The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1861 Mayfield Census
Reference RG9/574: Rotherfield Enumeration District No 14
Part of the Parish of Mayfield commencing at the Lower House Garden to Wellbrook including the six Cottages at Miss then to Butcher's Cross Gate and Mr Thos Bridgers taking the road that leads to Mr Richard Marchants keeping the boundary of the Parish to Stile House then take the road that leads to the Furnace crossing the Fields at the back of the Old Palace to the Lower House Garden and thence to School house near Stonecross including Argos Hill, Hoadleys, Horleigh Green, Pages, Downford, Hutchings, Twitts, Freemans, the Cottages at Woolbridge and No Mans Hole also Trodgers Farm
Enumerator: George Holden
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

6Butchers CrossJames Hallett, M, Head, widowed, age 64, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 20 acres employing 1 man and tunpike toll collector
    Harriet Hallett, F, Daughter, single, age 40, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: housekeeper
    Ruth Hallett, F, Daughter, single, age 22, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: dairymaid
    Naomi Hallett, F, Daughter, single, age 19, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: gate keeper
    Martha Hallett, F, Granddaughter, age 8, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar

6HomestallsJohn Bridger, M, Head, married, age 66, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 12 acres, tax assessor and bailiff of the Manor of Mayfield
    Mary Bridger, F, Wife, married, age 58, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer's wife
    Octavia Echo Bridger, F, Daughter, single, age 27, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer's daughter
    Cicero Cains Bridger, M, Son, single, age 22, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer's son

6TwittsJohn Russell, M, Head, married, age 40, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 117 acres employing 2 men and 1 boy
    Eliza Russell, F, Wife, married, age 36, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farmer's wife
    Judith Russell, F, Daughter, age 14, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farmer's daughter
    Sarah Russell, F, Daughter, age 11, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Alfred Russell, M, Son, age 9, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer's son
    Eliza Russell, F, Daughter, age 7, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Caleb Russell, M, Son, age 5, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Harriet Russell, F, Daughter, age 2, born Mayfield, Sussex
    John Russell, M, Son, age 5m, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Richard Dadswell, M, Servant, age 14, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: carter boy

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