| Scragoak Wadhurst |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1923 | The Story of Wadhurst by Alfred A. Wace ⇒ p. 62; p. 97 |
| 1931 | Wealden Iron by Ernest Straker ⇒ p. 289 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1678 | History | Scragoak | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| Scragoak - The House bears on it the date of 1678, but some of it is older. The Furnace on the property was originally in the hands of the Maunsers of High Town - Barhams worked it later - the property was left by John Barham of Snape to a boy who married, after some years of guardianship, a Saunders of Great Pell. They had issue four sons, each of whom held the property in succession but died childless. It then passed to a kinsman at Butts, and he and his brother died the same day of small pox. | |||||
| c 1724 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1724 by Richard Budgen | Scrag Oak | ||
| 1741 | History | Scragoak | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| After another short minority, Scragoak, then only 30 acres, but still including a Forge, passed in 1741 to James Thompsett, yeoman, and Wenbans was added to it. In the next generation the two farms were separated, and the elder of two brothers took Scragoak. It remained in Thompsett hands till it was divided by sale between the High Town and Castle property. | |||||
| c 1795 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream | Scrag Oak | ||
| c 1825 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood | Scrag Oak | ||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; employs 6 people; occupation FARMER | John Tompsett | Scrag Oak Farm | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Elizabeth Tompsett | ||||
| Daughter | Sarah Ann Tompsett | ||||
| Son; occupation FARMER | John Tompsett | ||||
| Daughter | Jane Tompsett | ||||
| Daughter | Caroline Tompsett | ||||
| Daughter | Frances Tompsett | ||||
| Servant, occupation: house servant | Mary Jane Baldock | ||||
| Servant | Herbert Blackman | ||||
| Servant; occupation WAGGONER | John William Humphrey, farm bailiff | ||||
| Servant; occupation: waggoner | Thomas Wallis, farm waggoner | ||||
| c 1875 | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Scragoak | |||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | David Pollington, M, Head, married, age 41, born Rotherfield; occupation: farm labourer | David Pollington, farm labourer | Scrag Oak Farm Cottage | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Elizabeth Pollington, F, Wife, married, age 34, born Mayfield | Elizabeth Pollington [Dadswell] | ||||
| David Pollington, M, Son, age 8, born Wadhurst; occupation: scholar | David Pollington | ||||
| Mary M. Pollington, F, Daughter, age 5, born Rotherfield; occupation: scholar | Mary Matilda Pollington | ||||
| Obediah Pollington, M, Son, age 1, born Wadhurst | Obediah Pollington | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | John Tompsett, M, Head, married, age 31, born Wadhurst; occupation Labourer | John Tompsett | Scrag Oak Farm House | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Phoebe Tompsett, F, Wife, married, age 28, born Wadhurst | Phoebe Tompsett | ||||
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