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Leigh	Little Horsted	Maresfield	Mayfield	Penshurst	Rotherfield	Rusthall	Sevenoaks	Southborough	Speldhurst	Ticehurst
Tonbridge	Tunbridge Wells	Uckfield	Wadhurst	Waldron	Warbleton	Westerham	West Hoathly	Withyham	Worth	More places

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Homesdale [als Homestall] Farm Sheffield Forest Fletching

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Published	Title, author and references
1878	The Ashdown Forest Dispute - notebook 1 by William Augustus Raper ⇒ Notebook extract

Historical records

1610		[North] Sussex by John Norden and augmented by John Speed		Holmsdale	John Speed
	The first engraved maps of the counties of Great Britain were the work of Christopher Saxton who, under the authority of the Privy Council, surveyed the English counties in Elizabethan times, from 1574 to 1578. In 1593 he was followed by John Norden who projected an ambitious scheme for a complete series of county histories. He published before his death a number of counties - Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Essex, Northampton, Cornwall, Sussex and Surrey. John Speed's map of Sussex is based upon Norden's map and was engraved by Jodocus Hondius. It occupies pages nine and ten of John Speed's Atlas entitled "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine", is 20 1/4 inches by 15 1/4 inches in size and shows additionally an interesting plan of Chichester and a spirited representation of the Battle of Hastings.

1645		[North] Sussex by Jan Blaeu		Holmsdale	Jan Blaeu

1695		[North] Sussex by Robert Morden		Holmsdale	Robert Morden
	Robert Morden was a London bookseller from 1669 until his death in 1703. He specialised in the geographical field and was himself something of a cartographer and a publisher. Throughout the 17th and most of the 18th centuries, there was little distinction between the activity of book or print-selling and that of publishing: many booksellers were also printers or engravers. They undertook the sale of each others' work and often combined to meet the high cost of publishing a new map or reissue of an old atlas, even if the original plates were still available. This map was published in Brittania: a chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland by William Camden.

c 1795		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream		Homestall Farm

c 1825		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood		Homestall Farm

6^th Jun 1841	Census	William Wheeler, M, Head, age 40 to 44, born Sussex; occupation Farmer	William Wheeler	Homesdale	1841 Census Fletching, Sussex
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Elizabeth Wheeler, F, [Wife], age 40 to 44, born Sussex	Elizabeth Wheeler
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Anne Wheeler, F, [Daughter], age 17, born Sussex	Sarah Ann Wheeler
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Elizabeth Wheeler, F, [Daughter], age 16, born Sussex	Elizabeth Wheeler
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Elenor Wheeler, F, [Daughter], age 9, born Sussex	Eleanor Wheeler
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Mary Wheeler, F, [Daughter], age 5, born Sussex	Mary Wheeler
6^th Jun 1841	Census	William Stapley, M, age 30 to 34, born Sussex; occupation Servant	William Stapley
6^th Jun 1841	Census	John Brasier, M, age 25 to 29, born Sussex; occupation Servant	John Brasier
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Edward Turner, M, age 18, born Sussex; occupation Servant	Edward Turner
6^th Jun 1841	Census	William Cherryman, M, age 15 to 19, born Sussex; occupation Servant	William Cherryman
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Emily Oliver, F, age 15 to 19, born Sussex; occupation Visitor	Emily Oliver
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Caroline Butt, F, age 15 to 19, born Sussex; occupation Visitor	Caroline Butt

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Farm labourer	William Brooker, farm labourer	Homesdale	1851 Census Fletching, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Wife	Lucy Brooker [Crowhurst]
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Fanny Heasman [Brooker]
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Grand-daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	George Sparrow
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Lodger's wife	Ann Clark
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Lodger; occupation PEDLAR	John Clark
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Grand-daughter	Anne Sparrow

1874	Directory entry	Page Thomas, farmer, Holmesdale		Holmesdale	Post Office Directory

c 1875		Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey		Holmesdale

1888	Directory entry	Butcher, Jas., stud groom at Searles, Holmesdale		Holmesdale	Brooker's Guide

Currently The Weald is at Database version 10.1 - 8th April 2013 and contains information on 336,313 people; 9,000 places; 613 maps; 3,116 pictures, engravings and photographs; and 223 books