The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Penshurst, Kent Census
That part of the Parish of Penshurst that includes Salmans, Wellers Town and Vexour Farm
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
1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  
11  12  13  14                    
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
                              
 
Sheet    Place    Census entry

2Bottle HouseGeorge Bennett, M, Head, single, age 49, born Penshurst, Kent, occupation: labourer
    Mary Ann Barlow, F, Sister, widowed, age 56, born Penshurst, Kent, occupation: housekeeper

2Chapel CottageSturgess, F, Head, widowed, age 54, born Blackham, Sussex; occupation: keeper of chapel

2Chapel CottageHenry Thorpe, M, Head, married, age 27, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation Gardener
    Emily Thorpe, F, Wife, married, age 25, born All Saints, Huntingdon
    William H. Thorpe, M, Son, single, age 11 m, born Penshurst, Kent

2Chapel CottageGeorge Ashdown, M, Head, married, age 44, born Chiddingstone, Kent; occupation: bricklayer
    Charlotte Ashdown, F, Wife, married, age 43, born Penshurst, Kent
    Emma A. Ashdown, F, Daughter, single, age 19, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: dressmaker

2Chapel CottageMartin Meades, M, Head, married, age 41, born Ardingley, Sussex; occupation: hoop maker
    Frances Meades, F, Wife, married, age 33, born Nuthurst, Sussex
    Rose Meades, F, Daughter, single, age 13, born Cuckfield, Sussex; occupation: works at paper mill
    Jane Meades, F, Daughter, single, age 12, born Lindfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Emily Meades, F, Daughter, single, age 10, born Haywards Heath, Sussex, handicap: deaf and dumb
    Harry Meades, M, Son, single, age 6, born Handcross, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Edith Meades, F, Daughter, single, age 3, born Tunbridge, Kent
    Sophia Meades, F, Daughter, age 6 m, born Sevenoaks, Kent

2Beer House (Original Bottle House)Thomas Lefevre, M, Head, married, age 30, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, employs 3 men; occupation: baker and beer retailer
    Elizabeth H. Lefevre, F, Wife, married, age 35, born London, Middlesex
    Naomi Ea, F, Sister, married, age 28, born Speldhurst, Kent
    Florence A. Ea, F, Niece, single, age 3, born Chiddingstone, Kent
    Lizzie Ea, F, Niece, single, age 1, born Chiddingstone, Kent
    George W. Brooks, M, Boarder, single, age 17, born Fordcombe, Kent; occupation: baker's apprentice

The Weald is at  Database version 14.05 which has ongoing updates to the 395,000 people; 9,000 places; 613 maps; 3,308 pictures, engravings and photographs; and 248 books loaded in the previous version

ODNB  
British Libarary  
High Weald  
Sussex Record Society  
Sussex Archaeological Society  
Kent Archaeological Society  
Mid Kent Marriages  
Ancestry  
Genes Reunited  
International Genealogical Index  
National Archives  

Top
of the
page