The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Goudhurst Census
Reference RG 11/939: Goudhurst Enumeration District No 6; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: G. Messenger
Goudhurst part of: Mother Church St Mary Ecclesiastical Parish
All that part of the parish of Goudhurst lying to the southeast of District No 5 as far as the boundaries of the parish of Cranbrook and extending South as far as the River Toise including Colliers Green, Iden Green, Mile Lane, Frogs Hall, Buckhurst, Smugley, Blackbush, Triggs, Chequers, Beresford Road and Tattlebury.
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

10Iden GreenWilliam Sweetland, M, Head, married, age 40, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farmer of 3 ½ acres
    Eliza Sweetland, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Elizabeth Sweetland, F, Daughter, age 14, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    George Sweetland, M, Son, age 12, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Walter Sweetland, M, Son, age 10, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Edwin Sweetland, M, Son, age 8, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Johnson Sweetland, M, Father, widowed, age 69, born Cranbrook, Kent

10Mile Lane FarmWilliam Peirce, M, Head, married, age 49, born Marden, Kent; occupation: farmer of 52 acres employing 1 man
    Mary Peirce, F, Wife, married, age 59, born Marden, Kent
    Mary Love, F, Mother, widowed, age 83, born Frittenden, Kent
    George Allcorn, M, Servant, single, age 21, born Staplehurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer

10Mile Lane FarmBelson Chapman, M, Head, married, age 61, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener and domestic servant
    Jane Chapman, F, Wife, married, age 40, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Alfred Chapman, M, Son, single, age 15, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    John Chapman, M, Son, age 12, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Thomas Chapman, M, Son, age 10, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Ann Chapman, F, Daughter, age 7, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Emmie Chapman, F, Daughter, age 4, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    James Chapman, M, Son, age 1, born Goudhurst, Kent

10Mile Lane FarmJohn Humphrey, M, Head, married, age 33, born Marden, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Emily Humphrey, F, Wife, married, age 28, born Warbleton, Sussex
    Alfred Humphrey, M, Son, age 8, born Staplehurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Annie Humphrey, F, Daughter, age 1, born Goudhurst, Kent
    John Ashdown, M, Boarder, widowed, age 60, born Marden, Kent; occupation: farm labourer

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