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:
Young, William. Fincham Farm, Hartfield. Farmer. Born on the farm 29 August 1834. Baptised at Hartfield. Fincham now consists of the old Farm House and 23 acres. It belonged to my father Henry Young. I have lived on it all my life except 7 years from about 17 to 24 when I was in Woolwich Arsenal, coming home every few months.
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| Edward Young | m: c 1780 | Mary | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: c 1760 | b: c 1760 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| b: 1782 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 7th Jul 1782 St. Mary's Church | b: 1783 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 1st Jan 1784 St. Mary's Church | b: 1785 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 10th Oct 1785 St. Mary's Church | b: 1787 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 8th Jul 1787 St. Mary's Church | b: 1790 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 2nd Apr 1790 St. Mary's Church | b: 1792 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 23rd Jun 1792 St. Mary's Church d: 2nd Oct 1869 | b: 1795 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 13th Apr 1795 St. Mary's Church | b: 1797 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 9th Aug 1797 St. Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Henry Young | m: 30th Mar 1819 St John the Baptist Church, Croydon, Surrey | Sophia Yeomans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1792 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 23rd Jun 1792 St. Mary's Church d: 2nd Oct 1869 | b: 1795 Horsted Keynes, Sussex ch: 8th Mar 1795 St. Giles Parish Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas | Eliza | Sophia | Susan | William | James | Betsey | George | b: 1819 Croydon, Surrey ch: 25th Jul 1819 St John the Baptist Church | b: 1823 Croydon, Surrey ch: 21st Dec 1823 St John the Baptist Church bur: 24th Apr 1826 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | b: 1827 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 29th Apr 1827 St. Mary's Church | b: 1830 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 8th Aug 1830 St. Mary's Church | b: 29th Aug 1833 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 29th Sep 1833 St. Mary's Church | b: 1835 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 21st Jun 1835 St. Mary's Church | b: 1837 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 26th Feb 1837 St. Mary's Church | b: 1841 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 27th Jun 1847 St. Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| b: 1821 Croydon, Surrey ch: 15th Aug 1821 St John the Baptist Church | b: 1825 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 3rd Apr 1825 St. Mary's Church | b: 1829 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 1st Feb 1829 St. Mary's Church | b: 1832 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 21st Mar 1832 St. Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| William Young blacksmith & farmer | m: 21st Jan 1869 St Mary Magdelene Church, Woolwich, Kent | Elizabeth Edwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 29th Aug 1833 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 29th Sep 1833 St. Mary's Church | b: 1838 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 15th Apr 1838 St. Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth Sophia Edwards | Mary | Henry Thomas | George William | John Robert | Herbert Yeoman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1869 Tunbridge Wells, Kent d: 17th Feb 1932 Hartfield, Sussex bur: After 17th Feb 1932 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | b: 1872 Hartfield, Sussex | b: 1873 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 14th Dec 1873 St. Mary's Church | b: 21st Jan 1874 Hartfield, Sussex | b: Oct 1880 Hartfield, Sussex | b: 29th Mar 1882 Hartfield, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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