The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Wadhurst Census
Wadhurst Village, High Street and Church Street
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

7No 1, Watchful LaneCharles Lillywhite, M, Head, married, age 53, born Hampshire; occupation: scripture reader
    Sarah Lillywhite, F, Wife, married, age 55, born Middlesex; occupation: missionary

7No 2, Watchful LaneWilliam Benge, M, Head, married, age 27, born Wadhurst, occupation: bricklayer's labourer
    Naomi Benge, F, Wife, married, age 25, born Wadhurst
    Rosa Benge, F, Daughter, age 7, born Wadhurst, occupation: scholar
    Annie Benge, F, Daughter, age 5, born Wadhurst, occupation: scholar
    Flora Benge, F, Daughter, age 4, born Wadhurst, occupation: scholar
    Almena A. Benge, F, Daughter, age 2, born Wadhurst
    Alma E. Benge, F, Daughter, age 8 m, born Wadhurst

7No 3, Watchful LaneAmos Henly, M, Head, married, age 42, born Mayfield; occupation: corn warehouseman
    Caroline M. Henly, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Buckinghamshire
    William A. Henly, M, Son, age 16, born Mayfield; occupation: baker's boy
    Mary Ann L. Henly, F, Daughter, age 14, born Ticehurst; occupation: scholar
    Ada E. Henly, F, Daughter, age 11, born Wadhurst; occupation: scholar
    Walter R. Henly, M, Son, age 9, born Wadhurst; occupation: scholar

7High StreetCharles George Carpenter, M, Head, married, age 66, born Wadhurst, occupation: baker
    May S. Carpenter, F, Wife, married, age 55, born Tunbridge Wells
    Jane B. Carpenter, F, Daughter, single, age 20, born Wadhurst, occupation: upholsterer
    Alice Carpenter, F, Daughter, single, age 17, born Wadhurst
    Alfred Carpenter, M, Son, age 13, born Wadhurst, occupation: scholar

7TownWilliam Apps, M, Head, married, age 74, born Mayfield; occupation wood turner
    Esther Apps, F, Wife, married, age 72, born Ticehurst

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