| Wadhurst Castle [a.k.a. Maplehurst] Wadhurst |
Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1923 | The Story of Wadhurst by Alfred A. Wace ⇒ p. 56 |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1332 | History | Maplehurst | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| The Castle is a new name for the very old Maplehurst. In the Wadhurst Subsidy Roll of 1332 (Edward III.) we find " Matilda of Maplehurst" assessed, and it was then just an "old farmhouse after the style of Great Pell." | |||||
| 1685 | History | Maplehurst | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes (1685) made its mark in Wadhurst by the arrival of at least one French Protestant at Maplehurst. Connected with this, probably, there exists the original list of " moneys collected in the Parish" of Wadhurst for the relief of the Poor Palatines, 1688." The total, £1 11s. 1d., is made up of forty-eight contributions, and attached to the list is this note - "The above mentioned Palatines were terribly ravaged by the French in 1688, some thousands of the mixed peasantry were sent to America by the British Government and by the British people." | |||||
| 1686 to 1689 | History | Maplehurst | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| Maplehurst was for a very long time held by the Sheldons, " eminent merchants dwelling in or near London." In 1686-9 a Sheldon was rated for it. | |||||
| c 1795 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream | Mapplehurst Farm | ||
| c 1810 | History | Maplehurst | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| Early in the last century Thomas Sheldon sold Maplehurst to Jas. Louis West, a Devon man, many years resident in India. … He pulled down old Maplehurst, and built the present house of sandstone, brought from the ruins of Faircrouch; hence its old appearance with battlements round entire edifice; in demesne of about 224 acres, disposed in woods. While still building he died (1819) leaving his Wadhurst and Devon property to two friends - in trust for M. A. Talbot. | |||||
| c 1826 | History | Maplehurst | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| In 1826 the completed house and property [Maplehurst] were acquired by Aylmer Haly, of the 4th K.O. Dragoons, in exchange for his estate of Beaudesert and vineyard in the Commune of Onzouer-sur-Tresse, in Canton Briare. Haly at the same time bought from Henry Playsted Luck's land, adjoining Scrag Oak. … Haly turned Maplehurst into Wadhurst Castle "by reason of its situation on the verge of the town." | |||||
| c 1844 | History | Wadhurst Castle [a.k.a. Maplehurst] | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| Later he sold the property to Robert Harding, and the latter's mortgagees sold it in 1844 to Edward Watson Smyth - once more a London Merchant - who in 1870 added rooms on the north side, using stone from the quarry below the village. | |||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: landed proprietor | Edward W. Smythe, landed proprietor | Wadhurst Castle | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Mary W. Smythe | ||||
| Servant; occupation: cook | Sarah Griffiths | ||||
| Servant; occupation: housemaid | Mary Halls | ||||
| Servant; occupation: housemaid | Elizabeth Hammond | ||||
| Sister-in-law | Fanny A. Hay | ||||
| Servant; occupation Kitchenmaid | Sarah Sowen | ||||
| Servant; occupation Servant | James Swain | ||||
| c 1875 | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Wadhurst Castle | |||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Samuel Manktelow, M, Head, married, age 49, born Wadhurst; occupation: farm labourer | Samuel Manktelow, farm labourer | No 1, Castle Cottages | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Jane Manktelow, F, Wife, married, age 45, born Kent | Jane Manktelow [Stevens] | ||||
| Harry Manktelow, M, Son, single, age 19, born Staplehurst; occupation: gardener | Harry Manktelow | ||||
| Jane Manktelow, F, Daughter, single, age 20, born Cranbrook, unemployed; occupation: domestic servant | Jane Manktelow | ||||
| Ernest Manktelow, M, Son, age 16, born Staplehurst; occupation: farm labourer | Ernest Manktelow | ||||
| Clara Manktelow, F, Daughter, age 11, born Staplehurst; occupation: scholar | Clara Manktelow | ||||
| Susan Manktelow, F, Daughter, age 10, born Staplehurst; occupation: scholar | Susan Manktelow | ||||
| Samuel Manktelow, M, Son, age 8, born Staplehurst; occupation: scholar | Samuel Manktelow | ||||
| Bertha Manktelow, F, Daughter, age 6, born Staplehurst; occupation: scholar | Bertha Manktelow | ||||
| Emma Stevens, F, Daughter, age 4, born Marden | Emma Manktelow | ||||
| Esther Stevens, F, Mother In Law, widowed, age 81, born Wrotham | Esther Stevens | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | George Garratt, M, Head, married, age 56, born Framfield; occupation: gardener | George Garratt, gardener | No 2, Castle Cottages | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Sophia Garratt, F, Wife, married, age 56, born Ticehurst | Sophia Garratt | ||||
| George Markwick, M, Visitor, age 12, born Catsfield | George Markwick | ||||
| Ernest Markwick, M, Nurse Child, age 4, born Wadhurst | Ernest Markwick | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | James Saunders, M, Head, married, age 46, born Dorset; occupation: coachman | James Saunders, coachman | Wadhurst Castle Stables | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Elizabeth Saunders, F, Wife, married, age 44, born Middlesex | Elizabeth Saunders | ||||
| 3rd Apr 1881 | Census | Robert Watson-Smyth, M, Head, married, age 67, born Middlesex; occupation Magistrate | Robert Watson-Smyth | Wadhurst Castle | 1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Louisa Watson-Smyth, F, Wife, married, age 53, born Middlesex | Louisa Watson-Smyth | ||||
| Mary Emily Watson-Smyth, F, Daughter, single, age 34, born East Grinstead | Mary Emily Watson-Smyth | ||||
| Marian Watson-Smyth, F, Daughter, single, age 26, born East Grinstead | Marian Watson-Smyth | ||||
| Agnes Watson-Smyth, F, Daughter, single, age 21, born East Grinstead | Agnes Watson-Smyth | ||||
| William H. Rogers, M, Servant, married, age 49, born Kent; occupation: butler | William H. Rogers | ||||
| Harriet Knowles, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Kent; occupation: cook | Harriet Knowles | ||||
| Amalia Funke, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Germany; occupation: lady's maid | Amalia Funke | ||||
| Elizabeth Hubbard, F, Servant, single, age 46, born Wadhurst; occupation: housemaid | Elizabeth Hubbard | ||||
| Agnes Crittle, F, Servant, single, age 23, born Frant; occupation: housemaid | Agnes Crittle | ||||
| Elizabeth Simmons, F, Servant, single, age 18, born Berkshire; occupation KitchenMaid | Elizabeth Simmons | ||||
| 1903 |  | Wadhurst Castle and Park photographed by Francis Frith | Brian and Cynthia Bell's photographs | ||
| 1903 |  | Wadhurst Castle photographed by Francis Frith | Brian and Cynthia Bell's photographs | ||
| 1903 |  | Wadhurst Castle Lodge photographed by Francis Frith | Brian and Cynthia Bell's photographs | ||
| 1905 |  | Wadhurst Castle | Private collection | ||
| 1906 |  | Wadhurst Castle, Wadhurst photographed by Francis Frith | Private collection | ||
| 1911 |  | The Castle Gardens, Wadhurst | Private collection | ||
| 1915 |  | Wadhurst Castle, Wadhurst photographed by H.H Camburn, Tunbridge Wells | Private collection | ||
| 1919 |  | Wadhurst Castle | Private collection | ||
| c 1920 |  | Wadhurst Castle, Wadhurst | Private collection | ||
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