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

7The HoleAlexander Mercer, M, Head, married, age 30, born Kent; occupation Farm Labourer
    Sophia Mercer, F, Wife, married, age 24, born Hartfield, Sussex
    William G. Mercer, M, Son, age 4, born Penshurst, Kent
    Fanny Mercer, F, Daughter, age 2, born Poundsbridge, Kent
    Alice E. M. Mercer, F, Daughter, age 4 m, born Poundsbridge, Kent

7The HoleRichard Howell, M, Head, married, age 49, born Cooks Bridge, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Hannah Howell, F, Wife, married, age 40, born Penshurst, Kent
    Elizabeth Howell, F, Daughter, single, age 19, born Penshurst, Kent
    Edward Howell, M, Son, age 17, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Alfred Howell, M, Son, age 15, born Penshurst, Kent
    Henry Howell, M, Son, age 11, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Walter Howell, M, Son, age 8, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Edwin Howell, M, Son, age 7, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Albert Howell, M, Son, age 4, born Penshurst, Kent
    Ernest Howell, M, Son, age 4 m, born Penshurst, Kent

7FarmHenry Foster, M, Head, married, age 55, born Penshurst, Kent, employs 10 men, 2 boys and 1 woman; occupation: farmer
    Caroline Foster, F, Wife, married, age 45, born Withyham, Sussex
    William Foster, M, Son, single, age 25, born Penshurst, Kent
    Margaret Foster, F, Daughter, single, age 20, born Penshurst, Kent
    Henrietta Foster, F, Daughter, single, age 16, born Penshurst, Kent
    Mary Edith Foster, F, Daughter, single, age 12, born London; occupation: scholar
    Kate Hanbury, F, Daughter, single, age 19, born Hawkhurst, Kent
    Alice E. Hanbury, F, Daughter, single, age 17, born Hawkhurst, Kent
    Charles Foster, M, Brother, married, age 53, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: wine merchant
    Ann Foster, F, Sister in law, married, age 52, born Ashford, Kent
    Annie Frost, F, Servant, single, age 16, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: servant

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