During The Ashdown Forest Dispute 1876-1882 commoners and land owners were interviewed by the solicitor William Raper. Their comments were recorded in a series of notebooks:
Haffenden, Mark. Living at Heasmans Rough on the Forest close to Suntings. Born Christmas 1804 at Heathfield. Came from there in the spring of 1845 and lived in a cottage by Woolvins Shop near Forest Row and worked on the Brighton line off and on for 2 years. At the end of the first 6 months I moved to Jackson's place and lived there 4 years and then moved to Newbridge and lived there about a year and then moved up by the Ridge for 4 years. Then I moved to Upper Parrock for 2 years, then to Forest Row for 6 years, then to Robert Edwards Farm 3 years, then to New Bridge again for some years, then to New Lodge for nearly 2 years, then back to New Bridge for some years, then to my present place 6 years last Christmas.
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| Mark Haffenden farm labourer | m: 16th Oct 1834 All Saints Church, Heathfield, Sussex | Sarah Farnes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: Dec 1804 Heathfield, Sussex d: 1887 Hartfield, Sussex bur: 23rd Jun 1887 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | b: 1818 Buxted, Sussex ch: 12th Jul 1818 St. Margaret's Church d: 1891 Hartfield, Sussex bur: 31st Jan 1891 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| b: 1836 Heathfield, Sussex ch: 28th Aug 1836 All Saints Church | b: 1839 Heathfield, Sussex ch: 23rd Jun 1839 All Saints Church | b: 1842 Hartfield, Sussex | b: 1847 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 26th Dec 1847 St. Mary's Church | b: 1851 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 20th Jul 1851 St. Mary's Church | b: 1854 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 23rd Jul 1854 St. Mary's Church | b: 1856 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 31st Aug 1856 St. Mary's Church | b: 1859 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 9th Oct 1859 St. Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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