The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1871 Frant Census
Reference RG10/1049: Ticehurst Enumeration District No 7
Part of the Parish of Frant comprising all that Part of the said Parish which is situate in the Tunbridge Wells Local Act District and which lies West of the Turnpike Road leading from Frant to the Chapel Bridge Tunbridge Wells, including Broadwater Down and Ramsly Farm House.
Enumerator: George Weller.
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  • 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]

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Sheet    Place    Census entry

7Broadwater Down YardWilliam Merritt, M, Head, married, age 33, born East Wittering, Sussex; occupation: builder's labourer
    Sarah A Merritt, F, Wife, married, age 32, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: labourer's wife
    William T Merritt, M, Son, age 3, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent
    Walter T Merritt, M, Son, age 8m, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent

720, Broadwater Down CottageFrederick Williams, M, Head, married, age 30, born Colchester, Essex; occupation: gardener
    Ellen Williams, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Castleford, Yorkshire; occupation: gardener's wife
    Florence E Williams, F, Daughter, age 3, born Romford, Essex
    Sidney Williams, M, Son, age 1, born Frant, Sussex

720, Broadwater Down HouseHoratio Piggot, M, Head, married, age 50, born Ulting, Essex; occupation: retired solicitor
    Sarah Piggot, F, Wife, married, age 45, born Walden, Suffolk
    Susannah H Houlton, F, Sister-in-law, single, age 42, born Marylebone, Middlesex
    Ellen Williams, F, Servant, single, age 25, born Colchester, Essex; occupation: housemaid
    Alice Williams, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Colchester, Essex; occupation: housemaid
    Elizabeth Prior, F, Servant, single, age 25, born Brentwood, Essex; occupation: cook

722, Broadwater Down HouseSamuel Wix, M, Head, married, age 55, born London, Middlesex, owns house and property
    Annie Wix, F, Wife, married, age 47, born Calcuttta, East Indies
    Herbert A Wix, M, Son, single, age 23, born Holborn, Surrey; occupation: student at law
    Edward Barsted, M, Servant, single, age 27, born Mackney, Norfolk; occupation: butler
    Sarah Reece, F, Servant, single, age 30, born Pope Hill, Pembrokeshire; occupation: cook
    Mary Evans, F, Servant, single, age 27, born Begford, Herefordshire; occupation: housemaid
    Emily Skelton, F, Servant, single, age 31, born London, Middlesex; occupation: lady's maid
    Eliza Carter, F, Servant, single, age 23, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: under housemaid

716, Broadwater Down StablesChristopher Piddlesden, M, Head, married, age 27, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: gardener
    Elizabeth Piddlesden, F, Wife, married, age 25, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: gardener's wife
    Emily Piddlesden, F, Daughter, age 5, born Frant, Sussex
    Elizabeth H Piddlesden, F, Daughter, age 2, born Rusthall, Kent
    John Axlett, M, Boarder, married, age 42, born Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire; occupation: coachman

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