The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Goudhurst Census
Reference RG 11/939: Goudhurst Enumeration District No 3; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: John Thurgood
Goudhurst part of: Mother Church St Mary Ecclesiastical Parish
All that part of the parish of Goudhurst comprised within the 4 Town Gates (recently removed) formerly known as the East, South, West and North gates together with the houses lying on either side of the road from Clay Hill to Risebridge, Bluecoat Lane, and Hope 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

73 Clay Hill CottagesStephen Blunt, M, Head, married, age 54, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: bricklayer's labourer
    Letty Blunt, F, Wife, married, age 50, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Horace Blunt, M, Son, single, age 17, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Frederick Blunt, M, Son, age 17, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Lewis Blunt, M, Son, age 10, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Harriott Haylor, F, Boarder, widowed, age 75, born Goudhurst, Kent

71 Old Work HouseJames Waghorn, M, Head, married, age 27, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Sarah E. Waghorn, F, Wife, married, age 24, born Goudhurst, Kent
    William F.J. Waghorn, M, Son, age 2, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Rhoda A. Waghorn, F, Daughter, age 2 w, born Goudhurst, Kent

72 Old Work HouseWilliam Wells, M, Head, married, age 71, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Rhoda Wells, F, Wife, married, age 63, born Goudhurst, Kent
    John W. Wells, M, Son, single, age 18, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Frederick Wells, M, Grandson, single, age 21, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer

73 Old Work HouseRichard Hope, M, Head, married, age 51, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener
    Harriot Hope, F, Wife, married, age 53, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Harry Hope, M, Son, single, age 20, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    George Hope, M, Son, single, age 17, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    David Hope, M, Son, single, age 16, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Horace Hope, M, Son, age 14, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Mary A. Hope, F, Daughter, age 11, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar

74 Old Work HouseJohn Wilmshurst, M, Head, married, age 65, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    M.E. Wilmshurst, F, Daughter, single, age 37, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Charles Wilmshurst, M, Son, single, age 21, born Goudhurst, Kent (unemployed)
    Lizzie Wilmshurst, F, Granddaughter, age 10, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar

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