The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Southborough, Kent Census
That part of Southborough within the Parish of Tonbridge that includes London Road, Forge Street, Western Road, Norton Road, Edward Street, Elm Road, Bedford Road, Meadow Road, Springfield Road, Broom Hill, Bentham Hill, Modest Corner, Holden Road, Victoria Road and the Common
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

43Bentham Hills MillsWilliam Godly, M, Head, married, age 37, born Westfield, Sussex, employs 4 men and 1 boy; occupation: farmer
    Annie Godly, F, Wife, married, age 32, born Speldhurst, Kent
    Katherine Godly, F, Daughter, age 11, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Annie Godly, F, Daughter, age 9, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: scholar
    William Godly, M, Son, age 8, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Charles Godly, M, Son, age 6, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Adelaide Butcher, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Southboro, Kent, occupation: general servant
    Albert Wilmshurst, M, Servant, single, age 22, born Tun Wells, Kent; occupation Farm Servant
    Edward Butcher, M, Servant, single, age 18, born Southboro, Kent, occupation: farm servant
    Horace Maktelow, M, Servant, single, age 15, born Bidboro, Kent; occupation: farm servant

43Bentham Hill CottageLiza Skinner, F, Head, single, age 68, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: laundress
    Maria Skinner, F, Sister, single, age 61, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: laundress
    Emma Skinner, F, Sister, single, age 52, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: laundress
    Liza Everest, F, Cousin, age 36, born Bidboro, Kent; occupation: assistant laundress

432 Bentham Hill CottageCharlotte Saxby, F, Head, single, age 52, born Southboro, Kent
    Ada Smart, F, Boarder, age 8, born London
    Harriett Davis, F, Boarder, age 7, born Horsely Down, Surrey
    Frederick Prior, M, Boarder, age 1, born Pembury, Kent

43Modest CornerMartha Spicer, F, Head, single, age 56, born Cambridge; occupation: laundress
    Frank Brown, M, Son in law, single, age 28, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: labourer

43Modest CornerJames Sale, M, Head, married, age 47, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: harness and ball maker
    Susan Sale, F, Wife, married, age 54, born Southboro, Kent
    William Sale, M, Son, single, age 20, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: carpenters apprentice
    George Sale, M, Son, age 14, born Worthing, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    George Brown, M, Lodger, widowed, age 67, born Southboro, Kent; occupation: gardener

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