The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Hailsham Census
Reference RG 11/1041: Hailsham District; Hailsham Enumeration District No 4; Enumerator: Josiah J. White
Part of the Civil Parish of Hailsham lying South of the road from the Spy Marshes by Downash to Hailsham Common, thence following the South boundary of the Circle to West side, thence South of the footpath leading to Knockhatch to western boundary of Parish including Cacklebury, Sandbanks, Ersham, Downash, Peel Cottage, Sayerland, Otham Court and the town Railway Station and Church of Polegate, part of the Corporation of Pevensey is comprised in this District, also part of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John's Polegate.
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

28Summerhill FarmIsaac Ashdowne, M, Head, married, age 36, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 15 ½ acres
    Harriet F. Ashdowne, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Frank J. Ashdowne, M, Son, age 6, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    William S. Ashdowne, M, Son, age 4, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Clara E. J. Ashdowne, F, Daughter, age 3, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Alice F. Ashdowne, F, Daughter, age 4 m, born Hailsham, Sussex
    George Seymour, M, Brother in law, single, age 39, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farmer; handicap: deaf

28CoalthornGeorge Message, M, Head, married, age 60, born Hurstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Lois Message, F, Wife, married, age 46, born Heathfield, Sussex
    John Message, M, Son, single, age 24, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: groom
    Frank Message, M, Son, age 4, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Sophia Rolf, F, Aunt, married, age 67, born Herstmonceux, Sussex
    Fanny Gilham, F, Visitor, single, age 36, born Ashford, Kent

28CoalthornAlbert Vine, M, Head, married, age 22, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: gardener
    Emily Vine, F, Wife, married, age 22, born Hailsham, Sussex

28SandbanksThomas Rason, M, Head, married, age 62, born Eastbourne, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 15 acres
    Mildred Rason, F, Wife, married, age 72, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Rhoda R.A.C. Taylor, F, Daughter, widowed, age 29, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farmer's daughter
    Louisa E. Taylor, F, Granddaughter, age 7, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Albert Taylor, M, Grandson, age 6, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Sammuel Beartup, M, Boarder, widowed, age 74, born Hailsham, Sussex

28OaklandsAlbert Dann, M, Head, married, age 40, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: market gardener
    Mary A. Dann, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Ashburnham, Sussex; occupation: housekeeper
    Albert E. Dann, M, Son, , age 2, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Jasper Dann, M, Father, married, age 79, born Ashburnham, Sussex; occupation: garden labourer
    Ann Dann, F, Mother, married, age 75, born Montgomery, Wales
    Charles Silvey, M, Servant, single, age 16, born Folkington, Sussex; occupation: garden labourer

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