The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Hawkhurst Census
Reference RG 11/939: Hawkhurst Enumeration District No 9; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: G. Morris
Hawkhurst, part of: Mother Church, St Lawrence Ecclesiastical Parish, Ecclesiastical Parish of Flimwell St Augustines
All that part of the Parish of Hawkhurst that lies to the West of the road leading from Highgate to the Church to the boundaries of the Parish at Kent Ditch including the Hornes, Elm Hill, Delmonden and that part of the Parish that lies to the South of the Road leading from Flimwell to Highgate including that part in the County of Sussex
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]
 
Sheet    Place    Census entry
1High GateGeorge T. Adams, M, Head, married, age 72, born Appledore, Kent; occupation: draper and grocer
1High GateJames Reeves, M, Head, widowed, age 53, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: shoe manufacturer employing 12 men, 2 women and 2 boys
1Fair ViewJohn James, M, Head, married, age 62, born Shulheath, Hampshire; occupation: gardener
1Chapel HouseWilliam Bishop, M, Head, widowed, age 63, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: coachman (domestic)
1High GateHarriet Durrant, F, Head, widowed, age 72, born Brixton, Surrey
2TheobaldsAmelia Rollings, F, Head, widowed, age 64, born London, Middlesex
2TheobaldsGeorge Smith, M, Head, married, age 42, born Exton, Rutland; occupation: coachman (domestic)
2TheobaldsGeorge Jenner, M, Head, married, age 64, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: gardener
2New LodgeEdward Hardcastle, M, Head, married, age 55, born Camberwell, Surrey; occupation: esquire (J.P.)
2New LodgeGeorge Blackford, M, Head, married, age 42, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: coachman (domestic)
2High StreetMary Davis, F, Head, widowed, age 55, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: annuitant
3High StreetLewis Edwards, M, Head, married, age 37, born Oswestry, Shropshire; occupation: builder employing 18 men
3High StreetJabez Drawbridge, M, Head, married, age 34, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener
3High StreetJohn Thompson, M, Head, married, age 32, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: under gardener (domestic)
3High StreetHenry Gallop, M, Head, married, age 31, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4Elm HillWilliam R. Anson, M, Head, single, age 37, born Walberton, Sussex; occupation: bart. barrister M.A.B.C.L. Oxford
4Elm HillHenry Burley, M, Head, married, age 47, born Bromley, Kent; occupation: coachman (domestic)
4Sea Cox HeathGeorge Muddle, M, Head, married, age 59, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: under gardener (domestic)
5Sea Cox HeathJames Chapman, M, Head, married, age 54, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: bailiff farm
5Sea Cox HeathPeter Tickner, M, Head, married, age 32, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: carpenter and joiner
5Brook GateJohn Luck, M, Head, married, age 53, born Battle, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Brook GateSaml. Clark, M, Head, married, age 32, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Sea Cox HeathHenrietta Sutton, F, Head, widowed, age 48, born London, London, Middlesex; occupation: asst housemaid
6Elm Hill LodgeWilliam Reed, M, Head, widowed, age 52, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener
6DelmondenHarriet Reeves, F, Head, widowed, age 80, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farmers wife retired
6DelmondenThos. W. Pantry, M, Head, married, age 25, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6DelmondenGeorge Weston, M, Head, married, age 35, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
6DelmondenThomas Neale, M, Head, married, age 43, born Surrey; occupation: bricklayer
6DelmondenThomas Beaney, M, Head, widowed, age 76, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: wagoner
7DelmondenJames Honeysett, M, Head, married, age 77, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: coachman (domestic)
7DelmondenBenjn. Watson, M, Head, married, age 79, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7DelmondenThomas Wenban, M, Head, married, age 36, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm bailiff
7DelmondenGeorge Davis, M, Head, married, age 62, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
8Delmonden GreenThomas Relf, M, Head, married, age 43, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
8Delmonden FarmJames Lavender, M, Head, married, age 55, born Brede, Sussex; occupation: Farm bailiff
8Boaks'sJohn Durrant, M, Head, married, age 28, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
8Boaks'sWilliam Goodwin, M, Head, married, age 47, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: fodder man
9Boaks'sJames Relf, M, Head, married, age 46, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm bailiff
9AshfieldThomas Harden, M, Head, married, age 41, born Brenchley, Kent; occupation: coachman (domestic)
9AshfieldCharles Couchman, M, Head, married, age 71, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: general domestic servant
9AshfieldJames Lavender, M, Head, married, age 31, born Brede, Sussex; occupation: Waggoner
10AshfieldAugustus Springett, M, Head, married, age 49, born Yalding, Kent; occupation: M.B. Univ. of London, M.R.C.S. London, l.S.A. London (not practising)
10The HornsSamuel Puxty, M, Head, married, age 58, born Flimwell, Sussex; occupation: labourer
11The HornesWilliam Lowder, M, Head, married, age 29, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
11The HornesJames Willard, M, Head, married, age 58, born Dallington, Sussex; occupation: game keeper
11The HornesFredk. Willard, M, Head, married, age 36, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
11The HornesStephen Bovis, M, Head, married, age 65, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11The HornesJohn Sawyer, M, Head, married, age 65, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: carter
11The HornesHy. Edwards, M, Head, married, age 30, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11Hornes Hill Kent BridgeRobert Willard, M, Head, widowed, age 74, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: Carter
11Hornes Hill Kent BridgeFrancis Campany, M, Head, married, age 64, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: under gamekeeper
12HornesHorace Willard, M, Head, married, age 34, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: Carter
12HornesJesse Martin, M, Head, married, age 43, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12MaryvilleCath. C. Clark, F, Head, widowed, age 68, born Norwich, Norfolk
12Clayton FarmMary Ann Baines, F, Head, single, age 50, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: dairywoman
12Hornes RoadGeorge Kemp, M, Head, married, age 80, born Guestling, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12Hornes RoadJane Moors, F, Head, widowed, age 84, born Great Warley, Essex; occupation: formerly laundress
12Hornes RoadEliza Weston, F, Head, widowed, age 65, born Plumstead, Kent; occupation: occupier of alms house
12Hornes RoadAnn Sawyer, F, Head, widowed, age 86, born Dallington, Sussex; occupation: occupier of alms house
13Hornes RoadHenry Relf, M, Head, married, age 70, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: shepherd
13Hornes RoadRichard Pash, M, Head, married, age 37, born Cirencester, Gloucester; occupation: laundry man
13Hornes RoadHiram Bailey, M, Head, married, age 41, born Beckley, Sussex; occupation: gardener
13CowdenWilliam Lansdell, M, Head, married, age 66, born Bexhill, Sussex; occupation: farm bailiff
13CowdenGeorge Crittle, M, Head, widowed, age 68, born Wrotham, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
13CowdenJoel Judge, M, Head, widowed, age 55, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener (domestic)
14HensillJames Thomson, M, Head, married, age 68, born Eccles, Berwick, Scotland; occupation: banker
14HensillCharles Smith, M, Head, married, age 33, born Cobham, Surrey; occupation: coachman (domestic)
14HensillJames Fuller, M, Head, married, age 35, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm bailiff
14Hensill LaneAlfred Fuller, M, Head, married, age 33, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener
14Hensill LaneElijah Seymour, M, Head, married, age 72, born Bray, Berkshire; occupation: retired inn keeper
15Hensill LaneJames Hyland, M, Head, widowed, age 69, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener
15Hensill LaneEdward James, M, Head, widowed, age 52, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: pedlar
15Hensill LaneHenry Piper, M, Head, married, age 38, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: Bricklayer
15Hensill LaneEdwin Campany, M, Head, married, age 44, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: shoe maker
15Hensill LaneThomas Pennells, M, Head, married, age 54, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: labourer
15Hensill LaneThomas Collins, M, Head, married, age 52, born Northiam, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 21 acres employing 1 man and 1 boy
16The MoorAlfd. Chacksfield, M, Head, married, age 59, born Tenterden, Kent; occupation: butcher
16The MoorEdward Reed, M, Head, married, age 42, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener and nurseryman
16The MoorJulia Beecham, F, Head, single, age 53, born Hawkhurst, Kent
16The MoorRebecca Upperton, F, Head, widowed, age 71, born Cheriton, Kent; occupation: annuitant
16The MoorJames Wicken, M, Head, single, age 69, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: cooper
17The MoorWilliam Southern, M, Head, married, age 60, born Streatham, Surrey; occupation: farmer of 6 acres employing 1 labourer
17Back RoadJohn Port, M, Head, married, age 66, born Tenterden, Kent; occupation: labourer
17Back RoadWilliam Relf, M, Head, married, age 31, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: plumber, painter and glazier
17Back RoadCharles Styles, M, Head, married, age 24, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: blacksmith
17Back RoadEdwin Tanner, M, Head, widowed, age 30, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: master painter employing 2 men with partner
17Back RoadDavid Ball, M, Head, married, age 38, born Chippenham, Wiltshire; occupation: manager of gas works
17Back RoadSamuel Vousden, M, Head, married, age 55, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: garden labourer
18Back RoadJames Iggalden, M, Head, married, age 69, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: formerly shoemaker
18Back RoadJames Nash, M, Head, widowed, age 67, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: cordwainer
18Back RoadRichd. Tolhurst, M, Head, married, age 31, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: carman
18Back RoadH. Saxby, M, Head, married, age 45, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: shoemaker
18Back RoadEd. Thos. Greengo, M, Head, married, age 31, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: carpenter
19Back RoadCaleb Relf, M, Head, married, age 39, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: bricklayer
19Back RoadRichd. Huggins, M, Head, married, age 63, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: bricklayer's labourer
19Back RoadJohn Yorke, M, Head, married, age 60, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
19Back RoadJohn Marchant, M, Head, married, age 29, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: journeyman blacksmith
19Albion CottageEbenezer Comfort, M, Head, married, age 64, born Battle, Sussex; occupation: retired wheelwright ...
19Albion HouseAlfred G. Ganhill, M, Head, single, age 25, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: tailor master employing 1 man
20The MoorWilliam Moon, M, Head, married, age 53, born Marden, Kent; occupation: drayman
20The MoorJames Fillery, M, Head, married, age 27, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: grocer master
20The MoorWalter J. Pridgeon, M, Head, married, age 43, born Coggeshall, Essex; occupation: chemist
20The MoorMary Ruth Bodle, F, Head, widowed, age 65, born Salhurst, Sussex; occupation: of independamt means
20The MoorJesse Comfort, M, Head, married, age 36, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: ironmonger
20The MoorAlfd. Stanger, M, Head, married, age 41, born Maidstone, Kent
20The MoorThomas Humphry, M, Head, married, age 51, born Chiddingstone, Kent; occupation: national schoolmaster
21The MoorWilliam Austen, M, Head, married, age 44, born Packham, Surrey; occupation: painter and decorator
21The MoorWilliam Ballard, M, Head, married, age 53, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
21The MoorWilliam Chapman, M, Head, married, age 65, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener jobbing
21The MoorGideon Marchant, M, Head, married, age 47, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: baker
21Back RoadWilliam Couchman, M, Head, married, age 39, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: drayman
22Back RoadJohn Murrell, M, Head, married, age 64, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
22Back RoadJesse Weddle, M, Head, married, age 42, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
22Back RoadHenry Thompson, M, Head, married, age 34, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: carpenter
22Back RoadThomas Martin, M, Head, married, age 42, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer
22Back RoadSaml. Saddington, M, Head, married, age 62, born Br...mouth; occupation: coachman (domestic)
22Back RoadGeorge Gambrill, M, Head, married, age 48, born Lenham, Kent; occupation: labourer bricklayer
23Back RoadGeorge Cheesman, M, Head, married, age 41, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: carpenter
23Back RoadGeorge Maskell, M, Head, married, age 51, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: builder employing 6 men
23Back RoadRobert Tetley, M, Head, married, age 38, born Clun, Shropshire; occupation: gardener
23Back RoadEdmund Ellis, M, Head, married, age 80, born Borzel, Sussex; occupation: carpenter pensioned off
24Back RoadJane Piper, F, Head, widowed, age 52, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: Laundress
24Back RoadEmily Verrall, F, Head, widowed, age 47, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: laundress
24Moor TerraceThos. Haines, M, Head, married, age 66, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: labourer
24Moor TerraceJoseph Seymour, M, Head, married, age 51, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer's labourer
24Moor TerraceMary Couchman, F, Head, widowed, age 76, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: annuitant
24Moor TerraceJesse Vousden, M, Head, married, age 38, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: chimney sweep
25Back RoadDavid Roberson, M, Head, married, age 54, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: Farm labourer
25Front RoadWilliam Smith, M, Head, married, age 51, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: boot maker
25Front RoadGeorge Charlton, M, Head, married, age 33, born Shepton, Somerset; occupation: gas works labourer
25Front RoadJames Coley, M, Head, married, age 27, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
25Front RoadEdward Watts, M, Head, married, age 55, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
26Front RoadHarriet Goodwin, F, Head, widowed, age 53, born Hawkhurst, Kent
26Front RoadJohn Yule, M, Head, widowed, age 53, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: beer retailer
26Front RoadSarah Reynolds, F, Head, widowed, age 40, born Sandhurst, Kent
26Front RoadJohn Marchant, M, Head, married, age 71, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: manager of working mens club
26Front RoadSitannee Chapman, F, Head, widowed, age 65, born Goudhurst, Kent
27Front RoadJohn Sweetman, M, Head, married, age 42, born Dallington, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
27Front RoadJames Weekes, M, Head, married, age 32, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
27Front RoadJames Smith, M, Head, married, age 60, born (British Subject), Germany; occupation: formerly chimney sweep
27Front RoadJohn Pettitt, M, Head, married, age 22, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: tailor journeyman
27UlcombedenEliza Laura Rynd, F, Head, single, age 57, born (British Subject), France
28MoorEdwd. T. Wicken, M, Head, married, age 57, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: brewer
28MoorEdwd. W. Allcock, M, Head, married, age 34, born Worcester, Worcester; occupation: gamekeeper
28MoorSarah Beaney, F, Head, widowed, age 60, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: charwoman
28MoorJohn Howe, M, Head, single, age 56, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: agent
28MoorJude Kemp, M, Head, married, age 38, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener
28MoorWilliam Tomkin, M, Head, married, age 41, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: gas fitter
28MoorCharles Cooper, M, Head, married, age 80, born Hawkhurst, Kent
29The MoorFrank Relf, M, Head, married, age 42, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: bricklayer
29The MoorWalter J. Moore, M, Head, married, age 40, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: carpenter
29The MoorRobt. Piper, M, Head, married, age 52, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: Stone mason
29The MoorC. Whittington, F, Head, widowed, age 82, born Hawkhurst, Kent
29The MoorCecilia Grisbrook, F, Head, widowed, age 72, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: retired
30The MoorJohn Message, M, Head, widowed, age 67, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: builder
30The MoorJames Message, M, Head, married, age 59, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: joiner
30The MoorGeorge Potter, M, Head, married, age 33, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
30The MoorGeorge Piper, M, Head, married, age 29, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: Bricklayer
30The MoorJohn Harmer, M, Head, married, age 56, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: plumber
31The LymesHenry S. Swiney, M, Head, married, age 35, born Cheltenham, Gloucester; occupation: late captain 69 Regiment now captain militia West Kent
31Kent HouseCharles Stapley, M, Head, married, age 49, born Tenterden, Kent; occupation: plumber and decorator employing 2 men
31Church CottagesFredk. Piper, M, Head, married, age 38, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: Builder employing 22 men and 1 boy
32Church HousesWilliam G. Vorrall, M, Head, married, age 33, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener
32Church HousesHarriet Pilbeam, F, Head, widowed, age 71, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: Unemployed
32Church HousesHenry Henty, M, Head, married, age 45, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: night assistant at P.O. and fish hawker
32Church HousesElizth. Hemmings, F, Head, widowed, age 81, born Mereworth, Kent; occupation: laundress
32Church HousesThomas Friend, M, Head, married, age 59, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: bricklayer
32Church HousesGeorge Channing, M, Head, married, age 44, born West Wickham, Kent; occupation: head gardener
33The MoorWalter Maskell, M, Head, married, age 42, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: bricklayer
33The MoorRichd. J. Cooper, M, Head, married, age 45, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
33The MoorAlexandr. Glynn, M, Head, married, age 47, born Manchester, Lancashire; occupation: coachman (domestic)
33The MoorHenry Guess, M, Head, married, age 52, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: blacksmith
34The MoorHenry Relf, M, Head, married, age 41, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: painter
34The MoorSarah Gregson, F, Head, single, age 91, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: householder int of money
34The MoorThomas Vidler, M, Head, married, age 55, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: Farm labourer
34CockshotJohn Lowder, M, Head, married, age 45, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
34CockshotAlbert A. Godfrey, M, Head, married, age 30, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
34CockshotSaml. Ed. Marchant, M, Head, married, age 29, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: sawyer
35CockshotThos. Quaife, M, Head, married, age 75, born Vinehall, Sussex; occupation: watch and clock maker
35CockshotAlbert Glasspool, M, Head, married, age 26, born Lambeth, Surrey; occupation: tailor master
35High Gate HillSarah Young, F, Head, single, age 53, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: spinster
35StonedeneAdam P. Newman, M, Head, married, age 40, born Cork Co, Ireland; occupation: A.B.M.D. Dublin, M.R.C.S. London, general practice

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