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Huggates [als Huggetts] Furnace Mill Hadlow Down Mayfield

Books and other documents
Published	Title, author and references
1870	A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume I. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 93
1929	Buxted The Beautiful by K. H. Macdermott ⇒ p. 45
1931	Wealden Iron by Ernest Straker ⇒ p. 387

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c 1520	History			Huggates [als Huggetts] Furnace Mill	Our Village
	Hugget's Furnace - This is the name of an old farmstead remote among green meadows beside the beginnings of the Ouse in the valley between Rotherfield and Hadlow Down, though the blast furnaces have been long extinct, the hammers silent and the slag heaps buried under woodland growth or furrowed field. In this beautiful spot when Henry VIII was king the first English iron cannon was cast as Holinshed records by Ralph Hogg or Huggett, a notable iron-master of Buxted. Hogg built himself a house in Buxted Park, known from his rebus on its front as the 'Hogg House' to this day, but his works were here [Hugget's Furnace], and here his foreman Jack Johnson, lived. Both are commemorated in the old rhyme: "Master Huggett and his man John They did cast the first cannon." Near the old timbered farmhouse is the mill with its iron wheel. Across the road is the 'hammer pond' with fragments of its ancient sluices which in Tudor times provided the motive power for what was one of the most important gun foundries in England from Our Village, written and published by The Rotherfield History Research Group in 1979

c 1724		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1724 by Richard Budgen		Huggetts Furnace

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

c 1825		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood		Huggetts Mill
1838	Birth		Jane E. Jewels

6^th Jun 1841	Census	Edward Dadswell, M, Head, age 40 to 44, born Sussex; occupation Miller	Edward Okill Dadswell, miller	Huggetts Furnace Mill	1841 Census Mayfield, Sussex
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Mary Dadswell, F, [Wife], age 45 to 49, born Sussex	Mary Dadswell [Carter]
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Edward Dadswell, M, [Son], age 20 to 24, born Sussex	Edward Okill Dadswell, farmer and miller
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Mary Dadswell, F, [Daughter], age 15 to 19, born Sussex	Mary Elizabeth Martin [Dadswell]
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Ann Dadswell, F, [Daughter], age 15 to 19, born Sussex	Ann Dadswell
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Sarah Dadswell, F, [Daughter], age 8, born Sussex	Sarah Dadswell
6^th Jun 1841	Census	William Sands, M, age 15 to 19, born Sussex; occupation Servant	William Sands

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Miller	Edward Okill Dadswell, miller	Huggates Furnace Mill	1851 Census Mayfield, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Wife	Mary Dadswell [Carter]
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Sarah Dadswell
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation Beadle	William Wilmshurst, miller and farmer
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Visitor	Ann Dadswell
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation Miller's labourer	James Berry, miller's labourer
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation General servant	Sarah Baker
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Visitor	Frank Martin
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Visitor	Mary Carter

1867	Directory entry	Dadswell Edward, miller, Haggett's furnace		Haggett's furnace	Post Office Directory

1874	Directory entry	Dadswell Edward, miller, Huggetts furnace		Huggetts furnace	Post Office Directory

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

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Eli Napoleon Dadswell, M, Head, married, age 33, born Framfield, employs 2 men and 2 boys; occupation Miller and Farmer	Eli Napoleon Dadswell, miller and farmer	Hugget Furnace	1881 Census Mayfield, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Sarah Kate Dadswell, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Buckinghamshire	Sarah Kate Dadswell [Allard]
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Kate Elizabeth Dadswell, F, Daughter, age 6, born Mayfield; occupation Scholar	Kate Elizabeth Dadswell
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Eveline Rachael Dadswell, F, Daughter, age 4, born Mayfield; occupation Scholar	Eveline Rachael Dadswell
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Edward O Kil Dadswell, M, Son, age 3, born Mayfield	Edward O'Kill Dadswell
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Albert Ebenezer Dadswell, M, Son, age 1, born Mayfield	Albert Ebenezer Dadswell
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	John Ashdown, M, Servant, single, age 20, born Waldron; occupation Miller's waggoner	John Ashdown

1882	Directory entry	Dadswell Eli, miller (wind), Huggett's furnace		Huggett's furnace	Kelly's Directory

5^th Apr 1891	Census	Eli N Dadswell, M, Head, married, age 45, born Framfield, Sussex; occupation Miller and Farmer	Eli Napoleon Dadswell, miller and farmer	Huggets Furnace Mill	1891 Census Mayfield, Sussex
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Sarah K Dadswell, F, Wife, married, age 45, born Eton, Buckinghamshire	Sarah Kate Dadswell [Allard]
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Evaline R Dadswell, F, Daughter, single, age 15, born Mayfield, Sussex	Eveline Rachael Dadswell
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Edward O Dadswell, M, Son, age 13, born Mayfield, Sussex	Edward O'Kill Dadswell
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Albert E Dadswell, M, Son, age 11, born Mayfield, Sussex	Albert Ebenezer Dadswell
5^th Apr 1891	Census	May S Dadswell, F, Daughter, age 9, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Scholar	May S Dadswell
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Ethel C Dadswell, F, Daughter, age 6, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Scholar	Ethel C Dadswell
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Anne E Dadswell, F, Daughter, age 4, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Scholar	Anne E Dadswell
5^th Apr 1891	Census	William E Dadswell, M, Son, age 2 months, born Mayfield, Sussex	William E Dadswell
5^th Apr 1891	Census	George Elliot, M, Lodger, single, age 44, born Brighton, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer	George Elliot

5^th Apr 1891	Census	Thomas Dabson, M, Head, married, age 38, born Ringmer, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer	Thomas Dabson	Huggets Furnace Cottage	1891 Census Mayfield, Sussex
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Sophia Dabson, F, Wife, married, age 20, born Maresfield, Sussex	Sophia Dabson
5^th Apr 1891	Census	John Dabson, M, Son, age 10, born Ringmer, Sussex; occupation Scholar	John Dabson
5^th Apr 1891	Census	James Dabson, M, Son, age 7, born Ringmer, Sussex; occupation Scholar	James Dabson
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Kate Dabson, F, Daughter, age 4, born Ringmer, Sussex; occupation Scholar	Kate Dabson
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Luther Booker, M, Boarder, single, age 21, born Hurstwood, Sussex; occupation Miller Grinder	Luther Booker

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