The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Laughton Census
Reference RG 11/1043: Hailsham District; Hellingly Subdistrict; Laughton Enumeration District No 7; Enumerator: B morris
Part of the Civil Parish of Laughton lying to the South of the Turnpike Road, leading from Lewes to Battle, as far as Stones Cross, and East of the Road leading from thence to East Hoathly to the Boundary of the Parish (but not including and Houses in that Road) this District includes Laughton Place, Toll Gate House, Mark Cross, the Lulhams, Stones Cross, Broomham, and all the Houses at Whitesmith which are in the Parish of Laughton.
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

8Old Work HouseLouisa Burfield, F, Head, widowed, age 33, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: charwoman
    Frances E. Burfield, F, Daughter, age 10, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Aaron Burfield, M, Son, age 7, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Benjamin Burfield, M, Son, age 3, born Laughton, Sussex
    Caleb Burfield, M, Son, age 6 m, born Laughton, Sussex
    George Burfield, M, Stepson, age 16, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: carter boy

8Old Work HouseSarah Ann Diggens, F, Head, single, age 50, born Laughton, Sussex

8Old Work HouseWilliam Tompsett, M, Head, married, age 39, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: gardener domestic servant
    Lois Tompsett, F, Wife, married, age 29, born Laughton, Sussex
    William D. Tompsett, M, Son, age 8, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    James A. Tompsett, M, Son, age 6, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Edwin Tompsett, M, Son, age 7 m, born Laughton, Sussex

8Old Work HouseJohn Goldsmith, M, Head, married, age 56, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Barbara Goldsmith, F, Wife, married, age 52, born Laughton, Sussex
    Isaac Goldsmith, M, Son, single, age 26, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    George Goldsmith, M, Son, single, age 24, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Anne Goldsmith, F, Daughter, , age 13, born Laughton, Sussex
    John Goldsmith, M, Son, , age 7, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Henry Goldsmith, M, Son, , age 9 m, born Laughton, Sussex

8Stone CrossCharles Briggs, M, Head, married, age 32, born Ringmer, Sussex; occupation: carter
    Barbara Briggs, F, Wife, married, age 28, born Laughton, Sussex
    Edward Briggs, M, Son, age 7, born Brighton, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Alfred Briggs, M, Son, age 5, born Piddinghoe, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    James Briggs, M, Son, age 3, born Bevendean, Brighton, Sussex
    Esther Ellen Briggs, F, Daughter, age 1, born Bevendean, Brighton, Sussex
    William Rich, M, Lodger, widowed, age 63, born East Hothly, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer's labourer
    Albert J. Rich, M, Lodger, , age 13, born Uckfield, Sussex

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