The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Cowden, Kent Census
That part of the Parish of Cowden that includes the High Street, North Street, Furnace Farm and Gilridge 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
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Sheet    Place    Census entry

5Alms House, North StreetJohn Leigh, M, Head, married, age 47, born Chiddingstone, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Sarah Leigh, F, Wife, married, age 45, born Hartfield, Sussex
    Albert Ingrams, M, Son, age 12, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Emeley Leigh, F, Daughter, age 8, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: scholar
    William E. Leigh, M, Son, age 6, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: scholar

5Alms House, North StreetJames Attreal, M, Head, married, age 77, born Seaford, Sussex; occupation: fellmonger
    Sarah Attreal, F, Wife, married, age 78, born Dallington, Sussex

5North StreetWilliam Chesson, M, Head, married, age 40, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: bricklayer
    Emily Chesson, F, Wife, married, age 45, born Bures, Suffolk
    William G. W. Chesson, M, Son, single, age 18, born Acton, Suffolk; occupation: bricklayer's labourer
    Thomas A. Chesson, M, Son, age 14, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: plumber's labourer
    Henry J. Chesson, M, Son, age 13, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: butcher's assistant
    Charles Chesson, M, Son, age 11, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Obadiah Chesson, M, Son, age 10, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Sophia Chesson, F, Daughter, age 8, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Ellen Chesson, F, Daughter, age 6, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: scholar

5North StreetCaroline Richards, F, Head, widowed, age 74, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation Annuitant

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