The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Hawkhurst Census
Reference RG 11/939: Hawkhurst Enumeration District No 8; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: J.M. Durrant
Hawkhurst, part of: Mother Church, St Lawrence Ecclesiastical Parish
All that part of the Parish of Hawkhurst that lies to the East of the road leading from Highgate to Cranbrook as far as the boundaries of the Parish adjoining to Cranbrook Parish at Tubs Lake including Attwaters, Four Wents, Lillden, Woodsden, Gungreen to the boundaries of the Parish adjoining to Sandhurst Parish at the Throws and that part of the Parish that lies to the North of the road leading from Sandhurst to Highgate.
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

11 Chessons Cottages, Cranbrook RoadGeorge Chapman, M, Head, married, age 41, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Harriet Chapman, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Sandhurst, Kent
    George T. Chapman, M, Son, age 5, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Jane E. Chapman, F, Daughter, age 4, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Anne J. Chapman, F, Daughter, age 1, born Hawkhurst, Kent
    William E. Willard, M, Stepson, age 14, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer

13 Chessons Cottages, Cranbrook RoadJohn P. Cheesman, M, Head, married, age 65, born Tenterden, Kent; occupation: general dealer
    Mary A. Cheesman, F, Wife, married, age 59, born Biddenden, Kent
    Ida A. Durrant, F, Niece, age 13, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar

14 Chessons Cottages, Cranbrook RoadBenjamin Pilbeam, M, Head, married, age 45, born Biddenden, Kent; occupation: Farm labourer
    Sarah Pilbeam, F, Wife, married, age 33, born Yalding, Kent
    John W. Pilbeam, M, Son, age 14, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: Farm labourer
    Olive E. Pilbeam, F, Daughter, age 11, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: Scholar
    Benjamin T. Pilbeam, M, Son, age 8, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: Scholar
    Sarah A. Pilbeam, F, Daughter, age 5, born Hawkhurst, Kent
    Charles Pilbeam, M, Son, age 3, born Hawkhurst, Kent
    Harry Pilbeam, M, Son, age 1, born Hawkhurst, Kent

1Delves Cottages, Cranbrook RoadRobert Wheddell, M, Head, married, age 31, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Sarah Wheddell, F, Wife, married, age 32, born Ticehurst, Sussex
    Abigal Wheddell, F, Daughter, age 3, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent
    Robert J. Wheddell, M, Son, age 7 m, born Hawkhurst, Kent

15 Chessons Cottages, Cranbrook RoadSophia Sevenoaks, F, Head, married, age 48, born Hurst Green, Sussex; occupation: carpenter's wife
    Frederick Mallett, M, Boarder, age 3 m, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: nurse child
    Frederick Tappenden, M, Lodger, single, age 40, born Lee Blackheath, Kent; occupation: carpenter and joiner

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