| Frankham Mark Cross Road Mark Cross Wadhurst |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1870 | A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume II. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 46 |
| 1923 | The Story of Wadhurst by Alfred A. Wace ⇒ p. 70 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1288 | History | Frankham | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| No one seeing the very modern houses on the north-west side of this road would think that the triangle formed here by the meeting of the two roads from Wadhurst and Frant was once a park of 230 acres belonging to an Archbishop. There is a record of land to the value of 10s. having been enclosed from the Forest in 1288 for that purpose. It was enlarged by 74 acres in 1364, and grew ultimately to 400 acres. There is no record of any residence there. It seems to have been just an outlying bit of the Mayfield Park. | |||||
| 1546 | History | Frankham | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| The fishponds on the park are said to have covered 9 acres. Both parks were surrendered by Archbishop Cranmer to, Henry VIII., and were sold together to the Gresham family in 1546. Frankham passed from them to Sir Henry Neville. | |||||
| 1618 | History | Frankham | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| Frankham was certainly in the hands of Fowle of Riverhall in 1618, for in 1637 he charged Frankham with the supply of two cords of wood for the charity he then created: a charge which is still met by that Estate. | |||||
| 1810 | History | Frankham | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| In the next century Frankham was in the hands of the eldest son of Samuel Newington of Hightown, and was entailed by him on his only child Elizabeth, who married W. Delves, Rector of Frant. After her death it was in 1810 bought from his two daughters by James Bellamy of Wisbeach, and his nephew John was holding it, part owner with another, early in last century. | |||||
| c 1850 | History | Frankham | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| About 1850 Frankham was bought by Henry Dixon. | |||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: farm labourer | John Davis, farm labourer | Frankham Lodge | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Sarah Davis [Wallis] | ||||
| Daughter; occupation: former servant | Mary Ann Davis | ||||
| Daughter | Faith Davis | ||||
| Son; occupation: farm labourer | Horace Davis | ||||
| Daughter | Harriett Davis | ||||
| Son | James Davis | ||||
| Daughter | Charity Davis | ||||
| Son | John Davis | ||||
| Son | Thomas Davis | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: farm labourer | Reuben Latter, farm labourer | Frankham Lodge | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Sarah Latter [Thomas] | ||||
| Son; occupation: farm labourer | Alfred William Latter | ||||
| Daughter | Silvia Latter | ||||
| Daughter | Charity Latter | ||||
| Daughter | Sarah Ann Latter | ||||
| Son | Charles Latter, farm labourer | ||||
| Son | William Latter, farm labourer | ||||
| Son | George Latter, farm labourer | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; employs 4 people; occupation: farmer | John Guess, farmer | Frankham Farm | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Caroline Guess | ||||
| Daughter | Sarah Guess | ||||
| Servant, occupation: farm labourer | George Batup | ||||
| Grand-daughter; occupation SCHOLAR | Charlotte Richardson | ||||
| Servant; occupation: farm labourer | George Streeter | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head, occupation: gamekeeper | William C. Breech, gamekeeper | Keepers House, Frankham | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Mary A. Breech | ||||
| Daughter, occupation: scholar | Julia Breech | ||||
| Daughter, occupation: scholar | Ann Breech | ||||
| Son, occupation: scholar | Alfred Breech | ||||
| Daughter, occupation: scholar | Mary A. Breech | ||||
| Son | Edwin Breech | ||||
| c 1875 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Frankham | ||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Henry Dixon, M, Head, widowed, age 56, born Middlesex; occupation: magistrate | Henry Dixon, magistrate | Frankham, Mark Cross Road | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Lydia Dixon, F, Daughter, single, age 25, born Wadhurst | Lydia Dixon | ||||
| Elizabeth Augusta Dixon, F, Daughter, single, age 24, born Wadhurst | Elizabeth Augusta Dixon | ||||
| Mary E. Dixon, F, Daughter, single, age 23, born Wadhurst | Mary E. Dixon | ||||
| Henry G. Dixon, M, Son, single, age 21, born Wadhurst; occupation: undergraduate, Christchurch, Oxford | Henry G. Dixon | ||||
| Alex N. Dixon, M, Son, single, age 20, born Wadhurst; occupation: undergraduate, Christchurch, Oxford | Alex N. Dixon | ||||
| Ellen Dixon, F, Daughter, age 18, born Wadhurst | Ellen Dixon | ||||
| Mary Larks, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Middlesex; occupation: parlour maid | Mary Larks | ||||
| Kate Kine, F, Servant, single, age 18, born Mayfield; occupation: housemaid | Kate Kine | ||||
| 1882 | Directory entry | Dixon Henry J.P., Frankham | Frankham | Kelly's Directory | |
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