The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 Mayfield Census
Reference RG12/783: District: Uckfield; Sub-District: Rotherfield; Enumeration District: No 16
Enumerator: Mr C. B. Foard
Boundary Being that part commencing at Cinders Hill Farm to Goffs and Tidebrook following the Parish boundary to Mark Cross taking the Road to Stile House then taking the houses both sides of the road to Lake Street keeping the Old Turnpike Road to the Furnace House through the Vicarage Wood to Pococks then keep the road to Cinder Hill.
Contents Comprising all the Cottages at Colkins Mill, also Pennybridge, Coldharbour, Little Trodgers, Renhurst, Highfields, Mousehall Farm and Mill, Stone House and the Priests House at Holy Trinity Orphanage.
The Whole in the Parliamentary Division of Rye.
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  • 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

1Sharnden LodgeGeorge Grass, M, Head, married, age 50, born Shaftesbury, Dorset; occupation: gamekeeper
    Susan Grass, F, Wife, married, age 40, born Shaftesbury, Dorset
    William Grass, M, Son, single, age 14, born Shaftesbury, Dorset; occupation: house porter

1Cinderhill CottageThomas Weston, M, Head, married, age 40, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: carter
    Julia Weston, F, Wife, married, age 42, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Anna Weston, F, Daughter, age 12, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar

1Cinderhill FarmGeorge Wickens, M, Head, married, age 33, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farmer
    Emily Wickens, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Ticehurst, Sussex
    Edith M Wickens, F, Daughter, age 10, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Scholar
    Thomas Wickens, M, Son, age 6, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Beatrice Wickens, F, Daughter, age 5 months, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Emily Edwards, F, Niece, age 8, born Ripe, Sussex; occupation Scholar

1Rushers CrossThomas Carter, M, Head, married, age 47, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: gardener
    Ellen Carter, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Heathfield, Sussex
    Jane Carter, F, Daughter, age 10, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Ellen Carter, F, Daughter, age 8, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar

1Rushers CrossJohn Colvin, M, Head, married, age 66, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Caroline Colvin, F, Wife, married, age 67, born Sundridge, Kent
    Charles E Searle, M, Grandson, single, age 22, born Leigh, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Henry Butcher, M, Lodger, single, age 66, born Horsted Keynes, Sussex, occupation: hoop maker

1Rushers CrossJames Humphrey, M, Head, married, age 74, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
    Mary Humphrey, F, Wife, married, age 70, born Mayfield, Sussex

1Rushers CrossHorace Smith, M, Head, married, age 34, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Charlotte Smith, F, Wife, married, age 30, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent
    Sydney G Smith, M, Son, age 5, born Wadhurst, Sussex
    Nellie Smith, F, Daughter, age 2, born Wadhurst, Sussex
    Walter Smith, M, Son, age 2 months, born Mayfield, Sussex
    George Smith, M, Lodger, single, age 19, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

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