| Towngate Tidebrook Wadhurst |
| Historical records | |||||
| 1690 to 1763 | History | Towngate | Wace's Wadhurst | ||
| In 1690 a Nicholas Puxty sold Towngate, then part of the property, to his brother-in-law, Richard Comber. By him and his son the Towngate property, as it had then come to be called, was further increased by the purchase of Shotinghurst, Earlye, and the Dupleck's farm of 96 A. Richard Comber died in 1763, leaving his real estate to his sister Mary's son, Benjamin Newington | |||||
| c 1795 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream | Towngate Farm | ||
| c 1825 |  | Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood | Towngate | ||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: proprietor and farmer | Joseph John Newington, proprietor and farmer | Towngate | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Fanny Winton Newington [Tompsett] | ||||
| Servant; occupation: cook | Hannah Brooker | ||||
| Servant; occupation: housemaid | Amelia Fenner | ||||
| Servant; widowed | John Underhill | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: farm labourer | Jonathan Akehurst, farm labourer | Towngate Cottage | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Louisa Akehurst [Godden] | ||||
| Son; occupation: scholar | Thomas Akehurst | ||||
| Son; occupation: scholar | James Akehurst, painter | ||||
| Daughter; occupation: scholar | Louisa Akehurst | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation: farm labourer | James Luck, farm labourer | Towngate Cottage | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Mary Luck [Barden] | ||||
| Daughter; occupation: servant | Ann Luck | ||||
| Daughter | Mary Luck | ||||
| 30th Mar 1851 | Census | Head; occupation Farm labourer | Thomas Richardson | Towngate Cottage | 1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex |
| Wife | Hannah Richardson | ||||
| Son; occupation Farm labourer | George Richardson | ||||
| Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR | Charity Richardson | ||||
| Son; occupation SCHOLAR | Owen Richardson | ||||
| c 1875 |  | Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey | Towngate | ||
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