| Old Forge [a.k.a. Park Cottage] Eridge |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1574 | History | Old Forge [a.k.a. Park Cottage] | Eeles' Frant | ||
| In Eridge Park there were in close proximity a furnace and a forge. The earliest evidence of their existence is to be found in a list of owners of ironworks drawn up in 1574 | |||||
| 1790 | History | Eridge Furnace | Eeles' Frant | ||
| Guns were undoubtedly cast at Eridge Furnace and in the 18th century one of these stood outside the Gun Inn at Eridge Green and … in a journal in 1790 the following account appears "(it) now lies at Eridge Green and has served for many years for the amusement of the people on a holiday or fair-day, when they collect money to buy gunpowder to threw the shell to a hill about a mile distant. The weight of the shell sinks so deep into the earth, that is costs no little pains to dig it out after each discharge, which is repeated as long as the money lasts." | |||||
| 6th Jun 1841 | Census | Elias Jenner, M, Head, age 37, born Sussex; occupation: farm labourer | Edward Stephens Jenner | Forge Cottage | 1841 Census Frant, Sussex |
| Philadelphia Jenner, F, [Wife], age 40 to 44, born Sussex | Philadelphia Jenner [Everest] | ||||
| Eliza Jenner, F, [Daughter], age 12, born Sussex | Eliza Jenner | ||||
| Fanny Jenner, F, [Daughter], age 10, born Sussex | Fanny Jenner | ||||
| Harriot Jenner, F, [Daughter], age 9, born Sussex | Harriet Jenner | ||||
| Alfred Jenner, M, [Son], age 7, born Sussex | Alfred Jenner | ||||
| Elias Jenner, M, [Son], age 4, born Sussex | Elias Jenner, farm labourer | ||||
| William Jenner, M, [Son], age 2, born Sussex | William Jenner | ||||
| Edward Jenner, M, [Son], age 3 months, born Sussex | Edward Jenner | ||||
| 6th Jun 1841 | Census | Sarah Everest, F, Head, age 60 to 64, born Sussex | Sarah Everest | Forge Cottage | 1841 Census Frant, Sussex |
| George Everest, M, [Son], age 30 to 34, born Sussex; occupation: carpenter journeyman | George Everest | ||||
| George Everest, M, [Grand-son], age 9, born Sussex | George Everest | ||||
| 6th Jun 1841 | Census | Edward Taylor, M, Head, age 57, born Sussex; occupation: farm labourer | Edward Taylor, farm labourer | Forge Cottage | 1841 Census Frant, Sussex |
| Ann Taylor, F, [Wife], age 55 to 59, born Sussex | Ann Taylor | ||||
| Ann Taylor, F, [Mother], age 79, born Sussex | Ann Taylor [Wickens] | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: farm labourer | Edward Stephens Jenner | Old Forge | 1851 Census Frant, Sussex |
| Wife | Philadelphia Jenner [Everest] | ||||
| Daughter | Harriet Jenner | ||||
| Son; occupation: garden labourer | Alfred Jenner | ||||
| Son; occupation: scholar | Elias Jenner, farm labourer | ||||
| Son; occupation: scholar | William Jenner | ||||
| Son; occupation: scholar | Edward Jenner | ||||
| Lodger; widowed; occupation: farm labourer | Edward Stevens | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; widowed; occupation: farm labourer | Edward Taylor, farm labourer | Old Forge | 1851 Census Frant, Sussex |
| Housekeeper; widowed | Hannah Izzard [Burt] | ||||
| 7th Apr 1861 | Census | Elias Jenner, M, Head, married, age 56, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer | Edward Stephens Jenner | Old Forge | 1861 Census Frant and Tunbridge Wells, Sussex |
| Hannah Jenner, F, Wife, married, age 44, born Ross, Herefordshire | Hannah Jenner [Pritchard] | ||||
| Elias Jenner, M, Son, single, age 23, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer | Elias Jenner, farm labourer | ||||
| John Jenner, M, Son, age 6, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: scholar | John Jenner | ||||
| 7th Apr 1861 | Census | William Stevenson, M, Lodger, single, age 29, born Danehill, Sussex; occupation: road labourer on Turnpike Road | William Stevenson | [Old Forge] | 1861 Census Frant and Tunbridge Wells, Sussex |
| 7th Apr 1861 | Census | Obed Farmer, M, Head, widowed, age 43, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer | Obed Fermor, farm labourer | Old Forge | 1861 Census Frant and Tunbridge Wells, Sussex |
| James Farmer, M, Son, age 7, born Uckfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar | James Farmer | ||||
| Elizabeth Farmer, F, Daughter, age 5, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: scholar | Elizabeth Farmer | ||||
| Anne Sargent, F, Servant, widowed, age 64, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: housekeeper | Anne Sargent | ||||
| c 1875 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Old Forge | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Jude Hall, M, Head, married, age 34, born Mayfield; occupation: gamekeeper | Jude Hall, gamekeeper | Old Forge Cottage | 1881 Census Frant, Sussex |
| Ann Hall, F, Wife, married, age 25, born Rotherfield | Ann Hall [Boarer] | ||||
| Charlotte Hall, F, Daughter, age 8, born Rotherfield; occupation: scholar | Charlotte Ann Hall | ||||
| Emily Hall, F, Daughter, age 5, born Frant; occupation: scholar | Emily Hall | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Iden Fermor, M, Head, widowed, age 67, born Rotherfield; occupation: garden labourer | Iden Fermor, labourer | Old Forge Cottage | 1881 Census Frant, Sussex |
| Ann Ralph, F, Servant, widowed, age 70; occupation: housekeeper | Ann Ralph | ||||
| c 1899 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1899 by Ordnance Survey | Old Forge | ||
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