The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 Rotherfield Census (including Crowborough)
Reference RG12/782: Rotherfield Enumeration District No 2
Enumerator: Mr Alfred Crittall, Senior
Being that part commencing at Mr Gower's Corner in the Village and keep the Road to Mark Cross and from thence to the boundary of the Parish at Knapps Wood on the Frant Road and from thence to the Gravel Pit on Saxonbury Hill taking the road to Greenhedges and Spratts bottom then take the Road to Cowford Bridge and Keeping the Main Road back to Mr Gower's Corner. Contents comprising Beddenden, Packhams Hill, Town Row, Sprout, Railway Station, Catts, Lodge Farm, Police Station, and the whole of Mark Cross, Saxonberry Hill, Frights, Tousers Lodge, The Forest, Stone House, Green House, Woodside, Town Row Green and Heathfields
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
1Green House CottageGeorge Scrace, M, Head, married, age 41, born Chailey, Sussex; occupation: domestic gardener
1Green House FarmGeorge Davidson, M, Head, married, age 62, born Lincolnshire; occupation: farmer
1Lodge Gate, Green HouseGeorge Wise, M, Head, married, age 60, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation Police Constable
1Green House CottageJames Attaway, M, Head, married, age 40, born Chittenstone, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
2Green House CottageWilliam Baker [alias Hall], M, Head, married, age 41, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
2Green House CottageCharles Jeffery, M, Head, married, age 37, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
2Stone House FarmAlfred Crittall, M, Head, married, age 49, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer and assistant overseer
2Out-building, Stone House FarmThomas Wright, M, Head, widowed, age 67, born Norfolk; occupation Farm Labourer
2Forest Farm CottageEdward Ede, M, Head, married, age 41, born Cuckfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3Forest Farm CottageHenry K Wansbon, M, Head, married, age 38, born Hedgerby, Buckinghamshire; occupation Farm Labourer
3Tousers Lodge FarmWilliam Francis, M, Head, married, age 57, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: farmer
3Sleeping in buildingsGeorge Gammond, M, Head, widowed, age 40, born Maresfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3Saxonbury Hill CottagePeter Bonds, M, Head, married, age 32, born Rotherfield, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
3Saxonbury Hill CottageSamuel Pollington, M, Head, married, age 24, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3Saxonbury Hill CottageNoah Baldwin, M, Head, married, age 78, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: hawker
4Saxonbury Hill CottageJohn Pollington, M, Head, married, age 46, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4Fright FarmAlbert Packham, M, Head, widowed, age 47, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: farmer
4Brickyard CottageJohn Miles, M, Head, married, age 47, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4Brickyard CottageArthur Obbard, M, Head, married, age 25, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: miller's loader
4Brickyard CottageCharlotte Pollington, F, Head, widowed, age 59, born Rotherfield, Sussex
4Brickyard CottageGeorge Parker, M, Head, married, age 72, born Edenbridge, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
4Brickyard CottageCharlotte Hewitt, F, Head, widowed, age 48, born Penshurst, Kent
5Brickyard CottageWilliam Stevens, M, Head, married, age 55, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Brickyard CottageJames Cane, M, Head, married, age 39, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Brickyard CottageGeorge Harman, M, Head, married, age 35, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Brickyard CottageJames Izzard, M, Head, married, age 47, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Frights CottageWilliam Lavender, M, Head, married, age 27, born Tunbridge Wells; occupation Farm Labourer
5Frights CottageFanny G Boots, F, Head, single, age 29, born Sheerness On Sea, Kent, occupation: head mistress of public elementary school
6Frights CottageFredrick Martin, M, Head, married, age 47, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Mark Cross CottageEli Damper, M, Head, single, age 38, born Eridge, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Mark CrossAgnes A Wright, F, Head, married, age 39, born Rotherfield, Sussex
6Mark CrossWilliam Webster, M, Head, married, age 50, born Hyson Green, Nottinghamshire; occupation Shoemaker
6Mark CrossAlfred Weston, M, Head, married, age 68, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: gardener and stockman
6Oak Farm CottageAmos Wickens, M, Head, married, age 63, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Bailiff
6Oak Farm CottageWilliam Gibbs, M, Head, married, age 61, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: milkman
6Oak Farm CottageJohn W Stevens, M, Head, married, age 24, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Oak Farm CottageJohn Stevens, M, Head, married, age 85, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
6Mill HouseFrank Walter, M, Head, single, age 27, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Miller and Baker
7Daps CottageCaleb Russell, M, Head, married, age 36, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation Miller
7Daps CottageIsaac Ashby, M, Head, married, age 42, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: baker
7Middle HouseThomas Pollington, M, Head, married, age 50, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer and brickmaker
7Middle HouseThomas Pollington, M, Head, married, age 30, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: brickmaker
7AshleighEdward Walter, M, Head, married, age 30, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Miller, baker and Farmer
7VicarageJames Price, M, Head, married, age 41, born Rhymney, Glamorgan; occupation: Vicar of Mark Cross
8Mark CrossDavid Mankellow, M, Head, widowed, age 42, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: wheelwright
8Mark CrossAnn Weston, F, Head, widowed, age 71, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: needle woman
8Mark CrossGeorge A Marchant, M, Head, married, age 33, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: baker
8Mark CrossAlfred W Golds, M, Head, married, age 45, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: grocer and draper
9County HouseJames Elphinstone, M, Head, married, age 38, born Scotland; occupation: police sergeant
9Lodge FarmJames Walters, M, Head, married, age 41, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation Farmer
9Oak CottageJohn Bridger, M, Head, single, age 36, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9Oak CottageSamuel Gammon, M, Head, married, age 38, born Nutley, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9Oak CottageDavid G Baker, M, Head, married, age 26, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9Oak CottageJames Banks, M, Head, married, age 65, born Wyborn, Kent, occupation: farm labourer
9Oak CottageMilly Parker, F, Head, widowed, age 58, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: charwoman
9Oak CottageElizabeth Seamore, F, Head, widowed, age 42, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: alms woman
9Oak CottageMary A Hook, F, Head, widowed, age 71, born Fletching, Sussex; occupation: alms woman
10Oak CottageGeorge Berry, M, Head, married, age 57, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
10Oak CottageAlfred Bassett, M, Head, married, age 33, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: hay trusser
10Spout CottageThomas Brown, M, Head, married, age 52, born Southborough, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
11Station HouseWilliam T Johnson, M, Head, married, age 51, born Burton On Humber, Lincolnshire; occupation: railway station master
11Town RowFrances Ford, F, Head, widowed, age 59, born Fletching, Sussex
11Town RowGeorge Packham, M, Head, married, age 26, born Barcombe, Sussex; occupation: railway porter
11Town RowAnthony Heasman, M, Head, married, age 70, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: shoemaker
11Town RowThomas P Banks, M, Head, married, age 30, born Lyming, Kent, occupation: grocer
11Town RowJames Fenner, M, Head, married, age 36, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: plate layer
12Belle MeadsFrank Harman, M, Head, married, age 49, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer and beer house keeper
12Town RowEdwin Berwick, M, Head, married, age 46, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12Packham HillOwen Turk, M, Head, married, age 41, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer
12Packham HillWilliam A Rogers, M, Head, married, age 34, born Hadlow, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
13Packham HillObediah Hallett, M, Head, married, age 30, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Packham HillBenjamin Austen, M, Head, married, age 47, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Biddenden FarmHenry Hicks, M, Head, widowed, age 35, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer and coal merchant
13School HouseElizabeth Dunn, F, Head, single, age 27, born Wardley, Staffordshire; occupation: elementary teacher
13East Street, No 1George Harman, M, Head, married, age 36, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer
13East Street, No 2William B Haffenden, M, Head, married, age 45, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13East Street, No 3Edmond Lee, M, Head, married, age 26, born Cold Waltham, Sussex; occupation: railway porter
14East Street, No 4Elizabeth Card, F, Head, widowed, age 82, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: living on own means
14East Street, No 5George Weston, M, Head, married, age 25, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
14East Street, No 6Ann Adams, F, Head, widowed, age 73, born Mayfield, Sussex
14High StreetWilliam Gower, M, Head, widowed, age 78, born Tonbridge; occupation: draper and grocer
14High StreetJabez Walter, M, Head, single, age 38, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation Haircutter and Stationer
14High StreetJames Wickens, M, Head, married, age 49, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Bricklayer
14High StreetGeorge Filtness, M, Head, married, age 32, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
14High Street [Catts Inn]Obediah Wickens, M, Head, married, age 43, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Innkeeper and Farmer
14High StreetJohn Turk, M, Head, married, age 49, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
14High StreetGeorge Lavender, M, Head, married, age 44, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
15High StreetCharles T Hadley, M, Head, married, age 46, born Maldon, Essex; occupation: manager of bakery business
15High StreetSamuel Streeter, M, Head, married, age 55, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: wheelwright
15High StreetCaroline Ledger, F, Head, single, age 61, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: sempstress
15High StreetJohn Russell, M, Head, widowed, age 74, born Chiddingly, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
15North Street, No 1Ann Harman, F, Head, widowed, age 73, born Rotherfield, Sussex
15North Street, No 2Alfred Martin, M, Head, married, age 70, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
15North Street, No 3George W Martin, M, Head, married, age 34, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: church sexton
16North Street, No 4James Streatfield, M, Head, married, age 39, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: grocer's warehouseman
16St Denys LodgeHenry Hatley, M, Head, married, age 55, born Maldon, Essex; occupation: retired superintendant of agents to Prudential Assurance Company
16Heathfield House, Town Row GreenHelen E Adams, F, Head, widowed, age 74, born St Clement Danes, London; occupation: living on own means
16Town Row Green [Heathfield]Jesse Sales, M, Head, widowed, age 77, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
16Town Row GreenAnnie Guilbert, F, Head, widowed, age 48, born Guernsey
16Wood SideGeorge Bridger, M, Head, married, age 43, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
17Wood SideMalachi Statter, M, Head, married, age 46, born Isfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
17Woodside CottageTrayton Norman, M, Head, married, age 42, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Bricklayer

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