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:
Hollamby, Edward. 66. Born in Hartfield. working now for Mr. Hale. When a small child in petticoats remembers living at Upper Parrock. My father worked for Luke Godly who used the farm. Lived there till 12 or 13 and used to go with Father to Forest for turf. Then went to Hartfield workhouse for a short time, times being very bad. Then we went on the Forest to live and I went to work for Mr. Hartipole at the Dorset Arms, Hartfield (Lord De La Warr's property), for about 2 years. He used a good deal of litter from the Forest. I went with the team to fetch it. We cut within the reservation by the 500. He turned out on the Forest. I then went for a year to Cansiron, then to Cowden for 1 year, then to Scotchford Farm for 2 years under Mr. Luke Godly who had removed there.
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| Edward Hollamby farm labourer | m: 25th Apr 1806 St. Martin of Tours Church, Ashurst, Kent | Elizabeth Falkner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1770 to 1775 Sussex | b: 1775 to 1780 Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elizabeth | Edward | David | Frances | Sophia | John | Harriett | Eliza | b: 1808 Ashurst, Kent ch: 14th Feb 1808 St. Martin of Tours Church | b: 1812 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 5th Apr 1812 St. Mary's Church d: Mar 1883 Hartfield, Sussex bur: 26th Mar 1883 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | b: 1816 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 13th Oct 1816 St. Mary's Church | b: 1819 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 17th Oct 1819 St. Mary's Church d: 1877 | b: 1822 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 14th Feb 1822 St. Mary's Church | b: 1824 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 26th Dec 1824 St. Mary's Church | b: 1827 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 6th May 1827 St. Mary's Church | b: 1830 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 12th Dec 1830 St. Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thomas | George | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1810 Ashurst, Kent ch: 11th Mar 1810 St. Martin of Tours Church | b: 1814 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 15th May 1814 St. Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edward Hollamby farm labourer and shoemaker | m: Jan to Mar 1839 | Mary Tester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1812 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 5th Apr 1812 St. Mary's Church d: Mar 1883 Hartfield, Sussex bur: 26th Mar 1883 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | b: 1823 Hartfield, Sussex | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mary | John | William | George | Alfred | Henry | Thomas | James | b: 1840 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 29th Mar 1840 St. Mary's Church d: Jan 1842 Hartfield, Sussex bur: 30th Jan 1842 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | b: 1847 Tonbridge, Kent | b: 1849 Tonbridge, Kent | b: 1852 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 12th Dec 1852 St. Mary's Church d: Jul to Sep 1889 | b: 10th Jun 1855 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 5th Aug 1855 St. Mary's Church | b: 1857 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 11th Oct 1857 St. Mary's Church | b: 1859 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 15th May 1859 St. Mary's Church | b: 1863 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 29th Nov 1863 St. Mary's Church | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mary | Elizabeth | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1843 Hartfield, Sussex ch: 28th May 1843 St. Mary's Church d: Feb 1866 Hartfield, Sussex bur: 21st Feb 1866 St. Mary's Church, Hartfield, Sussex | b: 1849 Tonbridge, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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