The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Cranbrook Census
Reference RG 11/937: Cranbrook Enumeration District No 6; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: William Lance
All the houses on the South side of Turnden Lane beginning at Glassenbury Corner, continuing onward from thence through the Town along the Golford Road as far as the Ecclesiastical boundary extends following the said boundary line to Chittenden Farm, also all the houses on the East side of Turnden Corner along the Glassenbury Lane as far as Hartly Gate Houses on the North side of Swattenden Lane continuing on the Road to Benenden as far as the limits of the Parish extends. Also all the houses included within the area but exclusive of the Town as stated in District No 2. This Division includes the Union House, The Fright, Tillsden, Handcock, Coursehorne, The Folly and Chittenden Farms.
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

11Stream Cottage, Golford RoadEliza Pain, F, Head, widowed, age 58, born Lewes, Sussex; occupation: dressmaker
    Eleanor B. Pain, F, Daughter, single, age 58, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: dressmaker
    Arthur Taylor, M, Nephew, age 15, born Reigate, Surrey; occupation: tailor's apprentice
    Fanny G. Taylor, F, Niece, age 6, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar

11Cranbrook Union HouseWilliam Lance, M, Head, married, age 61, born Southwark, Surrey; occupation: master of Union House
    Hellen Lance, F, Wife, married, age 53, born Scotland; occupation: matron of Union House
    Agnes Lance, F, Daughter, single, age 21, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: assistant
    Kate Lance, F, Daughter, single, age 17, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: assistant
    Alvena Lance, F, Daughter, age 12, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Alfred Lance, M, Son, age 9, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar
    John K. Lance, M, Son, age 15, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: grocer's apprentice
    Henry Eason, M, Inmate, age 8, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar pauper
    Wm. Roots, M, Inmate, age 7, born Bethersden, Kent; occupation: scholar pauper
    Albert Burt, M, Inmate, age 10, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar pauper
    Henry Watkins, M, Inmate, age 13, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar pauper
    Henry Trinder, M, Officer, widowed, age 53, born London; occupation: industrial trainer and shoemaker
    Henry Busbridge, M, Officer, widowed, age 43, born Sheerness, Kent; occupation: porter and tailor
    Thos. Bishop, M, Servant, widowed, age 47, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: bricklayer
    Wm. Green, M, Inmate, married, age 35; occupation: labourer pauper
    Mary Green, F, Inmate, married, age 38
    John Webb, M, Inmate, single, age 46; occupation: labourer pauper
    Geo. Taylor, M, Inmate, single, age 60; occupation: labourer pauper
    Henry Walker, M, Inmate, single, age 50; occupation: labourer pauper
    Cathe. Perritt, F, Inmate, single, age 50; occupation: labourer pauper
    John Williams, M, Inmate, married, age 46; occupation: labourer (pauper) (farm labourer)
    Eliza Williams, F, Inmate, married, age 46; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    David Smith, M, Inmate, widowed, age 72, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Jno. Penfield, M, Inmate, widowed, age 73, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Richd. Dunster, M, Inmate, widowed, age 59, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Chas. Davis, M, Inmate, single, age 72, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Alfred Sonell, M, Inmate, single, age 35, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: handicap: imbecile; handicap: Labourer (Pauper)
    Robt. Wood, M, Inmate, widowed, age 69, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Josh. Miles, M, Inmate, single, age 71, born Bethersden, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Jesse Page, M, Inmate, married, age 62, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Thos. Ballard, M, Inmate, widowed, age 79, born Frittenden, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Thos. Croucher, M, Inmate, widowed, age 72, born Frittenden, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Jno. Crampton, M, Inmate, widowed, age 75, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Jno. Jenner, M, Inmate, widowed, age 82, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Chas. Dunster, M, Inmate, widowed, age 78, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: bricklayer (pauper)
    Henry Austin, M, Inmate, widowed, age 60, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: sawyer (pauper)
    Richd. Foster, M, Inmate, widowed, age 67, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    William Smith, M, Inmate, married, age 82, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Joseph Booth, M, Inmate, single, age 34, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper); handicap: blind
    John Wraight, M, Inmate, single, age 51, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    John Saxby, M, Inmate, single, age 32, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    James Couchman, M, Inmate, widowed, age 61, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    James Jones, M, Inmate, widowed, age 82, born At Sea; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Thomas Brown, M, Inmate, single, age 58, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    John Kennard, M, Inmate, single, age 61, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    William Blackwell, M, Inmate, widowed, age 68, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    William H. Baker, M, Inmate, single, age 20, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    James Saxby, M, Inmate, single, age 67, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    George Saxby, M, Inmate, single, age 45, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Thomas Stiles, M, Inmate, single, age 62, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Samuel Dunster, M, Inmate, married, age 67, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Thomas Waters, M, Inmate, widowed, age 58, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Thomas Robins, M, Inmate, widowed, age 72, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    James Vousden, M, Inmate, single, age 56, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    William Saxby, M, Inmate, single, age 39, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Charles Willett, M, Inmate, widowed, age 34, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    William Clapson, M, Inmate, widowed, age 46, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Thomas Saxby, M, Inmate, widowed, age 85, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Thomas Double, M, Inmate, single, age 21, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Henry Schmitt, M, Inmate, single, age 36, born (F), Germany; occupation: teacher of languages
    William Standen, M, Inmate, single, age 76, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Henry Batter, M, Inmate, widowed, age 61, born Frittenden, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Edward Kemp, M, Inmate, single, age 53, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Thomas Double, M, Inmate, widowed, age 73, born Lambeth, Surrey; occupation: cook
    David Giles, M, Inmate, widowed, age 83, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    George Smith, M, Inmate, widowed, age 74, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    William Luck, M, Inmate, married, age 73, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Francis Golding, M, Inmate, widowed, age 45, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    John Staples, M, Inmate, widowed, age 38, born Chevening, Kent; occupation: gamekeeper
    William Quaife, M, Inmate, married, age 72, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: gamekeeper
    John Russell, M, Inmate, married, age 76, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Samuel James, M, Inmate, widowed, age 82, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer (pauper)
    Caroline Avery, F, Inmate, widowed, age 63, born Rolvenden, Kent; occupation: pauper
    Naomi Sexton, F, Inmate, single, age 30, born Bodiam, Sussex; occupation: pauper; handicap: dumb
    Mary Young, F, Inmate, widowed, age 77, born Chatham, Kent; occupation: pauper
    Frederick Tappenden, M, Officer, single, age 44, born Hothfield, Kent; occupation: male nurse
    Jane Dennis, F, Inmate, married, age 41, born Frittenden, Kent; occupation: pauper
    Harriett Cheeseman, F, Inmate, single, age 37, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: pauper
    Jane Bryant, F, Inmate, widowed, age 46, born Northiam, Sussex; occupation: pauper
    Sarah Pennington, F, Officer, single, age 29, born Watford, Hertford; occupation: female nurse (manr)
    Maria English, F, Inmate, single, age 66, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: pauper
    Elizabeth Fever, F, Inmate, widowed, age 67, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: pauper
    Ann Gilbert, F, Inmate, widowed, age 84, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: pauper
    Mary Smith, F, Inmate, married, age 77, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: pauper
    Mary Burt, F, Inmate, single, age 25, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: pauper
    Martha J. Piper, F, Inmate, single, age 19, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: Pauper
    Mary Hayward, F, Inmate, single, age 35, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: pauper
    Hannah Jenner, F, Inmate, single, age 35, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: pauper
    Mary Roots, F, Inmate, married, age 32, born Bethersden, Kent; occupation: pauper
    Fanny Vine, F, Inmate, single, age 28, born Walton On Thames, Surrey; occupation: pauper
    Harriett Burt, F, Inmate, single, age 17, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: pauper
    Helen Lance, F, Officer, single, age 27, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: schoolmistress (man)
    Esther Tanner, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Cranleigh, Surrey; occupation: infant's nurse
    Ruth Ballard, F, Inmate, age 14, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Elizabeth Burt, F, Inmate, age 14, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Phoebe Waters, F, Inmate, age 14, born Bermondsey, Surrey; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Phoebe Kate, F, Inmate, age 12, born Bermondsey, Surrey; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Annie Roots, F, Inmate, age 11, born Bethersden, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Sarah Pooley, F, Inmate, age 9, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Harriett Waghorn, F, Inmate, age 13, born Bow, Middlesex; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Emily Waghorn, F, Inmate, age 14, born Bow, Middlesex; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Ellen Golding, F, Inmate, age 10, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Annie Neve, F, Inmate, age 12, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Charles Lockyer, M, Inmate, age 6, born New Cross, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Ellen Jenner, F, Inmate, age 3, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    William Eason, M, Inmate, age 6, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Fred Perry, M, Inmate, age 3, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Thomas Burt, M, Inmate, age 4, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Herbert Bird, M, Inmate, age 2, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: (pauper)
    Charity Golding, F, Inmate, age 2, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: (pauper)
    Edith M. Golding, F, Inmate, age 5, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Thomas Jenner, M, Inmate, age 1, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: (pauper)
    James Quaife, M, Inmate, age 15, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Henry Diprose, M, Inmate, age 13, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Frederick Ealden, M, Inmate, age 16, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Albert Watson, M, Inmate, age 11, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    George Watson, M, Inmate, age 7, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    James Roberts, M, Inmate, single, age 10, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    William Cogger, M, Inmate, single, age 14, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    George Cogger, M, Inmate, single, age 12, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Walter Golding, M, Inmate, single, age 14, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Thomas Golding, M, Inmate, single, age 13, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Albert Jenner, M, Inmate, single, age 13, born Coxheath, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    William Jenner, M, Inmate, single, age 11, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Alfred Ballard, M, Inmate, single, age 12, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    John Waghorn, M, Inmate, single, age 12, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    James Waghorn, M, Inmate, single, age 9, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    William Waterhouse, M, Inmate, single, age 10, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    George Reid, M, Inmate, single, age 15, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Henry Reid, M, Inmate, single, age 14, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)
    Charles Lambert, M, Inmate, single, age 9, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar (pauper)

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