The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1871 Mayfield Census
Reference RG10/1051: Rotherfield Enumeration District No 16
Part of the Parish of Mayfield commencing at Cinderhill Farm to Goffs and Tide Brook following the parish boundary to Mark Cross taking the road to Stilehouse and taking the houses on both sides of the road to Lake Street keeping on the old turnpike road to the Furnace house and New Barn through the Vicarage wood to Pococks then keep the road to Cinderhill which road includes the cottages at Colkins Mill, also Pennybridge, Cold Harbour, Little Trodgers, Renhurst, Highfields, Mouse Hall Farm and Mill Stone House and the Holy Trinity Orphanage
Part of this District is within the St John the Baptist ecclesiatical District
Enumerator: Albert Foard
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

6Lake StreetJames Guest, M, Head, married, age 51, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: farmer of 148 acres employing 3 men and 2 boys
    Esther Guest, F, Wife, married, age 28, born Brenchley, Kent
    Ebenezer Guest, M, Son, age 3, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Jabez Guest, M, Son, age 1, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Eliza Medhurst, F, Servant, single, age 18, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: general domestic servant
    Charlotte Medhurst, F, Servant, age 11, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: general domestic servant
    Robert Blackman, M, Servant, single, age 28, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: general servant
    Samuel Hammond, M, Servant, single, age 26, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: general servant

6Mouse HallSarah A Baldwin, F, Head, widowed, age 56, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 102 acres employing 3 men and 1 boy
    Lydia Baldwin, F, Daughter, age 12, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    George Colvin, M, Servant, age 14, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: general servant
    Charlotte Medhurst, F, Visitor, age 16, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: general domestic servant unemployed

6Mouse Hall MillChristopher Blackman, M, Head, married, age 36, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: farm bailiff
    Charity J Blackman, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Horsmonden, Kent
    Emma Blackman, F, Daughter, age 11, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Joseph Blackman, M, Son, age 9, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Thomas Blackman, M, Son, age 7, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Sarah A Blackman, F, Daughter, age 6m, born Mayfield, Sussex

6Mouse Hall MillWilliam Wood, M, Head, married, age 43, born Westerham, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Eliza Wood, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Edenbridge, Kent
    William Wood, M, Son, age 6, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Edith Wood, F, Daughter, age 4, born Wadhurst, Sussex
    William Foard, M, Boarder, single, age 40, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Thomas Jenner, M, Boarder, single, age 23, born Edenbridge, Kent; occupation: farm labourer

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