The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 Rotherfield Census (including Crowborough)
Reference RG12/782: Rotherfield Enumeration District No 1
Enumerator: Mr Alfred Crittall
Being that part which lies South East of the Road leading from the Village of Rotherfield to Butchers Cross as far as the Boundary of the Parish then continuing the Boundary to Mark Cross and from thence by the High Road, the Kings Arms Inn in the Village taking all the houses within circle. Contents comprising Horse Grove, Cottage Hill, Rother House, Rugham, Argos Hill, Green Hill, Yew Trees, Frenches, Stile House, Marlboro's Head, Mark House, The Priest House at Holy Trinity Orphanage, Bletchingly, Bloomfield Villa and Beulah.
The whole in the Parliamentary Division of Rye.
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]
 
Sheet    Place    Census entry
1Seymour CottageEmily Cane, F, Head, single, age 45, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: charwoman
1Seymour CottageHorace Austin, M, Head, married, age 27, born Milson, Kent; occupation: journeyman blacksmith
1Seymour CottageMary Baker, F, Head, widowed, age 59, born Rotherfield, Sussex
1Seymour CottageCharles Hall, M, Head, married, age 32, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1Seymour CottageAnn Hook, F, Head, widowed, age 75, born Walberton, Sussex
1Seymour CottageElizabeth Seymour, F, Head, widowed, age 86, born Wadhurst, Sussex
1Yew Tree CottageJohn Gilbert, M, Head, married, age 72, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
1Brick FieldsIsaac W Rogers, M, Head, married, age 28, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer
1BletchinglyCharles Gilbert, M, Head, married, age 61, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1BletchinglyStephen Gilbert, M, Head, married, age 28, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
2Convent LodgeGeorge Groombridge, M, Head, married, age 31, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
2The PresbyteryThomas H C Ellison, M, Head, single, age 47, born Ireland; occupation: roman catholic priest
2Convent CottageWilliam H Ryde, M, Head, married, age 29, born Norton, Staffordshire; occupation House carpenter
2Tan Yard CottageWilliam Groombridge, M, Head, married, age 28, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
2Tan Yard FarmWalter Noakes, M, Head, married, age 53, born T. Wells, Kent; occupation: farm bailiff
3Marlboro HeadWilliam Mepham, M, Head, married, age 37, born Rotherfield, Sussex
3Marlboro Head Farm HouseJulia Wickens, F, Head, single, age 57, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farmer
3Style HouseEdgar Bassett, M, Head, widowed, age 45, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3Style House CottageJohn Diplock, M, Head, married, age 48, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3FrenchesHenry Hall, M, Head, married, age 43, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: carter
4Frenches CottagesLewis Mitchell, M, Head, single, age 23, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: groom
5Green Hill CottagePeter Maskell, M, Head, married, age 26, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Green Hill Private HouseHarry Livesey, M, Head, single, age 30, born Spain (British Subject); occupation: civil engineer
5Spitlye CottageJames Wickens, M, Head, married, age 51, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
5Spitlye CottageCharles Fenner, M, Head, married, age 43, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Spitlye CottageHarry Hook, M, Head, single, age 36, born Maresfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Rose CottageEdwin Ellis, M, Head, married, age 31, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: blacksmith's manager
5Rose CottageFred Maskell, M, Head, married, age 30, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Bricklayers ArmsAnnie Walters, F, Head, single, age 39, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Beerhouse keeper
6Argos Hill FarmDavid Walters, M, Head, married, age 67, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation Farmer
6Argos HillPeter Maskell, M, Head, married, age 56, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Hoadleigh CottageDavid Dadswell, M, Head, married, age 53, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Argos Hill LodgeFrancis Clayton, M, Head, single, age 40, born Didsbury, Lancashire; occupation: living on own means
6BurwoodArthur Fellowes, M, Head, married, age 60, born London; occupation: living on own means
7Home Park LodgeWilliam Stevens, M, Head, married, age 55, born Stedham, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
7Home ParkAda Lillian Livesey, F, Head, single, age 23, born Kew, Surrey
7Home Park CottageEdward Wilson, M, Head, married, age 42, born Puckley, Kent; occupation Domestic gardener
7Rugham StablesStephen J Day, M, Head, married, age 42, born Farmington, Gloucestershire; occupation: coachman
7Home Park LodgeWilliam Barton, M, Head, married, age 26, born Walthamstow, Essex, occupation: gardener
7Burwood FarmEdward Marchant, M, Head, married, age 41, born Worth, Sussex; occupation: gardener
8Burwood FarmHenry Akehurst, M, Head, married, age 40, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: stockman
8Loose FarmThomas Marchant, M, Head, married, age 63, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
8High CrossAlice Briggs, F, Head, married, age 37, born Crowboro, Sussex
8High Cross CottageCharles Hudson, M, Head, married, age 39, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: farm bailiff
8High Cross CottageAlbert E Browning, M, Head, married, age 28, born Brading, Hampshire, occupation: gardener
9Spring CottageJohn Wilson, M, Head, married, age 62, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
9Grubreed CottageJohn Sharp, M, Head, married, age 31, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: stockman
9Grubreed CottageJohn Weston, M, Head, married, age 52, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9Gravel HillWilliam Delves, M, Head, married, age 58, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: farm bailiff
9Gravel HillAlbert Rothwell, M, Head, married, age 35, born Alton, Hampshire; occupation Gardener
10RotherhurstHenry R Goldfinch, M, Head, married, age 74, born Hythe, Kent; occupation: barrister and J.P. for Sussex
10Cottage HillRichard Markwick, M, Head, widowed, age 47, born Hadlow Down, Sussex; occupation: tailor
10Cottage HillEbezener Mankelow, M, Head, married, age 50, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
10Cottage HillCharles Baldock, M, Head, married, age 71, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Carpenter and Farmer
11Unity CottageCharles Lawrence, M, Head, married, age 45, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: labourer
11Unity CottageGeorge Holmwood, M, Head, married, age 52, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
11Unity CottageEliza Camfield, F, Head, widowed, age 66, born Maldon, Essex
11Horse GroveEmma Ellerman, F, Head, widowed, age 66, born Haddenham, Cambridgeshire; occupation: living on own means
11New Road, No 1James Rogers, M, Head, married, age 57, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11New Road, No 2Luther Fenner, M, Head, married, age 23, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: house decorator
11New Road, No 3William Holmwood, M, Head, married, age 33, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: platelayer
12South StreetWalter Cornford, M, Head, married, age 53, born Mayfield, Sussex, occupation: builder
12South StreetHenry Miles, M, Head, married, age 77, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: tailor
12South StreetEdward Paige, M, Head, married, age 52, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
12South StreetWilliam Huggett, M, Head, married, age 26, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: chicken farmer
12South StreetJohn Bishop, M, Head, married, age 49, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12South StreetMary Norman, F, Head, widowed, age 68, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Monthly nurse
13South StreetEdward Anscombe, M, Head, married, age 36, born Cuckfield, Sussex; occupation: police constable of East Sussex County
13Cottage, South StreetSarah A Bonniface, F, Head, married, age 44, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent
13South StreetCharles C Chandler, M, Head, married, age 38, born Ringmer, Sussex; occupation: butcher's assistant
13South StreetFrederick Parrett, M, Head, married, age 22, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation Hairdresser
13South StreetCharles Holland, M, Head, married, age 34, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: greengrocer
13South StreetAlbert Avard, M, Head, married, age 28, born Warbleton, Sussex; occupation: general smith
14Manor House Building, No 2William Field, M, Head, married, age 34, born New Shoreham, Sussex; occupation: registered chemist and druggist
14Manor House Building, No 1Joseph A Ellerey, M, Head, married, age 33, born Endmoor, Westmorland; occupation: butcher
14The Manor HouseJules Lessore, M, Head, married, age 43, born Paris, France; occupation: artist and painter
14Kings ArmsCharles Scott, M, Head, married, age 42, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: innkeeper and grazier
14Packhams HillMary A Davis, F, Head, married, age 53, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: living on own means
14Packhams HillWalter Potter, M, Head, married, age 27, born Cowden, Kent; occupation Farm Labourer
14BeulahBartholomew Spain, M, Head, married, age 53, born Shoreham, Kent; occupation: retired corn merchant
15Town RowHope Heasman, F, Head, widowed, age 51, born Ardingly, Sussex
15Town RowEllena Whittington, F, Head, married, age 31, born East Lavington, Sussex
15Railway InnHenry Watts, M, Head, married, age 57, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation Innkeeper
15Yew Tree CottageHarry Vater, M, Head, married, age 49, born Ibberton, Dorset; occupation Road surveyor
16Yew TreeJames Hoadley, M, Head, married, age 70, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: farmer
16Town RowJohn Basset, M, Head, married, age 77, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer

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