The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 Rotherfield Census (including Crowborough)
Reference RG12/782: Rotherfield Enumeration District No 8
Enumerator: Mr James Goldsmith
Being that part commencing at Jarvis brook to Sand hill by Fordbrook to the Boundary of the Parish on Brick Barn Hill still keeping the Parish Boundary to the Sheepplain back to the Rose and Crown, Coldharbour and Jarvis Brook. Contents comprising Walshes, Burnt Oak, Brookhouse, Sweethaws, Slaugham Gill, Moses, Adams, Stone Cross, The Rocks, Highbroom, Redbridge and Fordbrook
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]
 
Sheet    Place    Census entry
1Marchant FarmAlfred Constable, M, Head, married, age 65, born Barcombe, Sussex; occupation: farmer
1WelshesWilliam Booker, M, Head, married, age 41, born Buxted, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
1WelshesAlfred Rapley, M, Head, married, age 23, born Uckfield, Sussex; occupation Blacksmith
1WelshesJohn Plumber Chapman, M, Head, married, age 46, born Ripe, Sussex, occupation: land agent
2Blue DoorsCharles Dadswell, M, Head, married, age 55, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
2Blue DoorsEmma Neve, F, Head, widowed, age 39, born Burgess Hill, Sussex; occupation: grocer and dressmaker
2Blue DoorsElizabeth Relf, F, Head, widowed, age 65, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: living on own means
2Jarvis BrookJohn Paine, M, Head, married, age 61, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: retired builder and farmer
2Norfolk HouseEmily Wickens, F, Head, widowed, age 45, born Poringland, Norfolk; occupation Living on own means
2Rehobeth CottageWilliam Southon, M, Head, married, age 39, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
3Rehobeth CottageHenry Fenner, M, Head, married, age 34, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: blacksmith
3Rehobeth VillaMary Ann Poole, F, Head, widowed, age 59, born Warwickshire; occupation Living on own means
3FordbrookJohn Mitchell, M, Head, married, age 27, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
3Railway Cottage, FordbrookStephen Shuttler, M, Head, married, age 47, born Ringwood, Hampshire; occupation: gamekeeper
3Railway Cottage, FordbrookGeorge Brooman, M, Head, married, age 41, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4WelshoodFrank Chewter, M, Head, married, age 36, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: railway labourer
4WelshoodArthur Taylor, M, Head, married, age 28, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4WelshoodCharles Olmer, M, Head, married, age 45, born Flimwell, Sussex; occupation Farmer
4Stone CrossGeorge Hanmer, M, Head, married, age 57, born Hanmer, Flintshire
5Poplar CottageGeorge Dadswell, M, Head, married, age 44, born Crowborough, Sussex; occupation: hay trusser and thatcher
5Hurtis HillCharles John Burgess, M, Head, married, age 54, born Ramsgate, Kent; occupation: major retired from H. M. service
5Hurtis HillThomas Davis, M, Head, married, age 36, born South Wales; occupation: gardener and bailiff
5Brookes FarmGeorge Alfred Arnold, M, Head, widowed, age 64, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
5Sheep plainHenry Tasker, M, Head, married, age 39, born Crowborough, Sussex; occupation General Labourer
5Sheep plainRichard Mackellow, M, Head, widowed, age 62, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer
5Sheep plainJoseph Wickens, M, Head, married, age 48, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farmer
6Highbroom CottageDavid Peerless, M, Head, married, age 27, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: carter
6Highbroom CottageDaniel Watson, M, Head, married, age 58, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
6Quarry HillAmos Price, M, Head, married, age 50, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Ketches New FarmMary Ann Taylor, F, Head, widowed, age 51, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
6BrookhouseAnnie Hill, F, Head, single, age 36, born Small Heath, Warwickshire; occupation: living on own means
6Brookhouse New FarmCharles Wickens, M, Head, married, age 64, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farmer
7Burntoak CottageGeorge Holmwood, M, Head, married, age 66, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: corn and poultry farmer
7Fields Cottage, No 1Samuel Noakes, M, Head, married, age 54, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7Fields Cottage, No 2William James, M, Head, married, age 24, born Little Plumstead, Norfolk; occupation: gardener
7Fields Cottage, No 3George Latter, M, Head, married, age 43, born Woburn, Bedfordshire; occupation: carpenter
7Fields Cottage, No 4Lewis Dadswell, M, Head, married, age 28, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
7PicpelSarah Field Buss, F, Head, widowed, age 63, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
7Rocks CottageJames Hemsley, M, Head, married, age 49, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
8Rocks CottageHenry Taylor, M, Head, married, age 29, born Crowborough, Sussex; occupation: gardener
8Rocks HouseFredrick Allcorn, M, Head, married, age 72, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: retired farmer
8Elder Brook CottageHenry Hoadley, M, Head, married, age 53, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
8Elder Brook CottageJohn Walter, M, Head, married, age 22, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
8May CottageNaomi Dadswell, F, Head, widowed, age 49, born Rotherfield, Sussex
8Brooks HouseGeorge Wigmore, M, Head, married, age 55, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Pork Butcher
9HussarlikWilliam Troy, M, Head, married, age 40, born Scotland; occupation Land Steward
9Stone Cross Cottage, No 1Philip Bridger, M, Head, married, age 40, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9Stone Cross Cottage, No 2William Harman, M, Head, widowed, age 71, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Bricklayer
9Stone Cross Cottage, No 3Nathanael Walford, M, Head, married, age 23, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Bricklayer's Labourer
9Rock CottageNathaniel Carey, M, Head, married, age 36, born Lewes, Sussex; occupation: cowman
9Highbroom HouseEmma S. Wolfe, F, Head, single, age 56, born Marylebone, London; occupation Living on own means
9Perrymans FarmHenry Potter, M, Head, married, age 32, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation Farmer
10Ketches FarmLuke Godley, M, Head, married, age 59, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
10Kidders AshFredrick W Farley, M, Head, married, age 28, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: coachman
10Red BridgeCaroline Booker, F, Head, single, age 47, born Buxted, Sussex, occupation: farmer
10Adams FarmThomas Mitchell, M, Head, married, age 33, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
10Moses FarmJohn Walters, M, Head, married, age 46, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation Farmer
10SweethawsFredrick Taylor, M, Head, married, age 21, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
10Sweethaws [Ivy cottage]William Manser, M, Head, single, age 41, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
10Yew Tree cottageJoseph Loader, M, Head, married, age 44, born Radstock, Somerset; occupation: farm labourer
11Yew Tree cottageMary Manly, F, Head, widowed, age 62, born Ireland; occupation: laundress
11Rose CottageJames Funge, M, Head, widowed, age 75, born Clapton, Middlesex; occupation: living on own means
11SweethawsAmos Parker, M, Head, married, age 67, born Crowborough, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11SweethawsJesse Parker, M, Head, married, age 30, born Newick, Sussex; occupation: wheelwright and carpenter
11Sweethaws [Hillside]James Gilbert, M, Head, married, age 50, born Crowborough, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11Sweethaws [Hillside]Thomas Pilbeam, M, Head, married, age 43, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
11Slaugham GillWilliam Ralph, M, Head, married, age 70, born Crowborough, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11Slaugham GillHenry Killick, M, Head, married, age 27, born Crowborough, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11Slaugham GillGeorge Killick, M, Head, married, age 33, born Crowborough, Sussex; occupation: charcoal burner
12Slaugham GillWalter White, M, Head, married, age 28, born Lindfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
12Alfreys FarmHenry Smith, M, Head, single, age 47, born Crowborough, Sussex; occupation: farmer
12Alfreys CottageEliza Southon, F, Head, widowed, age 32, born Uckfield, Sussex; occupation Charwoman
12Alfreys CottageWilliam Frost, M, Head, married, age 27, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12Cherry Orchard FarmAlfred Lock, M, Head, married, age 40, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: gardenr
12Slaugham GillAlbert Hemsley, M, Head, married, age 35, born Eridge, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
12Slaugham GillWilliam Bassett, M, Head, married, age 50, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: charcoal burner
13Caravan, Sheep PlainEdward James, M, Head, married, age 30, born London
13Tent, Sheep PlainAaron Arnold, M, Head, married, age 40
13Tent, SweethawsBenjaman Brazil, M, Head, age 61, born Rye, Sussex, occupation: general labourer
13Tent, SweethawsEdward Price, M, Head, married, age 35; occupation: general labourer
13Tent, SweethawsAuther Bowers, M, Head, married, age 47, born Guildford, Surrey, occupation: general labourer

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