| Great Pell Pell Green Wadhurst |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1923 | The Story of Wadhurst by Alfred A. Wace ⇒ p. 78 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1332 | History | Great Pell | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| Great Pell - 124 acres. The old house first mentioned as owned by a Ballard of Kent had four gables with barge boards and pendants. The name is found in the Subsidy Roll of 1332, a widow of John at Pell being taxed. | |||||
| 1501 | History | Great Pell | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| Whiligh passed by indentures of 1479 and 1501 to William Saunders of Goudhurst the owner of Great Pell then "an extensive mansion." | |||||
| 1640 to 1660 | History | Great Pell | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| In the reign of Henry VIII Great Pell was held by John Saunders, yeoman, whose grandson became owner in about 1640 of both Great Pell and Pook pits, and died in 1660. | |||||
| 1666 | History | Great Pell | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| Six years later Great Pell was owned by John Smith, father of the Vicar of that name, who kept it up in a style still remembered | |||||
| 1700 to 1813 | History | Great Pell | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| In the next century Great Pell passed to daughters : through them to a cousin, Sheldon, a London merchant : and so in 1813 by purchase into the Whiligh estate. | |||||
| c 1724 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1724 by Richard Budgen | Great Pell | ||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; employs 5 people; occupation: farmer | William Avery, farmer | Great Pell | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Mary Avery [Packham] | ||||
| Son | George William Avery, farmer | ||||
| Son; occupation: scholar | William Robert Avery | ||||
| Daughter | Charlotte Avery | ||||
| Daughter | Emma Avery | ||||
| Servant; occupation: farm labourer | George Mitten, farm labourer | ||||
| Servant; occupation: farm labourer | James Peckham | ||||
| Servant; occupation Farm labourer | Josiah Weeks | ||||
| c 1875 | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | The Pell | |||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | George Wm. Avery, M, Head, married, age 59, born Wadhurst, employs 5 men and 3 boys; occupation: farmer | George William Avery, farmer | Great Pell | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Mary Ann Avery, F, Wife, married, age 49, born Wadhurst | Mary Ann Avery | ||||
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