The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1871 Mayfield Census
Reference RG10/1051: Rotherfield Enumeration District No 13
Part of the Parish of Mayfield commencing at Wellbrook Bridge, then taking the Road to Butcher's Cross Gate including all on the South to Gate House taking the boundary of the Parish to Maynards Down and Herrings taking the Foot Path to Allens and Wellbrook including the Cotteges on the East side of the Road at Five Ashes, also Mears, Lower Cowdens, New Pin, Leeds, Froghole, Chequers, Hornslodge, Buttons and Isinghurst
Enumerator: John Eldridge
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]
 
Sheet    Place    Census entry
1Wellbrook CottagesWilliam Hall, M, Head, married, age 42, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1Wellbrook CottagesJohn Berwick, M, Head, married, age 44, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1Poplar CottageJane Apps, F, Head, widowed, age 80, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: former farm labourer's wife
1Little CrabJohn Stapley, M, Head, married, age 79, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 30 acres employing 1 man
1Lower Cowdens CottagesSamuel Humphrey, M, Head, married, age 22, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1Lower Cowdens CottagesWilliam Humphrey, M, Head, married, age 64, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
2Lower Cowdens; Formerly A Farm House Now A Labourer's CottageAlfred Parris, M, Head, married, age 46, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: waggoner
2New PinNicholas Stapley, M, Head, married, age 44, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 90 acres employing 5 men and 1 boy
2Hanging Birch Cottage Near New PinWilliam Ticehurst, M, Head, married, age 30, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
2Hanging Birch CottageMary Fenner, F, Head, widowed, age 64, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: former farm labourer's wife
3Leeds CottageHenry Beale, M, Head, married, age 45, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3Leeds Farm HouseJesse Kemp, M, Head, married, age 26, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farmer of 61 acres employing 1 man and 1 boy
3The Eagle BeerhouseAmos Hawes, M, Head, married, age 22, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: beer retailer
3Tenement Adjoining The "Eagle" BeerhouseEdward Wenham, M, Head, married, age 28, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3Five AshesJohn Styles, M, Head, married, age 30, born West Tarring, Sussex; occupation: master grocer employing 1 boy
4Inwoods Farm HouseWilliam Eldridge, M, Head, widowed, age 80, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 72 acres employing 2 men
4Poundford CottagesGeorge Bishop, M, Head, married, age 29, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4Poundford CottagesGeorge Brown, M, Head, married, age 32, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4Summer HillFanny Hallett, M, Head, married, age 65, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: retired farmer's wife
4Chequers Farm HouseJane Oliver, F, Head, widowed, age 69, born Kilnross, Perth; occupation: farmer of 46 acres employing 2 men and 1 boy
5CotpitRobert Cornwell, M, Head, married, age 35, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5CotpitWilliam Moon, M, Head, married, age 67, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: rat and mole catcher
5Cottage Near DudslandChristopher Blackman, M, Head, married, age 52, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Dudsland Gate CottageWilliam Fielder, M, Head, married, age 49, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Gate HouseOwen Bishop, M, Head, married, age 22, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: domestic gardener
5[Gate House]Amos Rose, M, Head, married, age 26, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5HornslodgeReuben Cottington, M, Head, married, age 38, born Framfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6IsinghurstSir Frederick Sykes, M, Head, married, age 45, born Basildon Park, Berkshire; occupation: landowner (baronet)
6Froghole CottageEli Homewood, M, Head, married, age 51, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Poundford CottagesJohn Barden, M, Head, married, age 37, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Poundford CottagesElizabeth Head, F, Head, single, age 33, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: needle woman
7Englands BankMary Ann Akehurst, F, Head, married, age 27, born Robertsbridge, Sussex; occupation: gardener's wife
7Englands BankEdwin Pelling, M, Head, married, age 33, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7Little Inwoods FarmElizabeth Manktelow, F, Head, widowed, age 59, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 10 acres
7ArlotsJames Blackford, M, Head, married, age 42, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: brickmaker
8ArlotsRichard Page, M, Head, married, age 35, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
8Allens Farm HouseFrederick Bridger, M, Head, married, age 44, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 342 acres employing 6 men and 2 boys
8Mears Farm HouseWilliam Styles, M, Head, single, age 27, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 230 acres employing 4 men and 1 boy
8Chillies CottageWilliam Field, M, Head, married, age 60, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
8Chillies CottageThomas Luck, M, Head, married, age 45, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9Herrings Farm HouseHorace Thomas, M, Head, single, age 42, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

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