The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 East Grinstead Census
The Southern part of East Grinstead Parish that includes Forest Row Village, Forest Row Green and Quay Brook Common
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

4Lower RoadWilliam Downer, M, Head, married, age 52, born Lingfield, Surrey; occupation: railway labourer
    Mildrid Downer, F, Wife, married, age 52, born East Grinstead; occupation: laundress
    Robert J. Downer, M, Son, single, age 9, born Forest Row; occupation: scholar
    William H. Downer, M, Son, age 7, born Forest Row; occupation: scholar

4Lower RoadWilliam Miles, M, Head, married, age 43, born Ardingly; occupation: farm labourer
    Mary Ann Miles, F, Wife, married, age 44, born Forest Row
    William Miles, M, Son, single, age 21, born Forest Row; occupation: labourer
    George Miles, M, Son, single, age 11, born Forest Row; occupation: scholar
    Alfred Miles, M, Son, single, age 9, born Forest Row; occupation: scholar
    Harry Miles, M, Son, single, age 7, born Forest Row; occupation: scholar
    Katie Miles, F, Daughter, single, age 5, born Forest Row; occupation: scholar
    Elizabeth Miles, F, Daughter, single, age 3, born Forest Row
    Emily Miles, F, Daughter, single, age 4 m, born Forest Row
    Mary Ann Miles, F, Daughter, single, age 15, born Forest Row; occupation: no occupation

4Lower RoadThomas Gates, M, Head, married, age 30, born Ashurstwood; occupation: labourer
    Sarah Ann Gates, F, Wife, married, age 29, born Hartfield; occupation: no occupation
    Rosalin Reed, F, Daughter, age 9, born Hartfield; occupation Scholar

4VillageThomas Welfare, M, Head, married, age 28, born Cowden, Kent, employs 1 man; occupation Tailor
    Martha Welfare, F, Wife, married, age 24, born West Hoathly
    Mable E. Welfare, F, Daughter, age 10 m, born Forest Row
    Hannah Isard, F, Mother In Law, widowed, age 67, born Hever, Kent

4VillageCharles Stevens, M, Head, married, age 34, born Kirdford; occupation: coal merchant labourer
    Sarah Stevens, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Limpsfield, Surrey
    Emily Stevens, F, Daughter, age 9, born Forest Row; occupation: scholar
    Edith Stevens, F, Daughter, age 8, born Forest Row; occupation: scholar
    Charlie Stevens, M, Son, age 7, born Forest Row; occupation: scholar
    Elizabeth R. Stevens, F, Daughter, age 1, born Forest Row

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