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

15CottageWilliam Hall, M, Head, married, age 62, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Hannah Hall, F, Wife, married, age 61, born Framfield, Sussex

15EllisJoseph Groombridge, M, Head, married, age 41, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 60 acres employing 1 man and 1 boy
    Eliza Groombridge, F, Wife, married, age 36, born Wartling, Sussex; occupation: farmer's wife
    Sophia Groombridge, F, Daughter, age 12, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Hannah Groombridge, F, Daughter, age 10, born Beckley, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Joseph Groombridge, M, Son, age 8, born Beckley, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Edward Groombridge, M, Son, age 6, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Thomas Groombridge, M, Son, age 5, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Cordelia Groombridge, F, Daughter, age 3, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Anne Groombridge, F, Daughter, age 1, born Mayfield, Sussex

15Argos HillHenry Deacon, M, Head, married, age 54, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Susan Deacon, F, Wife, married, age 55, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Thomas Deacon, M, Son, single, age 17, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    James Hesman, M, Grandson, age 3, born Rotherfield, Sussex

15SchoolhouseEdward Luck, M, Head, married, age 39, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: sawyer
    Sarah Luck, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Newhaven, Sussex
    Mary Ann Luck, F, Daughter, age 10, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Harriet Luck, F, Daughter, age 8, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Ellen Luck, F, Daughter, age 2, born Mayfield, Sussex

15BrookHannah Smith, F, Head, single, age 54, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: charwoman

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