The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Hellingly Census
Reference RG 11/1043: Hailsham District; Hellingly Enumeration District No 3; Enumerator: W Burt
Part of the Civil Parish of Hellingly which lies West of the River Cuckmere from the Footbridge in Mr Bennetts brook leading to and past Mrs Heavers Water Mill as far as the West corner of Springham Wood and Southeast of the footpath leading from thence to the Road leading from Grovebridge and Southwest of that Road to the Boundry of the Parish, and Northeast of the footpath leading from the sais Footbridge in Mr Bennetts Brook to and out into the Road at Mr Bennetts and North of that Road to the footpath in the Broadfield continuing on past the Wilderness towards the Peaks as far as the Bounary of the Parish inluding the Churchyard, Stonehouse, the Vicarage, the Broad, North St, West St, the Old Toll Gate House at Horeham, Horeham flat, and Worlds End.
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
1Church House Glebe FarmWilliam Burt, M, Head, married, age 51, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 24 acres
1Church House Glebe FarmSpencer Ades, M, Head, married, age 72, born Brede, Sussex; occupation: retired farmer
1Glebe CottageHenry Newman, M, Head, widowed, age 54, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1Six Bells Beer HouseGeorge Catt, M, Head, married, age 52, born Wartling, Sussex; occupation: beer house keeper
1Stone HouseJames Howell, M, Head, married, age 58, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1Stone HouseStephen Dann, M, Head, married, age 56, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: highway labourer
1Vicarage CottageThomas Nicholls, M, Head, married, age 46, born Litlington, Sussex; occupation: gardener
21, Vicarage CrossEdmond Trill, M, Head, married, age 71, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
22, Vicarage CrossEdward Butler, M, Head, married, age 34, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
23, Vicarage CrossJane Edmett, F, Head, widowed, age 74, born Hastings, Sussex; occupation: annuitant
24, Vicarage CrossThomas Akehurst, M, Head, married, age 51, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
25, Vicarage CrossEdward Holman, M, Head, widowed, age 65, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
26, Vicarage CrossDavid Packham, M, Head, married, age 73, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: gardener
27, Vicarage CrossThomas Ripley, M, Head, married, age 56, born Deal, Kent; occupation: retired hawker
3VicarageHenry Geldart, M, Head, married, age 49, born Lemington, Warwickshire; occupation: vicar of Hellingly, Sussex
3Lee BridgeJane Bourne, F, Head, widowed, age 60, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer's widow
3Lee BridgeHannah Goldsmith, F, Head, widowed, age 70, born Granchester, Cambridgeshire; occupation: farm labourer's widow
3Lee Lands HouseSarah J. Packett, F, Head, single, age 27, born Dorchester, Dorset; occupation: domestic servant housemaid
3Dunks Hill HouseJames Piper, M, Head, married, age 28, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
4No 1, Twitts FarmEdward Pettett, M, Head, married, age 28, born Warbleton, Sussex; occupation: platelayer on railway
4No 3, Twitts FarmHenry C. Richardson, M, Head, married, age 36, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: land surveyor
4No 4, Twitts FarmMark Aldridge, M, Head, single, age 48, born Frimley, Surrey; occupation: pedler and dealer
4Holmbush FarmCornelius Fox, M, Head, married, age 59, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 89 acres employing 2 men 1 boy
4No 1, Holmbush CottageOwen Deacon, M, Head, married, age 25, born Chiddingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4No 2, Holmbush CottageArthur Fox, M, Head, widowed, age 55, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Font Mills FarmAlbert Woodams, M, Head, married, age 34, born Little Horsted, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 125 acres employing 2 men and 1 boy
5Font Mills CottageGeorge Akehurst, M, Head, married, age 58, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6WinkenhurstCharles Gander, M, Head, married, age 50, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: general domestic servant
6Wellshurst FarmDavid Budgen, M, Head, married, age 68, born East Grinstead, Sussex; occupation: farm baliff
6North Street MillFrances Woodams, F, Head, widowed, age 41, born West Dean, Sussex; occupation: miller and farmer of 20 acres employing 2 men
6Leyshurst FarmStephen H. Goldsmith, M, Head, single, age 32, born Battle, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 135 acres employing 3 men and 1 boy
6Leyshurst CottageRuth Holman, F, Head, widowed, age 30, born Chiddingly, Sussex
6No 2, Leyshurst CottageJohn Woodgate, M, Head, married, age 50, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7No 1, North Street RoadCharles Baldy, M, Head, married, age 35, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7No 2, North Street RoadJohn Budgen, M, Head, married, age 38, born Lindfield, Sussex; occupation: gamekeeper
7No 3, North Street RoadWilliam H. Baitup, M, Head, married, age 38, born Warbleton, Sussex; occupation: joruneyman miller
7No 4, North Street RoadCharles Bishop, M, Head, married, age 49, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7Coggers FarmWilliam Wickens, M, Head, single, age 28, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 120 acres employing 3 men
8Lower CoggersWilliam H. Pilbeam, M, Head, married, age 27, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
8Coggers CrossDavid Burton, M, Head, married, age 69, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
8Coggers CrossWilliam Wratten, M, Head, married, age 36, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
8Game LandsGeorge Wheen, M, Head, married, age 59, born York; occupation: retired builder
8Cinders GillJames Ralph, M, Head, married, age 73, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: formerly bricklayer
8Horeham RoadWilliam O. Woodgate, M, Head, married, age 35, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9Horeham RoadHarry W. Heasman, M, Head, married, age 27, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9Horeham RoadRufus Woodgate, M, Head, married, age 30, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9Horeham RoadRuben Baldy, M, Head, married, age 44, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9Horeham RoadDaniel Ashdown, M, Head, married, age 49, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: builder employing 2 men
10Horeham RoadGeorge Ticehurst, M, Head, married, age 32, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
10Brickells FarmWilliam Pilbeam, M, Head, married, age 65, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farmer of 13 acres
10May Garland Inn, Horeham RoadAlfred Noakes, M, Head, married, age 59, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: inn keeper
10Cockslow FarmFrederick Goldsmith, M, Head, married, age 27, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 230 acres employing 2 men and 1 boy
10Back Lane HouseJohn Fuller, M, Head, married, age 40, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11Back Lane HouseWilliam Miller, M, Head, married, age 54, born Hillingly, Sussex; occupation: highway labourer
11Horeham Flat FarmDavid Lansdell, M, Head, married, age 34, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11Swansbrook FarmNoah Hoadley, M, Head, married, age 36, born Rye, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11West Street FarmSilas Jenner, M, Head, married, age 56, born Chiddingly, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 50 acres employing 2 men and 1 boy
11West Street FarmAnn Baldwin, F, Head, widowed, age 60, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 60 acres employing 1 man and 1 boy
11Pops FarmThomas Simmons, M, Head, married, age 37, born Chalvington, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 8 acres
12Halland CottageGeorge Akehurst, M, Head, married, age 61, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12Worlds End CottageThomas Martin, M, Head, married, age 31, born Wartling, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12Worlds End FarmEdmond Jarman, M, Head, married, age 54, born Wartling, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 116 acres employing 1 man and 1 boy
12Hawthbush FarmGeorge Gower, M, Head, married, age 59, born Chiddingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12Hamly CottageTrayton Smith, M, Head, married, age 46, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Broad HouseRuben Message, M, Head, married, age 63, born Wartling, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 400 acres employing 11 men and 2 boys
13Sawpit CottageOscar Funnell, M, Head, married, age 26, born Chiddingly, Sussex; occupation: shoe maker
13No 1, South StreetArthur Holman, M, Head, married, age 60, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13No 2, South StreetHenry Holman, M, Head, married, age 34, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: miller's loader
13No 4, South StreetSarah J. Kennard, F, Head, widowed, age 60, born Hellingly, Sussex
13No 5, South StretStephen Bennett, M, Head, married, age 27, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: butcher
13National SchoolSamuel Hocking, M, Head, married, age 39, born Camborne, Cornwall; occupation: teacher of elementary school
14Holly CottageGeorge Cooper, M, Head, married, age 44, born Churchill, Somerset; occupation: retired baker
14No 2, Fir Tree CottageHorase Pettet, M, Head, married, age 22, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: railway labourer
14No 3, Fir Tree CottageThomas Kemp, M, Head, married, age 36, born Rye, Sussex; occupation: railway platelayer
14No 4, Fir Tree CottageLuther Westgate, M, Head, married, age 23, born Chiddingly, Sussex; occupation: carpenter
14No 2, ChurchyardFrederick Parsons, M, Head, married, age 38, born Lewes, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer's labourer
15No 4, ChurchyardJames Jakes, M, Head, married, age 53, born Warbleton, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
15No 5, ChurchyardJames Fairall, M, Head, married, age 28, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: grocer
15No 6, ChurchyardRobert Allcorn, M, Head, married, age 40, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: general farm labourer
15No 8, ChurchyardStephen Sinnock, M, Head, married, age 48, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: painter
15No 9, ChurchyardThomas Gurr, M, Head, married, age 52, born Warbleton, Sussex; occupation: cordwainer
15No 10, ChurchyardPhiladelphia Grayling, F, Head, widowed, age 33, born Chiddingly, Sussex

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