| St. John's Almshouse St. John's School Lane Crowborough Town Crowborough |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1902 | Historical Notes of Withyham, Hartfield and Ashdown Forest by C. N. Sutton ⇒ p. 153 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1850 | History | St. John's Almshouse | Sutton's Historical Notes | ||
| These almshouses, situated below St John's Church were built by Elizabeth Countess De La Warr in the year 1850, as a memorial of her eldest son, George John Frederick, Viscount Canteloupe, who died that year, and they were endowed by her with £270 for keeping the fabric in repair. "There are six dwellings for the reception of six poor persons of the Parish of Withyham of whom two shall be men and four women, who respectively shall be qualified and appointed under the provisions of these presents. That the said six poor persons shall be unmarried or widowers or widows of honest report, members of the Church of England and (with the excetion hereafter mentioned) of the age of fifty years and upwards at the time of their respective admissions, and they shall be respectively entitled to remain in the said almshouses until their death, or marriage, or removal under the provisions hereafter. That one of the said poor women may be younger than fifty years, and need not necessarily be of the said Parish of Withyham if she shall be competent upon the certificate of a medical man nominated by the Patron or Patroness for the time being of the said Charity to discharge the duties of a nurse whenever called upon to perform the same in the manner hereinafter mentioned. That no person shall be eligible for election to any of the said almsouses except the certificate of the Rector of Withyham for the time being as to character shall be first obtained." | |||||
| c 1850 |  | St John's Almshouse, Crowborough | Sutton's Historical Notes | ||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; widowed; occupation: matron | Sarah Ground, matron | St. John's Alms House | 1851 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; widowed; occupation Pensioner | Jane Harber [Bone] | St. John's Alms House | 1851 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; widowed; occupation: pensioner | John Neve, pensioner | St. John's Alms House | 1851 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; widowed; occupation: pensioner | Frances Jones, pensioner | St. John's Alms House | 1851 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 1874 | Directory entry | St. John's Almshouse | Post Office Directory | ||
| Almshouses for six aged persons (widows and widowers) were erected by the late Countess De La Warr. | |||||
| c 1875 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | St Johns Alms House | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Mary Butcher, F, Head, widowed, age 74, born Surrey, occupation: alms woman | Mary Butcher, alms woman | Alms House | 1881 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Theresa Howet, F, Head, widowed, age 51, born Wiltshire; occupation: alms woman | Theresa Howet, alms woman | Alms House | 1881 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Martha Burness, F, Head, widowed, age 78, born Dorset, occupation: alms woman | Martha Burness, alms woman | Alms House | 1881 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Mary Hewitt, F, Head, widowed, age 86, born Speldhurst; occupation Alms Woman | Mary Hewett | Alms House | 1881 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Ann M. Austin, F, Head, widowed, age 73, born Hampshire; occupation: alms woman | Ann M. Austin, alms woman | Alms House | 1881 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Rebecca Strickett, F, Head, widowed, age 67, born Marden, handicap: blind; occupation Alms Woman | Rebecca Strickett | Alms House | 1881 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | Jane Neve, F, Head, widowed, age 83, born Newcastle Upon Tyne; occupation: pensioner | Jane Neve, pensioner | Alms Houses | 1891 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | Ann E Allen, F, Head, widowed, age 62, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: pensioner | Ann Allen [Smithers] | Alms Houses | 1891 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | Mary Pilbeam, F, Head, widowed, age 68, born Banshead, Surrey; occupation: Pensioner | Mary Pilbeam [Harborough] | Alms Houses | 1891 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | Anna M Austen, F, Head, widowed, age 85, born Southhampton, Hampshire; occupation: pensioner | Ann M. Austin, alms woman | Alms Houses | 1891 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 5th Apr 1891 | Census | Martha Burness, F, Head, widowed, age 86, born Gillingham, Dorset, occupation: pensioner | Martha Burness, pensioner | Alms Houses | 1891 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| c 1899 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1899 by Ordnance Survey | Almshouses | ||
| 2nd Apr 1911 | Census | Sarah Brown, F, Head, widow, age 59, born Falmer, Sussex; occupation: matron Alms Houses | Sarah Brown, matron alms houses | 1 Alms Houses, St Johns | 1911 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 2nd Apr 1911 | Census | Agnes Kemp, F, Head, widow, age 67, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: private means | Agnes Kemp, private means | 2 Alms Houses, St Johns | 1911 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| Richard Warren, M, age 6, born Tunbridge, Kent | Richard Warren | ||||
| 2nd Apr 1911 | Census | Sarah Rhoder, F, Head, widow, age 72; occupation: private means | Sarah Rhoder, private means | 3 Alms Houses, St Johns | 1911 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 2nd Apr 1911 | Census | Eliza Hoath, F, Head, single, age 63, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: private means | Eliza Hoath, private means | 4 Alms Houses, St Johns | 1911 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| 2nd Apr 1911 | Census | Charles Pilbeam, M, Head, married, age 79, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: private means | Charles Pilbeam, private means | 5 Alms Houses, St Johns | 1911 Census Withyham, Sussex |
| Charlotte Pilbeam, F, Wife, married 47 years, age 67, born Withyham, Sussex | Charlotte Pilbeam | ||||
| 2nd Apr 1911 | Census | Emily Hider, F, Head, single, age 34, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: pensioner - private means | Emily Hider, pensioner - private means | 6 Alms Houses, St Johns | 1911 Census Withyham, Sussex |
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