The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1851 Herstmonceux Census
Reference RG 107/1638: Hailsham District; Hailsham Enumeration District No 3a
All that part of the Parish of Herstmonceux lying between the Bridle Road from New Bridge to Marshfoot from thence following the road to the Grenadier Inn from thence the footpath down the Barrack Ground crossing the Common the West side to the end of Occupation Road leading to Knock Hatch; then crossing the said Common by footpath to the Culvert under the Railway, from thence following the road to the Swan Beer House and from thence the Corporation boundary line to New Bridge; (including the Market Town of Herstmonceux, Summer Heath and Bill Banks.)
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
    Thomas Sinden, M, Son, single, age 14, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: farm carter's boy
    William Sinden, M, Son, single, age 10, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: farm carter's boy
    Phillis Sinden, F, Daughter, single, age 8, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: scholar

104Gardner Street RoadJosias Cornford, M, Head, married, age 45, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: day labourer gardener
    Margaret Cornford, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Seaford, Sussex
    Joseph Cornford, M, Son, single, age 23, born Brighton, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Charles Cornford, M, Son, single, age 16, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: errand boy
    James Cornford, M, Son, single, age 10, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Ann Cornford, F, Daughter, single, age 7, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    John Cornford, M, Son, single, age 3, born Herstmonceux, Sussex

104WhitefieldJohn Brook, M, Head, widowed, age 56, born Warbleton, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

104WhitefieldEdward Taylor, M, Head, married, age 51, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 200 acres employing 10 labourers
    Lydia Taylor, F, Wife, married, age 58, born Wartling, Sussex
    Edmund Ironside, M, Lodger, single, age 23, born Portugal; occupation: farming
    Thomas Gosling, M, Lodger, single, age 18, born Chailey, Sussex; occupation: farming
    Edward Head, M, Servant, single, age 25, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: carter
    Lidia Head, F, Servant, single, age 33, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: domestic servant

104Windmill RoadWilliam Shadwell, M, Head, married, age 41, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: sawyer
    Merai Shadwell, F, Wife, married, age 38, born Framlingham, Suffolk
    Gideon Shadwell, M, Son, single, age 12, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Merai Shadwell, F, Daughter, single, age 9, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Emily Field, F, Lodger, single, age 2, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: nurse child

104Windmill RoadHenry Miller, M, Head, married, age 25, born Herstmonceux, Sussex
    Ann Miller, F, Wife, married, age 26, born Herstmonceux, Sussex
    Ann Miller, F, Daughter, single, age 5, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Eliza Miller, F, Daughter, single, age 3, born Herstmonceux, Sussex
    Alias Miller, F, Daughter, single, age 1, born Herstmonceux, Sussex
    Samson Funnell, M, Lodger, single, age 20, born Chiddingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

104Windmill RoadThomas Miller, M, Head, widowed, age 83, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: proprietor of houses
    Ann Miller, F, Daughter, single, age 39, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: dressmaker

104Windmill RoadSpencer Martin, M, Head, married, age 52, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Eliza Martin, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Herstmonceux, Sussex
    Emily Martin, F, Daughter, single, age 10, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Martin Martin, M, Son, single, age 8, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Ruben Funnell, M, Wife's son, single, age 16, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: journeyman sawyer
    William Martin, M, Father, widowed, age 73, born Ringmer, Sussex; occupation: parish church clerk
    Lancelot Martin, M, Visitor, single, age 61, born Wartling, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer's labourer
    Ann Akehurst, F, Visitor, married, age 48, born Herstmonceux, Sussex

104PickpaleFrances Holland, F, Head, single, age 69, born Wartling, Sussex; occupation: farmer's daughter
    Charles Vidler, M, Servant, married, age 36, born Hooe, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

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