The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Tunbridge Wells, Kent Census
That part of Tunbridge Wells within the Parish of Speldhurst that includes the Common, the Parade, Eridge Road, Hungershall Park and Nevill Park
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

1227 ParadeArthur Smithers, M, Head, married, age 38, born London, Middlesex; occupation: dealer in works of art
    Emma G. Smithers, F, Wife, married, age 38, born Belle Grove, Kent
    Arthur G. Smithers, M, Son, age 9, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Nancy G. Potterton, F, Mother in law, widowed, age 77, born Bradworthy, Devon
    Harriett Skinner, F, Servant, single, age 16, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: domestic servant
    William H. Simmonds, M, Lodger, married, age 67, born London; occupation: tobacconist
    Ellen Howard, F, Lodger, widowed, age 75, born Ireland

12Common Lodging House, Coach And Horses Inn, 31 & 32 The ParadeGeorge Bridger, M, Head, married, age 39, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: innkeeper
    Catherine E. Bridger, F, Wife, married, age 27, born London
    Minnie C. Bridger, F, Daughter, age 10, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Percy G. Bridger, M, Son, age 9, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Alice R. Bridger, F, Daughter, age 8, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Charles G. Bridger, M, Son, age 7, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Albert E. Bridger, M, Son, age 6, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Catherine F. Bridger, F, Daughter, age 4, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: scholar
    George R. Bridger, M, Son, age 1, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent
    Mary Gillett, F, Servant, single, age 19, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: domestic servant
    Elizabeth Bassett, F, Servant, widowed, age 35, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: domestic servant
    Joseph Brown, M, Lodger, married, age 50, born Manea, Cambridge; occupation: labourer
    George Jackson, M, Lodger, widowed, age 62, born Southampton, Hampshire; occupation: labourer
    George Smith, M, Lodger, single, age 29, born Hampshire; occupation: labourer
    Robert Fisher, M, Lodger, single, age 41, born Hastings, Sussex; occupation: labourer
    James Armstronge, M, Lodger, widowed, age 22, born Peagrave, Leicester; occupation: cooper travelling
    James Murphy, M, Lodger, widowed, age 55, born Wexford, Ireland; occupation: pensioner
    William Johnson, M, Lodger, single, age 40, born Chertsey, Surrey; occupation: labourer
    Bill Cataway, M, Lodger, married, age 25, born Isle of Wight, Hampshire; occupation: carpet weaver travelling
    William Haggarty, M, Lodger, single, age 25, born Mayo, Ireland; occupation: labourer
    Albert Franks, M, Lodger, married, age 40, born Bath, Somerset; occupation: labourer
    Frank Wilson, M, Lodger, single, age 45, born Birmingham, Worcester; occupation Carpenter Travelling
    Thomas Crutcher, M, Lodger, single, age 31, born Southampton, Hampshire; occupation: hawker travelling
    Charles Wood, M, Lodger, single, age 24, born Caterham Junction, handicap: deaf and dumb; occupation Shoemaker Travelling
    George Curtis, M, Lodger, single, age 47, born Monmouth; occupation: labourer
    John Harris, M, Lodger, single, age 32, born London; occupation: labourer
    William C..., M, Lodger, widowed, age 55, born Portsmouth; occupation Labourer
    Thomas Smith, M, Lodger, married, age 38, born Dover St, London; occupation: commercial traveller
    Samuel Wash, M, Lodger, single, age 21, born Walworth, London; occupation Commercial Traveller
    Thomas Phillips, M, Lodger, single, age 18, born Dover St, London; occupation Commercial Traveller
    James Harris, M, Lodger, single, age 18, born Bermondsey, London; occupation: commercial traveller
    W. G. Woodward, M, Lodger, married, age 36, born Boro, London; occupation Commercial Traveller
    Jane Woodward, F, Lodger, married, age 25, born Brighton, Sussex
    George Roberts, M, Lodger, single, age 30, born London; occupation Tailor Travelling
    William Stapley, M, Lodger, single, age 23, born London; occupation: musician travelling
    Styles Somers, M, Lodger, single, age 30, born Bristol, Somerset; occupation: musician travelling
    George E. Hopkins, M, Lodger, single, age 56, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: labourer
    John Hunt, M, Lodger, single, age 65, born Uckfield, Sussex; occupation: labourer
    George Bennett, M, Lodger, single, age 32, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, occupation: stableman travelling
    Samuel Weddell, M, Lodger, single, age 30, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation Labourer
    James Pintor, M, Lodger, single, age 46, born Deptford, Kent; occupation Labourer
    Silas Brooks, M, Lodger, single, age 41, born Warberton, Sussex; occupation: labourer

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