The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1871 Rotherfield Census (including Crowborough)
Reference RG10/1050: Rotherfield Enumeration District No 6
Part of the Parish of Rotherfield commencing at Mr Kings Shop at Frogs Hole taking the Cottages to Jarvis Brook to the Crossways at Coldharbour keeping the North side of the Road to Crowboro Cross then take the Road to the White Hart and Frogs Hole including the Railway Station, Hotel, Towners Hill, Beeches, White Hart, Chapel, Roundabouts, Blacknest and Cock Mount Cottages.
Enumerator: William Wickens.
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]

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Sheet    Place    Census entry

4Jarvis BrookThomas Tester, M, Head, married, age 54, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: master carpenter employing 1 man and landowner
    Ann Tester, F, Wife, married, age 52, born Wadhurst, Sussex
    Thomas W Tester, M, Son, single, age 20, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: carpenter and joiner journeyman
    John Tester, M, Son, single, age 17, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: carpenter and joiner journeyman
    Sarah A Tester, F, Daughter, age 9, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: scholar

4Jarvis BrookBenjamin Wickens, M, Head, married, age 35, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Harriett Wickens, F, Wife, married, age 33, born Wadhurst, Sussex
    Sarah J Wickens, F, Daughter, age 14, born Wadhurst, Sussex
    Harriett Wickens, F, Daughter, age 13, born Wadhurst, Sussex
    Selina Wickens, F, Daughter, age 10, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Benjamin Wickens, M, Son, age 7, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Anna Wickens, F, Daughter, age 4, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    George Wickens, M, Son, age 2, born Rotherfield, Sussex

4Jarvis Brook [Wheatsheaf Inn]Selina Knight, F, Head, widowed, age 55, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: beer retailer and farmer of 10 acres of land
    Maria Richardson, F, Mother, widowed, age 70, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer's widow (almswoman)
    John Knight, M, Servant, single, age 20, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

4Jarvis Brook [Hill Cottage, Mount Pleasant]Thomas Fenner, M, Head, widowed, age 54, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: master blacksmith employing 1 man and 1 boy
    James Fenner, M, Son, single, age 28, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: blacksmith journeyman
    Emily Fenner, F, Daughter, single, age 19, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: housekeeper
    Henry Fenner, M, Son, age 14, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: blacksmith journeyman
    Ruth Fenner, F, Daughter, age 9, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Frank Fenner, M, Son, age 7, born Rotherfield, Sussex

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