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Published	Title, author and references
1923	The Story of Wadhurst by Alfred A. Wace ⇒ p. 78

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1332	History			Great Pell	Wace's Wadhurst
	Great Pell - 124 acres. The old house first mentioned as owned by a Ballard of Kent had four gables with barge boards and pendants. The name is found in the Subsidy Roll of 1332, a widow of John at Pell being taxed.

1501	History			Great Pell	Wace's Wadhurst
	Whiligh passed by indentures of 1479 and 1501 to William Saunders of Goudhurst the owner of Great Pell then "an extensive mansion."

1640 to 1660	History			Great Pell	Wace's Wadhurst
	In the reign of Henry VIII Great Pell was held by John Saunders, yeoman, whose grandson became owner in about 1640 of both Great Pell and Pook pits, and died in 1660.

1666	History			Great Pell	Wace's Wadhurst
	Six years later Great Pell was owned by John Smith, father of the Vicar of that name, who kept it up in a style still remembered

1700 to 1813	History			Great Pell	Wace's Wadhurst
	In the next century Great Pell passed to daughters : through them to a cousin, Sheldon, a London merchant : and so in 1813 by purchase into the Whiligh estate.

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

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; employs 5 people; occupation FARMER	William Avery	Great Pell	1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Wife	Mary Avery [Packham]
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son	George William Avery
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son; occupation SCHOLAR	William Robert Avery
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Charlotte Avery
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Emma Avery
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation Farm labourer	George Mitten
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation Farm labourer	James Peckham
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation Farm labourer	Josiah Weeks

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

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	George Wm. Avery, M, Head, married, age 59, born Wadhurst, employs 5 men and 3 boys; occupation Farmer	George William Avery	Great Pell	1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Mary Ann Avery, F, Wife, married, age 49, born Wadhurst	Mary Ann Avery

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