The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Penshurst, Kent Census
That part of the Parish of Penshurst that includes Swaylands, Poundsbridge, Hallborough, Fordcombe, Stone Cross and Spring Hill
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]

Census sheets
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Sheet    Place    Census entry

2Swaylands FarmWilliam Fry, M, Head, married, age 65, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: bricklayer
    Esther Fry, F, Wife, married, age 59, born Brighton, Sussex
    William Fry, M, Son, single, age 19, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: gardener
    Edward Fry, M, Son, age 16, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: carpenter
    Clara Fry, F, Daughter, age 13, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: scholar

2Swaylands FarmEdgar Childs, M, Head, married, age 28, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: carter
    Harriet Childs, F, Wife, married, age 28, born Penshurst, Kent
    Henry Childs, M, Son, age 5, born Penshurst, Kent
    Archibald Childs, M, Son, age 2, born Penshurst, Kent
    Alfred Childs, M, Son, age 1, born Penshurst, Kent

2Swaylands FarmStephen Goldsmith, M, Head, married, age 53, born Chevening, Kent; occupation: bailiff
    Lucy Goldsmith, F, Wife, married, age 53, born Chevening, Kent
    Minnie Goldsmith, F, Daughter, single, age 17, born Sevenoaks, Kent
    Catherine Wickens, F, Mother in law, widowed, age 87, born Sevenoaks, Kent
    Lucy Faircloth, F, Grandaughter, age 1, born Leigh, Kent

2Swaylands FarmRichard Read, M, Head, married, age 51, born Frant, Sussex; occupation Wheelwright and carpenter journeyman
    Harriet Read, F, Wife, married, age 49, born Ashurst, Kent
    Harry Read, M, Son, single, age 23, born Bidborough, Kent; occupation Wheelwright and carpenter journeyman
    Eliza Read, F, Daughter, age 13, born Burwash, Sussex
    Peter T. Read, M, Son, age 11, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation Scholar
    Rowland R. Read, M, Son, age 8, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation Scholar
    Amos Read, M, Son, age 4, born Penshurst, Kent
    Robert Boorman, M, Lodger, married, age 29, born Frittenden, Kent, occupation: cowman

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