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

40CackleburyGeorge Mathews, M, Head, married, age 22, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: railway labourer
    Mary Mathews, F, Wife, married, age 22, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Elizabeth Mathews, F, Daughter, age 2, born Hailsham, Sussex
    George Mathews, M, Son, age 5 m, born Hailsham, Sussex
    John Bradford, M, Boarder, age 61, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

40CackleburyJohnathan Rigelsford, M, Head, married, age 49, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Elizabeth Rigelsford, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Marden, Kent
    James Rigelsford, M, Son, single, age 23, born Marden, Kent; occupation: string labourer
    William Rigelsford, M, Son, single, age 17, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: string labourer
    George Rigelsford, M, Son, single, age 14, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: string labourer
    Charley Rigelsford, M, Son, age 10, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Robert Rigelsford, M, Son, age 8, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Samuel Rigelsford, M, Son, age 2, born Hailsham, Sussex

40Kings Head Public HouseJohn Osbon, M, Head, married, age 39, born Newhaven, Sussex; occupation: innkeeper
    Lucy Osbon, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Newhaven, Sussex
    Lucy Osbon, F, Daughter, age 8, born Newhaven, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Emily Osbon, F, Daughter, age 4, born Newhaven, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Winifred J. Osbon, F, Daughter, age 11 m, born Hailsham, Sussex

40Factory CottagesWilliam Shelley, M, Head, married, age 55, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: spinner
    Harriett Shelley, F, Wife, married, age 47, born Arlington, Sussex
    Edward T. Shelley, M, Son, single, age 23, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    John Shelley, M, Son, single, age 19, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: twine finisher
    William Shelley, M, Son, single, age 17, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: brick apprentice

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