The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1871 Frant Census
Reference RG10/1049: Ticehurst Enumeration District No 8
Part of the Parish of Frant comprising all that part of the said Parish which is situate in the County of Sussex and in the Tunbridge Wells Local Act District, and which lies East of the Turnpike Road leading from the Chapel Bridge, Tunbridge Wells; including the Cottages on the Home Farm and the Cottages at Whybourne Gate, occupied by Mr Ladds and Rr B. Osmond.
Enumerator: John Bellamy.
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

1820, Birling CottagesFanny Wyke, F, Lodger, single, age 40, born Devonport, Devon; occupation: servant, out of employment

1821, Birling CottagesJoseph Bridger, M, Head, widowed, age 45, born Tunbridge Wells, Sussex; occupation: labourer (brickyard)
    William Bridger, M, Son, single, age 15, born Tunbridge Wells, Sussex; occupation: house boy
    John Bridger, M, Son, single, age 13, born Tunbridge Wells, Sussex; occupation: ironmonger's errand boy
    Mary A Bridger, F, Daughter, single, age 11, born Tunbridge Wells, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Elizabeth Gurney, F, Housekeeper, widowed, age 56, born Seaford, Sussex; occupation: housekeeper
    Elizabeth Gurney, F, Housekeeper's daughter, single, age 24, born Seaford, Sussex; occupation: assists in house
    William Gurney, M, Housekeeper's grandson, age 2m, born Tunbridge Wells, Sussex
    George H Simmonds, M, single, age 32, born Seaford, Sussex; occupation: labourer
    George Heat, M, Boarder, single, age 32, born Ashurst, Kent; occupation: gardener

1822, Birling CottagesHenry Hollamby, M, Head, widowed, age 77, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: Tunbridgeware maker
    Esther Hollamby, F, Daughter, single, age 39, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: shop woman
    Ann Blunt, F, Servant, single, age 63, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: housekeeper

1823, Birling CottagesHenry Piddlesden, M, Head, married, age 37, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: gardener
    Charlotte Piddlesden, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: laundress
    Mary A Piddlesden, F, Daughter, single, age 16, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: ironer
    Isabella Piddlesden, F, Daughter, single, age 14, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Aynesly Piddlesden, F, Daughter, single, age 11, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Harriet Piddlesden, F, Daughter, single, age 9, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Edwin J Piddlesden, M, Son, single, age 7, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Henry O Piddlesden, M, Son, single, age 5, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    David W Piddlesden, M, Son, single, age 2, born Frant, Sussex
    Ruth Stevens, F, Servant, single, age 15, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: domestic servant

1824, Birling CottagesSamuel Dumbrel, M, Head, married, age 39, born Pirbright, Surrey; occupation: ostler
    Elizabeth Dumbrel, F, Wife, married, age 45, born Lamberhurst, Kent
    Elizabeth Dumbrel, F, Daughter, single, age 15, born Pembury, Kent; occupation: dressmaker
    William Dumbrel, M, Son, single, age 13, born Southborough, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Henry Dumbrel, M, Son, single, age 11, born Southborough, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Arthur Dumbrel, M, Son, single, age 9, born Southborough, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Samuel Dumbrel, M, Son, single, age 7, born Southborough, Kent; occupation: scholar

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