The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1861 Rotherfield Census (including Crowborough)
Reference RG9/574: Rotherfield Enumeration District No 9
Part of the Parish of Rotherfield commencing at Paines Corner to Waters Hill Keeping the road to Walters Brick Kiln and Gravel Hill, leaving Mr Barclays to the left, taking Castle hill, Ragged bog[?], Stone, Stone Mill and Pinehurst including Reynolds, Steep, Inchreed and Sparrows. Keeping the Boundary of the Parish to Brickbarn then Keep the Road to Ford Brook, Sand Hill, Jarvis Brook and Paine's Corner.
Enumerator: William Burgess.
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  • 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]
 
Sheet    Place    Census entry
1LodgelandThomas Hook, M, Head, married, age 41, born Sedlescombe, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 100 acres employing 2 labourers
1Treblers GreenGeorge Streeter, M, Head, married, age 27, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1Castle HillSamuel Walter, M, Head, married, age 57, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 18 acres
1Castle HillWilliam Walter, M, Head, married, age 82, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 15 acres
1ReynoldsRichard Kember, M, Head, married, age 48, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: working farm bailiff
2LimlyHenry Hopperton, M, Head, married, age 60, born Horsmonden, Kent; occupation: farmer of 160 acres employing 3 labourers and 3 boys
2DewlandsThomas Rogers, M, Head, married, age 34, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 23 acres
2Little EaseFrederick Simmonds, M, Head, married, age 34, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3Little EaseMary Simmonds, F, Head, widowed, age 59, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: plain needlework
3Little EaseDavid Bellingham, M, Head, married, age 57, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3DewlandsThomas Pratt, M, Head, married, age 40, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 40 acres
3CoesJesse Hoath, M, Head, married, age 58, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3CoesMark Slatter, M, Head, married, age 40, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3Stone MillWilliam Wilmshurst, M, Head, married, age 38, born Brighton, Sussex; occupation: journeyman miller
4Stone MillAlfred Brooman, M, Head, married, age 32, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4Oak CottageWilliam Bassett, M, Head, married, age 37, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: carter
4Oak CottageGeorge Chewter, M, Head, married, age 56, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4Great StoneDavid Baldwin, M, Head, single, age 21, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: carter
5LuxfordJames Streeter, M, Head, married, age 33, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: carter
5LuxfordJohn Duplock, M, Head, married, age 62, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Little PinehurstDaniel Pollington, M, Head, married, age 44, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Great PinehurstThomas Barden, M, Head, married, age 44, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: brickmaker
6Great PinehurstHenry Knight, M, Head, married, age 21, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6SteepJohn Crouch, M, Head, married, age 44, born Dallington, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 40 acres
6Steep CottageJames Ralf, M, Head, widowed, age 56, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: road labourer
6Steep CottageFrances Avery, F, Head, married, age 43, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: farmer's wife
6Lower SteepJohn Heasman, M, Head, married, age 63, born East Grinstead, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 42 acres employing 2 labourers and 1 boy
6DurrageWilliam Martin, M, Head, widowed, age 49, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: carter
7RumsdenGeorge Walter, M, Head, married, age 51, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 42 acres
7SparrowsThomas Blackford, M, Head, married, age 50, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7BrattlesJames Winter, M, Head, married, age 28, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7InchreedTrayton Hemsley, M, Head, married, age 42, born Framfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 300 acres employing 4 men and 1 boy
7Inchreed CottageStephen Wren, M, Head, married, age 43, born Framfield, Sussex; occupation: carter
8OwlsburyBenjamin Baldock, M, Head, married, age 40, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
8Owlsbury CottageEdward Marchant, M, Head, married, age 57, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: cordwainer
8ClaylandsSolomon Sands, M, Head, married, age 38, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
8SandhillJames Brooker, M, Head, married, age 58, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 55 acres
8HoadlysThomas Streeter, M, Head, married, age 30, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
8Steep LaneWilliam Sands, M, Head, married, age 39, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9HaywardsWilliam Peckham, M, Head, married, age 57, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 80 acres employing 1 man and 1 boy
9TubwellWilliam Paige, M, Head, married, age 43, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 40 acres
10Great PinehurstSolomon Ansell, M, Lodger, age 47; occupation: farm labourer

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