| Faircrouch Faircrouch road Wadhurst |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1923 | The Story of Wadhurst by Alfred A. Wace ⇒ p. 71 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1555 to 1578 | History | Faircrouch | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| The Subsidy Rolls of 1555 and 1578, however, show a Barham assessed for "Fayererouche," probably for the land and iron works. | |||||
| 1611 | History | Faircrouch | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| The property which gave its name to this part of the parish cannot have been the house now called Faircrouch, the greater part of which dates only from the middle of last Century. This stands certainly on the site of what once was "one of the finest houses in the neighbourhood." But that takes us no further back than 1611 when a London Merchant named Edwardes built it. | |||||
| 1692 | History | Faircrouch | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| Edwardes's daughter, Susan, married Giles Strangways of Melbury Sampford, in Dorset. Giles Strangways son succeeded to Faircrouch, but had to sell it to Peter Gott, Receiver General for Sussex. Gott lived there till 1692 and then sold it to William Benge. | |||||
| 1700 to 1800 | History | Faircrouch | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| In the next 100 years Faircrouch passed through the hands of eight persons. The last were two brothers named Beven, who farmed the land for several years, but in 1810 sold it to James Bellamy of a Wisbeach firm of Solicitors, who were somehow concerned in the disposal of several other old Wadhurst properties | |||||
| c 1724 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1724 by Richard Budgen | Faircrouch | ||
| c 1795 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream | Faircrouch | ||
| c 1795 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream | Faircrouch | ||
| c 1825 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood | Fair Crouch | ||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation farm labourer | Thomas Atwood, farm labourer | Faircrouch Green | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Daughter | Mary Ann Atwood | ||||
| Son; occupation farm labourer | James Atwood | ||||
| Daughter | Ellen Atwood | ||||
| Son | Thomas Atwood | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: gamekeeper | John Daw, gamekeeper | Faircrouch Green | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Barbary Daw | ||||
| Daughter; occupation: scholar | Elizabeth Daw | ||||
| Daughter; occupation: scholar | Susannah Daw | ||||
| Daughter; occupation: scholar | Ellen Daw | ||||
| Daughter; occupation: scholar | Emily Daw | ||||
| Lodger, widowed, occupation: pauper | Robert Bentlett | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: farm labourer | Peter Huntley, farm labourer | Little Faircrouch | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Mary Huntley | ||||
| Son; occupation: farm labourer | John Huntley | ||||
| Daughter; occupation: scholar | Charity Huntley | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: carpenter | Henry Rogers, carpenter | Little Faircrouch | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Elizabeth Rogers [Goodman] | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: farm labourer | William Baldwin, farmer | Little Faircrouch | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Ellen Baldwin [Holmwood] | ||||
| Son | James Baldwin | ||||
| Daughter | Sarah Ann Frost [Baldwin] | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation Farm labourer and BEER RETAILER | George Saxby | Little Faircrouch | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Ann Saxby | ||||
| Son | Thomas Saxby | ||||
| Son | James Saxby | ||||
| Sister; occupation HOUSE SERVANT | Angelina Saxby | ||||
| Brother; occupation Farm labourer | Spencer Saxby | ||||
| Brother; occupation Farm labourer | Thomas Saxby | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: farm labourer | James H. Burgess, farm labourer | Little Faircrouch | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Silvy C. Burgess | ||||
| Son | Charles Burgess | ||||
| Son | John Burgess | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head, occupation: farm labourer | John Bones, labourer | Little Faircrouch | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Elizabeth Bones [Morris] | ||||
| Son, occupation: farm labourer | Alfred Bones | ||||
| Visitor | Esther Hickmott | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; widowed; occupation PAUPER | Sarah Tommas | Faircrouch | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Daughter | Sarah Tommas | ||||
| Son; occupation Farm labourer | Isaac Tommas | ||||
| Daughter | Frances Tommas | ||||
| Son | James Tommas | ||||
| Son | Jesse Tommas | ||||
| Son | Jasper Tommas | ||||
| Son | Josiah Tommas | ||||
| 1860 | History | Faircrouch | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| W. Acworth, bought Faircrouch house of them, and sold it in 1860 to Walter Prideaux of Goldsmith's Hall, London, who practically rebuilt it. | |||||
| c 1875 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Faircrouch | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Simon Lade, M, Head, married, age 59, born Mayfield; occupation: carpenter | Simon Lade | Faircrouch Cottages | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Harriett Lade, F, Wife, married, age 49, born Staplehurst | Harriett Lade | ||||
| Jabez Lade, M, Son, age 19, born Wadhurst; occupation: farm labourer | Jabez Lade | ||||
| John Lade, M, Son, age 11, born Wadhurst; occupation: scholar | John Lade | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | William Avis, M, Head, married, age 59, born Frant; occupation: gardener | William Avis, gardener | Faircrouch Cottages | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Sarah Ann Avis, F, Wife, married, age 54, born Hellingly | Sarah Ann Avis | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Edmund Goldsmith, M, Head, widowed, age 72, born Warbleton; occupation: farm labourer | Edmund Goldsmith, farmer and brickmaker | Faircrouch Cottages | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| James Wickham, M, Grandson In Law, married, age 26, born Ticehurst; occupation Farm Labourer | James Wickham | ||||
| Phebe Wickham, F, Granddaughter, married, age 22, born Wadhurst; occupation Housekeeper | Phoebe Wickham [Goldsmith] | ||||
| Alice C. Wickham, F, Great Granddaughter, age 5 m, born Wadhurst | Alice Clara Wickham | ||||
| Michael D. Goldsmith, M, Grand Son, single, age 19, born Wadhurst; occupation: farm labourer | Michael David Goldsmith | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Thomas Richardson, M, Head, married, age 72, born Wadhurst; occupation Farm Labourer | Thomas Richardson | Faircrouch Cottages | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Harriett Richardson, F, Wife, married, age 71, born Warehorne | Harriett Richardson | ||||
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