occupation: scholarEsther Taylor
DaughterMary Taylor
DaughterMartha Taylor

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerWilliam Fermor, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeDiana Fermor
GrandsonWilliam Fermor

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: retired farmerJames Taylor, farmerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeSarah Taylor [Adams]
DaughterCharlotte Taylor

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: miller's waggonerWilliam Parker, miller's waggonerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeElizabeth Parker [Weller]

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation Farm LabourerWilliam SmithersAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeMaria Smithers [Cole]
DaughterAnn Allen [Smithers]
DaughterSusanna Smithers
Son; occupation Farm LabourerCharles William Smithers
Son; occupation ScholarJames Thomas Smithers, sawyer and carpenter
DaughterHarriet Smithers
DaughterMaria Smithers
Grand-sonJohn Jesse Smithers
Grand-daughterSarah Smithers
Lodger; occupation Farm LabourerWilliam Pilbeam, forest ranger and gamekeeper

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerGeorge Saunders, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeHannah Saunders [Hills]
Son; occupation: scholarGeorge Saunders
Daughter; occupation: scholarSusan Saunders
Son; occupation: scholarAlfred Saunders
DaughterMary Saunders
DaughterEliza Saunders

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; widowed; occupation: shopkeeper and grocerCharlotte MardenAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
Grandson; occupation: scholarJohn Avis, railway porter

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: carpenter's labourerWilliam Marden Heasman, carpenter's labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
Servant; occupation: house servantCharity Heasman [Parker]
SonWilliam Stephen Parker
SonAmos Heasman Parker

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; widowed; occupation Farm LabourerThomas Pilbeam, labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
Grand-son; occupation Farm LabourerThomas Pilbeam, farm labourer
Servant; widowed; occupation: housekeeperMary Taylor

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation Farm LabourerThomas Pilbeam, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeMary Pilbeam [Harborough]
SonHenry Pilbeam, farm labourer

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; widowed; occupation Farm labourerWilliam Pilbeam, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
Son; occupation Farm LabourerCharles Pilbeam, saw mills engine driver
Daughter; occupation HousekeeperElizabeth Izzard [Pilbeam]
DaughterHarriet Hemsley [Pilbeam]
SonWilliam Alfred Pilbeam

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: gardenerWilliam Killick, labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeJane Budgen Killick [Trice]
Daughter; occupation: gardenerAnne Killick

30th Mar 1851CensusHeadHarriett Muddle [Parker] [Adams]Ashdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
Son; occupation: scholarCain Parker
GrandsonJames Thomas Parker

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerAlfred Adams, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeJane Adams [Still]

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation Mop MakerDavid StampAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeSusan Stamp
Son; occupation Broom MakerWilliam Stamp

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: umbrella manufacturerCharles Arnold, umbrella manufacturerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeSusannah Arnold [Roder]
DaughterEmily Arnold
SonMatthew Arnold
SonWilliam Arnold

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerLewis Ashdown, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeAnn Ashdown [Stamp]
SonThomas David Ashdown
SonAbraham Ashdown, farm labourer
DaughterSophia Ashdown

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: broom makerJohn Smith, broom makerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
VisitorAlfred Connor
Visitor, occupation: pedlarCaroline Connor
DaughterCharlotte Stevens
Servant; occupation: housekeeperSarah Stevens
VisitorGeorge Connor
DaughterEllen Stevens
SonJohn Stevens
SonGeorge Stevens, farm labourer
SonJames Stevens
SonStephen Stevens

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerJames Chewter, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeAnne Chewter [Neave]
Daughter; occupation: servantElizabeth Comber [Chewter]
DaughterHarriet Gammer [Chewter]
Son; occupation: scholarJames Chewter, farm labourer
Son; occupation: scholarThomas Henry Chewter, farm labourer
Son; occupation: scholarEli Chewter
SonJohn Chewter
SonEdward Levi Chewter, farm labourer

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerAbraham Hider, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeEliza Hyder [Boarer]
Son; occupation: scholarHenry Hyder

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation Farm LabourerJohn WalterAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeMaria Walter [Botting]
Daughter; occupation ScholarJane Walter
Daughter; occupation ScholarCharlotte Pilbeam [Walter]
Daughter; occupation ScholarElizabeth Smithers [Walter]
SonJames Walter

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation Farm LabourerJames WalterAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeLouisa Walter [Avis]
DaughterElizabeth Blatcher [Walter]
DaughterAlice Botting [Walter]
DaughterLouisa Butler [Walter]

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: bricklayerObadiah Avis, bricklayerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeJane Avis
Son; occupation: farm labourerThomas Avis, grocer
Son; occupation: farm labourerObadiah Avis
SonJohn Avis, farm labourer
Daughter; occupation: scholarEmily Avis
Son; occupation: scholarGeorge Avis
Son; occupation: scholarWilliam Avis
SonAlfred Avis
DaughterMary Ann Avis

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerWilliam Hook, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeHannah Hook [Hider]
DaughterLydia Duplock [Hook]
DaughterEliza Hook

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerWilliam Hider, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeHarriet Hyder [Gardiner]
Son; occupation: scholarJohn Hyder
Son; occupation: scholarJames Hyder
SonAlfred Hyder

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: wood sawyerStephen MeophamAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeJane Mepham [Fermor]
DaughterLouisa Avis [Mepham]
Son; occupation: scholarJames Mepham, farm labourer
Daughter; occupation: scholarJane Mepham
DaughterMargaret Mepham
SonJohn Mepham, farm labourer

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farmerFrederic James Fermor, farmerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeJane Fermor [Eade]
Grand-mother; widowed; occupation AnnuitantElizabeth Tompsett

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation Basket MakerAbel RoderAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifePatience Roder
Son; occupation Basket MakerAbel Roder
Son; occupation ScholarNoah Roder
Daughter; occupation ScholarMary Roder
Visitor; widowed; occupation: pedlarHilary Oliver

30th Mar 1851CensusHead, widowed; occupation: pauperAnn Borrer [Hoare]Ashdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
Son; occupation: farm labourerHenry Borrer, farm labourer
Daughter-in-lawFrances Boarer [Breden]
Grand-sonHenry Boarer
Daughter; occupation: scholarMaria Larking [Borrer]
Daughter; occupation: scholarHarriett Neve [Borrer]

30th Mar 1851CensusHeadJoseph (Sebastien) Phinique Wallis, innkeeper and farmerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeSophia Wallis [Hoath]

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerRichard DrayAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeEmily Dray [Roder]
Son; occupation: scholarAlfred Dray
SonAbel Dray
Mother, widiwed; occupation: pauperLetitia Dray [Shoebridge]
Brother, widowed; occupation: farm labourerGeorge Dray

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: shoemakerGeorge Weston, shoemakerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
Inmate; widowed; occupation: annuitantSarah Tasker [Sheppard]
Mother; occupation: pauperMary Avis

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerWilliam Hyder, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeElizabeth Hider [Farmer]

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerWilliam Ashby, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeAnn Ashby [Richardson]
DaughterHarriett Ashby
Son; occupation: scholarJames Thomas Ashby, farm labourer
Daughter; occupation: scholarMary Ashby
DaughterAnna Ashby

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; widowed; occupation: pauperSophia NeveAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
Daughter; occupation: scholarSophia Neve
Daughter; occupation: scholarMary A. Neve
Son; occupation: scholarEdward Neve
Servant; widowed; occupation: nurseElizabeth Novice

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: gamekeeperJohn Relfe, gamekeeperAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeMartha Relf [Tasker]
Son; occupation: farm labourerJames Relf, police constable
Son; occupation: scholarObediah Relf, farmer
Son; occupation: scholarJob Relf, farmer
Daughter; occupation: scholarSarah Avis [Relf]

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation Farm LabourerSamuel WalterAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
Servant; occupation: housekeeperSusan Killick

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerHenry Brown, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeHarriet Brown [Akehurst]
Son; occupation: scholarArthur Akehurst
Son; occupation: scholarHenry Akehurst
Son; occupation: scholarJohn Brown
Son; occupation: scholarWilliam Brown
DaughterSarah Ann Fenner [Brown]
DaughterHarriet Brown

30th Mar 1851CensusHead, occupation: grocerThomas Chapman, grocerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeHarriett Chapman [Hoath]
Son, occupation: scholarAlfred Chapman
DaughterElizabeth Chapman

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation Stone masonSamuel WelfareAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeHarriet Welfare [Neve]
Son; occupation Farm labourerHenry Welfare
DaughterHarriet Obbard [Welfare]
SonGeorge Welfare
Daughter; occupation ScholarEmily Welfare
Son; occupation ScholarEdward Welfare

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: stone masonThomas Turner, stone masonAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeSophia Turner [Mitchel]
Daughter-in-law; occupation: scholarSophia Mitchel

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation Farm LabourerStephen Pankhurst, labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeHannah Pankhurst
SonStephen Pankhurst [Pentecost]
DaughterLouisa Pankhurst [Pentecost]

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerNathaniel Turner, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeAnn Turner [Heward]

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: stone masonJoseph Farmer, stone masonAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
Wife; occupation: infant school mistressFrances Ashdown [Cox]
Son; occupation: farm labourerJoseph Farmer, farm labourer
Son; occupation: scholarThomas Farmer
Son; occupation: scholarEliza Farmer
Step son; occupation: scholarThomas Cox

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation Farm labourerWilliam WelfareCrowborough Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeMary Welfare [Hobbs]
DaughterEmily Neve [Welfare]
Daughter-in-lawMary Hobbs

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; widowed; occupation: farm labourerJames Neave, farm labourerCrowborough Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
Son; occupation: farm labourerWilliam Neve
Servant; widowed; occupation: housekeeperLydia Neave [Hook] [Hobbs]
DaughterVictoria Neve

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerJames Farmer, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeHarriet Fermor [Wilson]
Daughter; occupation: scholarAlice Fermor
Daughter; occupation: scholarEunice Fermor
Son; occupation: scholarJames Fermor, farm labourer
DaughterFrances Fermor
DaughterEliza Ashdown [Fermor]

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: shoe maker journeymanThomas Sales, shoe maker journeymanAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeAnne Sales [Allen]
Son; occupation: scholarGeorge Henry Sales, farm labourer
Son; occupation: scholarAmos Sales, farm labourer
Son; occupation: scholarEdward Sales, farm labourer
SonJoseph Sales, gardener

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerJames Baker, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeMary Baker [Neve]
Son; occupation: scholarJames Baker
Son; occupation: scholarWilliam Baker, carpenter
Son; occupation: scholarThomas Baker
DaughterEmily Baker

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation Garden LabourerGeorge PentecostAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeCarey Pentecost
Daughter; occupation ScholarEliza Pentecost
Son; occupation ScholarGeorge Pentecost
DaughterMary Pentecost
DaughterSophia Pentecost
SonEdward Pentecost

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farmerDavid Neve, farmerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeJane Neve [Adams]
DaughterMary Ann Neve
Son; occupation: farm labourerJames Neve
Son; occupation: farm labourerDavid Neve, farm labourer
Daughter; occupation: scholarHarriet Sales [Neve]
Daughter; occupation: scholarJane Neve
Daughter; occupation: scholarEliza Turk [Neve]

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: wheelwrightThomas Ashdown, wheelwrightEdge of Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeElizabeth Ashdown [Waters]
WifeHarriet Ashdown [Peckham]
DaughterElizabeth Moore [Ashdown]
DaughterSilbey Avery [Ashdown]
Son; occupation: wheelwrightJoshua Ashdown, farm labourer
DaughterSarah Ann Martin [Ashdown]
SonThomas Ashdown, painter and gardener
GranddaughterEleanor Hemsley [Ashdown]
GranddaughterEllen Ashdown
DaughterHarriet Eliza Buick [Ashdown]

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation: farm labourerGeorge Neve, farm labourerAshdown Forest1851 Census
Withyham, Sussex
WifeHarriet Neve [Tester]
Son; occupation: farm labourerAmos Neve
DaughterRachel Neve
DaughterHarriet Neve
DaughterAnn Groombridge [Neve]
SonAlbert Neve, farm labourer
SonJames Neve, farm labourer
Lodger; occupation Farm LabourerWilliam Pentecost

c 1900View in the ForestView in the Forest, CrowboroughPrivate collection

1913In the ForestIn the Forest, Crowborough photographed by H. Wilkins, The Library, CrowboroughPrivate collection

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