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

7VillageSamuel Doust, M, Head, married, age 31, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Sarah Doust, F, Wife, married, age 33, born Ticehurst, Sussex
    Sarah A. Doust, F, Daughter, single, age 12, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    David G. Doust, M, Son, age 6, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Charles S. Doust, M, Son, age 2, born Lamberhurst, Sussex
    George E. Doust, M, Son, age 2 m, born Lamberhurst, Sussex

7VillageDillon Cole, M, Head, married, age 45, born Ireland; occupation: sergeant instructor of the vols and chelsea pensioner
    Annie Cole, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Lymington, Hampshire; occupation: dressmaker
    Florence Cole, F, Daughter, single, age 12, born Gibraltar; occupation: scholar
    Lettie Cole, F, Daughter, age 4, born Salford, Lancashire; occupation: scholar
    Christopher Cole, M, Son, age 2

7VillageElizabeth Bailey, F, Head, widowed, age 69, born Lamberhurst, Sussex

7VillageHerbert Wells, M, Head, married, age 27, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Mary A. Wells, F, Wife, married, age 26, born Frant, Sussex
    William Wells, M, Son, age 7, born Frant, Sussex
    Alice Wells, F, Daughter, age 5, born Frant, Sussex
    Walter Wells, M, Son, age 3, born Wadhurst, Sussex
    Edward Wells, M, Son, age 1, born Lamberhurst, Sussex

7VillageWilliam Wheeler, M, Head, married, age 58, born Horsmonden, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Jane Wheeler, F, Wife, married, age 53, born Brenchley, Kent; occupation: cook and domestic servant (unemployed)
    Jane Wheeler, F, Daughter, age 10, born Horsmonden, Kent; occupation: scholar

7VillageThomas Grigsby, M, Head, married, age 49, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer journeyman
    Julia Grigsby, F, Wife, married, age 41, born Lamberhurst, Kent
    Raymond Grigsby, M, Son, single, age 17, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: butcher journeyman
    Albert Grigsby, M, Son, age 12, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    John Grigsby, M, Son, age 10, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Harriett Grigsby, F, Daughter, age 8, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Emily Grigsby, F, Daughter, age 6, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Francis Grigsby, F, Daughter, age 1, born Lamberhurst, Sussex

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