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1851Reed, Samuel; occupation ReceiverSamuel ReedPost OfficePost Office Directory

30th Mar 1851CensusHead; occupation Master grocerSamuel ReedBuxted Bridge1851 Census
Buxted, Sussex

30th Mar 1851CensusWifeMartha ReedBuxted Bridge1851 Census
Buxted, Sussex

30th Mar 1851CensusSon; occupation ScholarNelson ReedBuxted Bridge1851 Census
Buxted, Sussex

30th Mar 1851CensusSon; occupation ScholarSpencer ReedBuxted Bridge1851 Census
Buxted, Sussex
Servant; occupation: housemaidElizabeth Achone

1867Directory entryPost OfficePost Office Directory
POST OFFICE - Stephen Walter, receiver. Letters arrive from Hurst Green at 6.30 a.m.; dispatched at 7.30 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Uckfield

1874Directory entryPost OfficePost Office Directory
POST OFFICE. - Stephen Walter, receiver. Letters arrive from Uckfield at 6.40 a.m.; dispatched at 7.30 p.m. Sundays, arrive at 6.40 a.m.; dispatched at 11.15 a.m. The nearest money order office is at Uckfield

c 1875Buxted, Sussex - c 1875Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance SurveyPost Office

3rd Apr 1881CensusStephen Walter, M, Head, married, age 49, born Marden; occupation Post MasterStephen WalterBuxted Post Office1881 Census
Buxted, Sussex
Maria Walter, F, Wife, married, age 55, born ArdinglyMaria Walter
Emily Barrett, F, Servt, single, age 16, born Buckinghamshire, occupation: domestic servantEmily Barrett

3rd Apr 1881CensusAlice E. Strachen, F, Head, widowed, age 32, born Ceylon; occupation AnnuitantAlice E. StrachenBuxted Post Office1881 Census
Buxted, Sussex
Annie E. Strachen, F, Sister, single, age 34, born Ceylon; occupation AnnuitantAnnie E. Strachen
Henry P. Carey, M, Son, age 6, born CeylonHenry P. Carey

1882Directory entryPost OfficeKelly's Directory
National School, built in 1857 for 170 children ; average attendance, 140; & endowed with £96 yearly, from bequests by Lady Catherine J. V. Harcourt & others ; James Trembath, master ; Mrs. Trembath, mistress ; Miss Catherine Norman, infants' mistress

1882Directory entryPost OfficeKelly's Directory
POST & MONEY ORDER OFFICE & Savings Bank, Stephen Walter, receiver. Letters arrive from Uckfield at 6.40 a.m. ; dispatched at 7.30 p.m. Sundays, arrive at 6.40 a.m. ; dispatched at 11.51 a.m. The telegraph office is at the railway station

1882Directory entryWalter Stephon, patent medicine vendor, &, post officepost officeKelly's Directory

1888Directory entryWalter, Stephen, post master, Post officePost officeBrooker's Guide

5th Apr 1891CensusStephen Walter, M, Head, married, age 59, born Marden, Kent; occupation Post MasterStephen WalterPost Office, Village1891 Census
Buxted, Sussex
Marya Walter, F, Wife, married, age 65, born Ardingly, SussexMaria Walter

5th Apr 1891CensusGeorge Brown, M, Head, married, age 47, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: gardenerGeorge Brown, gardeneradjoining Post Office, Village1891 Census
Buxted, Sussex
Mary Brown, F, Wife, married, age 36, born Buxted, SussexMary Brown [Walter]
Mabel Brown, F, Daughter, age 14, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: scholarMabel Brown
Ethel Brown, F, Daughter, age 11, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: scholarEthel Brown
Ernest Brown, M, Son, age 8, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: scholarErnest Brown
Jessie Brown, M, Son, age 11 months, born Buxted, SussexJessie Brown
Elizabeth Weller, F, Visitor, single, age 53, born Framfield, Sussex; occupation: living on own meansElizabeth Weller

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