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]

Census sheets
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Sheet    Place    Census entry

6Frights CottageFredrick Martin, M, Head, married, age 47, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Emily Martin, F, Wife, married, age 38, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Sarah T Martin, F, Daughter, age 14, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Rosanah L Martin, F, Daughter, age 13, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Emily Martin, F, Daughter, age 10, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Arthur Martin, M, Son, age 5, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar

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
    Agnes M Wright, F, Daughter, age 8, born Thursley, Surrey; occupation Scholar
    Winifred Wright, F, Daughter, age 5, born Elstead, Surrey; occupation Scholar
    Harry Wright, M, Son, age 1, born Framfield, Sussex
    Alic Wright, M, Son, age 6 weeks, born Rotherfield, Sussex

6Mark CrossWilliam Webster, M, Head, married, age 50, born Hyson Green, Nottinghamshire; occupation Shoemaker
    Sarah A Webster, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Rotherfield, Sussex

6Mark CrossAlfred Weston, M, Head, married, age 68, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: gardener and stockman
    Elizabeth Weston, F, Wife, married, age 70, born Ticehurst, Sussex
    William Weston, M, Son, single, age 30, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Thomas Weston, M, Son, single, age 24, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

6Oak Farm CottageAmos Wickens, M, Head, married, age 63, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Bailiff
    Eliza Wickens, F, Wife, married, age 59, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    James Wickens, M, Son, single, age 23, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Builder's Labourer
    Wini A Wickens, F, Daughter, single, age 17, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Alfred A Wickens, M, Son, age 15, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
    Frank Wickens, M, Son, age 10, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Scholar

6Oak Farm CottageWilliam Gibbs, M, Head, married, age 61, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: milkman
    Frances Gibbs, F, Wife, married, age 71, born Mayfield, Sussex

6Oak Farm CottageJohn W Stevens, M, Head, married, age 24, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Anna S Stevens, F, Wife, married, age 20, born Rotherfield, Sussex

6Oak Farm CottageJohn Stevens, M, Head, married, age 85, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
    Mary A Stevens, F, Wife, married, age 76, born Rotherfield, Sussex

6Mill HouseFrank Walter, M, Head, single, age 27, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Miller and Baker
    Lucy W Walter, F, Mother, widowed, age 53, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Living on own means
    Eliza Mankellow, F, Servant, single, age 33, born Crowborough, Sussex; occupation: general domestic servant

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