The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Lamberhurst Census
Reference RG 11/1048: Lamberhurst Enumeration District No 11;District: Ticehurst; Enumerator: John Padgham
Hook Green District comprises all that part of the parish which lies West of the Turnpike road leading from Lamberhurst to Wadhurst beginning at the bridge on the great river in the village to the parish boundary above the Slade Turnpike gate then North to the Parish boundary to Free Heath then East of the Parish boundary to the great river and South of the great river to the bridge in the village including part of the village and the .., Furnace Lane, Slade, Hog Hole, Free Heath, Fullers, Hook Green, Furnace Mill.
Please note:
  • These census records have been transcribed from images of the original census sheets. Whilst all care has been taken, the result is an interpretation of the original which is available at Local Record Offices, from The National Archives, and from ancestry.co.uk
  • Occupation has been unified (e.g. Ag Lab, Farm Lab, and many other such recordings are all displayed as Farm labourer).
  • The Sheet Number is as shown on the original document and is linked to a page showing all the entries on that Sheet (as well as entries from the following or previous sheet where the entry for the location covers more than one sheet).
  • In those instances where the Census entry is incorrect or missing and it has been possible from other sources to derive a correction, then these changes are shown inside square brackets, e.g. [Wife]

Census sheets
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Sheet    Place    Census entry

1Furnace MillAlbert Arnold, M, Head, married, age 29, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: miller and farmer of 20 acres employing 4 men
    Sophia W. Arnold, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Limerick, Ireland
    Albert N. Arnold, M, Son, age 7, born Lamberhurst, Kent

1Old Counting HouseCharles Underhill, M, Head, married, age 39, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Matilda Underhill, F, Wife, married, age 36, born Lamberhurst, Kent
    Walter Underhill, M, Son, age 6, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Charles Underhill, M, Son, age 4, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Minnie Underhill, F, Daughter, age 3, born Lamberhurst, Kent
    Emily Hodgkin, F, Step daughter, single, age 12, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar

1Mill PlaceArthur Arnold, M, Head, single, age 52, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: farmer of 60 acres employing 5 men and 1 boy
    Fanny Arnold, F, Sister, single, age 46, born Penshurst, Kent
    Julia R. Meyrick, F, Cousin, single, age 34, born Wolverhampton, Stafford; occupation: companion

1Stone Cottages, Furnace LaneGeorge Benge, M, Head, married, age 38, born Marden, Kent; occupation: groom
    Ann Benge, F, Wife, married, age 39, born Marden, Kent
    William G. Benge, M, Son, single, age 13, born Marden, Kent; occupation: messenger and scholar
    Florence E. Benge, F, Daughter, age 3 m, born Lamberhurst, Kent

1Stone Cottages, Furnace LaneRichard Bailey, M, Head, married, age 42, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: gardener
    Martha Bailey, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: laundress

1Stone Cottages, Furnace LaneCharles Leaney, M, Head, married, age 40, born Hurst Green, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Harriett Leaney, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Wadhurst, Sussex
    Charles Lear Leaney, M, Son, age 9, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Mary Leaney, F, Daughter, age 7, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Thomas Leaney, M, Son, age 6, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    James Leaney, M, Son, age 4, born Lamberhurst, Sussex
    Rosa Leaney, F, Daughter, age 3, born Lamberhurst, Sussex
    Walter Leaney, M, Son, age 5 m, born Lamberhurst, Sussex

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