The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Cranbrook Census
Reference RG 11/937: Cranbrook Enumeration District No 1; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: William Tarbutt
All the houses on the North side of the Town commencing at the Cottage near Bedlam Stile and continuing to the Windmill Inn, including the Bowling Green Cottage, the National School, the Free School Cottage, also all the houses on the South East side of the road commencing at Swifts Lodge opposite the Windmill Inn continuing through the Town as far as the Gas House.
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

18High StreetWilliam Cornford, M, Head, married, age 31, born Hurstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: ironmonger (master)
    Caroline Cornford, F, Wife, married, age 36, born Worthing, Sussex

18High StreetThomas Taylor, M, Head, married, age 56, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farmer employing 3 labourers and 1 boy
    Sarah Taylor, F, Wife, married, age 56, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Fanny Taylor, F, Daughter, single, age 19, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Mary Ann Taylor, F, Daughter, single, age 17, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Herbert Taylor, M, Son, single, age 15, born Cranbrook, Kent

18High StreetRichard Couchman, M, Head, married, age 74, born Marden, Kent; occupation: general dealer
    Sarah Couchman, F, Wife, married, age 41, born Biddenden, Kent
    Frank Couchman, M, Son, age 15, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: tailor's apprentice
    Alice Couchman, F, Daughter, age 13, born Cranbrook, Kent
    William Couchman, M, Son, age 10, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Ernest Couchman, M, Son, age 7, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Emily Couchman, F, Daughter, age 5, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Clarissa Couchman, F, Daughter, age 3, born Cranbrook, Kent

18High StreetJohn Springett, M, Head, married, age 31, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: boot and shoemaker
    Mary Ann Springett, F, Wife, married, age 30, born Ringwood, Hampshire
    Mabel Sarah Springett, F, Daughter, age 9 m, born Cranbrook, Kent

18Horse Entry, High StreetElizabeth Huntley, F, Head, widowed, age 62, born Staplehurst, Kent; occupation: laundress
    Sarah E. Larking, F, Daughter, single, age 41, born Cranbrook, Kent; handicap: imbecile

18Horse Entry, High StreetAnn Collins, F, Head, widowed, age 71, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Alfred Seabrook, M, Lodger, single, age 24, born Hemel Hempstead, Hertford; occupation: schoolmaster

18Horse Entry, High StreetCharles Bradford, M, Head, married, age 33, born Horsmonden, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Frances Bradford, F, Wife, married, age 44, born Frindsbury, Kent
    Charles W. Bradford, M, Son, single, age 5 m

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