The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Cranbrook Census
Reference RG 11/937: Cranbrook Enumeration District No 4; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: Frederick Igglesden
All the houses on the South side of the road commencing at the 4 Wents as in District No 3 continuing as far as the Ecclesiastical bounds extend continuing thence to the Golford Road and from the Golford Road through the Town to Turnden Lane and from thence along the Glassenbury Road as far as the 4 Wents. This District comprises part of Flishinghurst, The Dog Kennel, Angley Wood, Goddards Green, Court Ayle, Willesley, Swifts, The Moat and Golford Stream Farm. This Division is exclusive of the Town as stated in No 1 District.
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

8Barracks HouseAlfred Foreman, M, Head, married, age 47, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farmer of 55 acres employing 5 men
    Harriett Foreman, F, Wife, married, age 45, born Cranbrook, Kent
    George Foreman, M, Son, age 14, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Kate Foreman, F, Daughter, age 12, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Herbert Foreman, M, Son, age 11, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Charles Foreman, M, Son, age 10, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Elizabeth Foreman, F, Daughter, age 9, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    William Foreman, M, Son, age 7, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Anne E. Cheeseman, F, Servant, single, age 23, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: general servant
    John W. Cradduck, M, Servant, single, age 21, born Chart, Kent; occupation: (farm) waggoner
    William Smith, M, Servant, single, age 21, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: (farm) baliff

8Old WillesleyJames Price, M, Head, married, age 53, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: gardener
    Ann Price, F, Wife, married, age 52, born Blackheath, Kent

8Swifts House, Swifts ParkCharles Bridgland, M, Head, married, age 48, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: rope and sailmaker
    Sarah Bridgland, F, Wife, married, age 44, born Ticehurst, Sussex
    Lucy Bryant, F, Servant, single, age 28, born Suffold Bury St Edmonds; occupation: laundrymaid
    Ann Cotrill, F, Servant, single, age 20, born Hereford, Hereford; occupation: laundrymaid

8MoatThomas Wheeler, M, Head, married, age 38, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Mary Ann Wheeler, F, Wife, married, age 41, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Matilda Wheeler, F, Daughter, age 8, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Ann Smith, F, Mother-in-law, widowed, age 78, born Cranbrook, Kent

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