The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 Hever Census
Reference RG12/675: District: Sevenoaks; Sub-District: Penshurst; Enumerator: William Gooding
Boundary Bounded on the North by Brasted (detached) and Chiddingstone Parish, on the East by Chiddingstone, on the South by the river Eden, on the West by Brasted (detached) and the whole of the detached portion of Hever
Contents All that part of the Parish that lies on the north side of the river comprising Hever Lodge Farm and Cottages. Also Four Elms, Holmwood, Rudlands, Chittenden and Beers Farms, Syliards and the Furnace House Farms, Hill Court and Ingledene. Also Knowlands and Deercroft situated in Little Chiddingstone
The Whole in the Parliamentary Division of Tonbridge
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

7New HouseJohn Bennett, M, Head, married, age 83, born Leigh, Kent, occupation: no occupation
    Jane Bennett, F, Wife, married, age 65, born Sundridge, Kent
    William Bennett, M, Son, single, age 28, born Leigh, Kent, occupation: farm labourer
    George Bennett, M, Son, single, age 25, born Shipbourne, Kent, occupation: farm labourer
    Mary Bennett, F, Daughter, single, age 22, born Shipbourne, Kent
    John Bennett, M, Son, single, age 15, born Hever, Kent, occupation: garden boy

7New HouseGeorge Pearson, M, Head, widowed, age 79, born Chiddingstone, Kent; occupation Farm Labourer
    Ellen Nicholls, F, Housekeeper, single, age 75, born N/K; occupation Housekeeper

7Little RudlandsGeorge Hibberd, M, Head, married, age 53, born Winkbourne Bassett, Wiltshire; occupation: farm labourer
    Ellen Hibberd, F, Wife, married, age 54, born Bourton, Berkshire
    Fanny Hibberd, F, Daughter, single, age 18, born Berwick Bassett, Wiltshire; occupation: draper's assistant

7Rudlands FarmFrederick A Hordern, M, Head, married, age 54, born Shaw, Lancashire; occupation: farmer
    Minnie Hordern, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Marylebone, London
    Hugh Waterford, M, Visitor, single, age 22, born Ventnor, Isle Of Wight
    Sarah C Longman, F, Servant, single, age 45, born Limehouse, London; occupation: cook and domestic servant
    Alice M Newell, F, Servant, single, age 15, born Kingsgate, Kent; occupation Housemaid

7Rudlands CottageJames Roffey, M, Head, widowed, age 62, born Hever, Kent; occupation Wood Dealer
    Arthur Roffey, M, Son, single, age 31, born Hever, Kent; occupation Farm Labourer
    Emily Roffey, F, Daughter, single, age 15, born Hever, Kent; occupation General Domestic Servant
    Kate Pearson, F, Housekeeper, single, age 30, born Hever, Kent; occupation Housekeeper
    Alice Pearson, F, Housekeeper's Child, age 6, born Sundridge, Kent; occupation Scholar
    Charles Pearson, F, Housekeeper's Child, age 6, born Hever, Kent
    Florence Pearson, F, Housekeeper's Child, age 1, born Hever, Kent

7Rudlands CottageFrederick Edwards, M, Head, married, age 27, born Chiddingstone, Kent; occupation: miller
    Mary Ann Edwards, F, Wife, married, age 28, born Chiddingstone, Kent
    Frederick J Edwards, M, Son, age 5, born Hever, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Charles H Edwards, M, Son, age 1, born Tarring, Sussex

7Holmwood CottageEdward Gunner, M, Head, married, age 64, born Hever, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Ann Gunner, F, Wife, married, age 60, born Westerham, Kent
    Edward E Gunner, M, Grandson, single, age 4, born Hever, Kent; occupation: scholar

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