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Published	Title, author and references
1883	Pelton's Illustrated Guide to Tunbridge Wells by J. Radford Thomson, M.A. ⇒ p. 138

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Barnetts Cottages

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Camdens Cottages

Camdens Grocers Shop

Chapple Cottage

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Webbs [a.k.a. Rainers Brook] Farm

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Whybournes Gate

Historical records

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation BRICKLAYER	James Skinner	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Sarah Skinner
		Daughter; occupation SERVANT	Harriot Skinner
		Daughter; occupation SERVANT	Sarah Skinner
		Son; occupation BRICKLAYER	Alfred Skinner
		Son; occupation LABOURER	George Skinner
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Mary Skinner

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; widowed; occupation: sempstress	Louisa Maynard, sempstress	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: general dealer	William Harmer, cordwinder and bird dealer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife; occupation: general dealer	Sarah Harmer [Ware]
		Son; occupation: scholar	William Harmer
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Sarah Harmer
		Son; occupation: scholar	Edwin Harmer, tailor
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Matilda Harmer
		Son; occupation: scholar	John Harmer

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation BRICKLAYER	William Skinner	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife; occupation Servant	Kate Skinner
		Son; occupation SCHOLAR	Stevenson Skinner
		Son	John Skinner

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation LABOURER	William Young	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife; occupation LABOURER	Mercy Young [Wood]

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: brick maker	John Brooker, brick maker	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Sarah Brooker
		Son	John Brooker
		Son	Eliza Annie Brooker
		Son	Annslow Baker Brooker
		Son	Sarah Brooker

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head, occupation: brick maker	Richard Batchelor, brick maker	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Sarah Batchelor
		Daughter, occupation: scholar	Elizabeth Batchelor
		Daughter, occupation: scholar	Sarah Batchelor
		Daughter, occupation: scholar	Eliza Batchelor

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Farm labourer	James Tomsett	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Matilda Tomsett [Smith]
		Son; handicap: cripple; unemployed	David Smith
		Son; occupation Farm labourer	James Tomsett
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Mary Tomsett
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Sarah Tomsett
		Son; occupation SCHOLAR	William Tomsett
		Father-in-law; widowed; occupation: no occupation	Samuel Smith

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation CARPENTER	Richard Pollard	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Niece, occupation: housekeeper	Sarah Blunt
		Son, occupation: scholar	Jerry Blunt
		Son, occupation: scholar	Henry Blunt
		Daughter	Mary Ann Blunt

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head, occupation: farm labourer	George Chantler, farm labourer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Amelia Chantler
		Daughter, occupation: scholar	Mary Chantler
		Son, occupation: scholar	James Chantler
		Son, occupation: scholar	George Chantler
		Son	John Chantler
		Lodger; occupation: farm labourer	William Mepham
		Lodger's daughter; occupation: scholar	Eliza Manktelow [Mepham]

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: road labourer	Richard Baker, labourer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Eliza Baker [Couchman]
		Son; occupation: labourer	George Baker
		Son; occupation: scholar	William Couchman
		Son; occupation: scholar	John Couchman
		Son; occupation: scholar	Henry Baker
		Son; occupation: scholar	Thomas Baker, labourer
		Son	Amos Albert Baker

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: farm labourer	Richard Turner, farm labourer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Mary Ann Turner
		Lodger; occupation: farm labourer	Samuel Eaton

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: farm labourer	Edward Knight, farm labourer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Mary Knight

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation DEALER in MARINE STORES	Obediah Skinner	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Harriot Skinner
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Caroline Skinner
		Son; occupation SCHOLAR	Thomas Skinner
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Emily G. Skinner

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Farm labourer	Thomas Seamer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Ellen Seamer
		Daughter	Hannah West
		Daughter	Ened West
		Son; occupation Scholar	William Seamer
		Lodger; widowed; occupation: no occupation	Samuel Hoad

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation GROCER MASTER	Samuel Wickens, master grocer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Jemima Wickens
		Daughter	Cecilia Louisa Wickens
		Son	Albert Wickens
		Son	Walter Wickens, painter and paper hanger
		Son	Harry Wickens, plumber
		Daughter	Elizabeth Wickens
		Son	Samuel Douglas Wickens, tailor

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation FARM LABOURER	John Nash, farm labourer	Frant	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife; occupation School mistress	Mary Nash [Huggett]

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; handicap: deaf; occupation BAKER	William Jarrett, baker	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Mary Ann Jarrett

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; widowed; occupation Farm labourer	Susannah Russell	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Daughter	Mary Russell
		Son	Henry Russell
		Daughter	Elizabeth Russell
		Lodger; occupation Farm labourer	George Whittle

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; widowed; occupation: hawker	Sarah Barns	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Son; occupation: railway labourer	Hugo Barns
		Daughter; occupation: servant	Sarah Barns
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Ellen Barns
		Son; occupation: scholar	Alexander Barns
		Grand-daughter; occupation: scholar	Sarah Ann Barns

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: farm labourer	Thomas Moon	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Ann Sophia Moon [Knight]
		Son; occupation: labourer	Benjamin Moon
		Son; occupation: labourer	William Moon, labourer
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Charlotte Fanny Moon
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Ann Moon
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Fanny Hickmott [Moon]

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation GROCER	Stephen Williams	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Elizabeth Williams
		Son	Walter Williams

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head, occupation: farm labourer	Thomas Crundwell, farm labourer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Mary Crundwell

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: farm labourer	Joseph Card, farm labourer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife; occupation: servant	Eliza Card [Sargent]
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Adelaide Elizabeth Allchin [Card]
		Son; occupation: scholar	John Card, gardener
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Frances Card
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Harriot Card

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: farm labourer	William King, farm labourer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Caroline King
		Son; occupation: scholar	John King
		Son; occupation: scholar	James King
		Son; occupation: scholar	Stephen King
		Son; occupation: scholar	Henry King
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Anna King
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Mary Ann King
		Son	Frederick King
		Lodger	Catherine Huggett

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation CARPENTER	Zebulon Tindell	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Hannah Tindell
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Mary Ann Tindell
		Son; occupation SCHOLAR	Thomas Tindell
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Eliza Tindell
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Isabella Tindell
		Son; occupation SCHOLAR	Henry Tindell
		Son	William Tindell

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: brick maker	William Brooker, brick maker	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Sarah Brooker [Paige]
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Harriet Walter [Brooker]
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Charlotte P. Brooker
		Daughter	Sarah Ann Brooker
		Son	William Albert Brooker, carman
		Lodger; occupation Farm labourer	Edward Roach
		Lodger's wife	Harriot Roach
		Lodger's daughter	Harriot Roach

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head, widowed, occupation: needle woman	Philadelphia Bonds [Gilbert]	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Son, occupation: scholar	William Bonds, bricklayer's labourer
		Son, occupation: scholar	Iden Bonds
		Son, occupation: scholar	John Bones

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head, occupation: sawyer	John Barnett, sawyer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Servant; occupation: housekeeper	Jane Harmer
		Son; occupation: scholar	John Barnett Harmer
		Son; occupation: scholar	William Barnett Harmer
		Son	Joseph Barnett Harmer

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: farm labourer	George Divall, farm labourer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Mary Ann Divall [Rogers]
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Sophia Elizabeth Divall
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Mary Ann Divall [Divall]
		Son; occupation: scholar	George Divall
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Lois Newman [Divall]
		Daughter	Sarah Hallet Stephens [Divall]

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: farm labourer	George Miles, farm labourer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Charlotte Miles
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Ann Miles
		Son; occupation: scholar	Henry Miles, beer house keeper
		Daughter	Mary Jane Miles

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: farm labourer	Obed Dann, farm labourer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Frances Dann [Brooker]
		Son; occupation: farm labourer	Henry Brooker
		Daughter	Phoebe Hillman [Dann]
		Son; occupation: scholar	Joshua Dann
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Susannah Dann
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Emily Dann
		Daughter	Caroline Skinner [Dann]
		Son	Albert Dann, gardener

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: sawyer	Edward Lowell, sawyer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Martha Lowell
		Son; occupation: farm labourer	Raymond Lowell
		Son	Jacob Lowell
		Son	James Lowell
		Son	John Lowell

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Farm labourer	Charles Pankhurst	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Martha Pankhurst
		Son; occupation SCHOLAR	Alfred Pankhurst
		Son; occupation SCHOLAR	Charles Pankhurst
		Daughter	Charlotte Pankhurst
		Daughter	Ann Pankhurst

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Farm labourer	Samuel Weddell	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Eliza Weddell [Russell]
		Son; occupation Farm labourer	Jesse Weddell
		Daughter	Eliza Weddell
		Son; occupation Farm labourer	Thomas Weddell
		Son; occupation SCHOLAR	Joseph Weddell
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Susan Weddell
		Son; occupation SCHOLAR	Samuel Weddell
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Hannah Weddell
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Elizabeth Weddell
		Son	Frederick Weddell

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: wheelwright	Joseph Smith, wheelwright	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Jane Smith
		Son	Henry Smith
		Grand-father; widowed; occupation: labourer	Richard Smith

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: market gardener	Philip Paige, market gardener	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Mary Paige
		Son; occupation: labourer	William Paige, gardener
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Mary Ann Paige
		Son; occupation: scholar	Frederick Paige
		Daughter; occupation: scholar	Emma Paige
		Son; occupation: scholar	Henry Paige, carter

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: farm labourer	James Shoebridge, farm labourer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Ann Shoebridge [Huggett]
		Son; occupation: scholar	Isaac Shoebridge, gardener's labourer

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation: farm labourer	James Smith, farm labourer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Elizabeth Smith
		Daughter	Susan Smith
		Son	James Smith
		Daughter	Jane Smith
		Lodger; occupation: farm labourer	Alfred Hayward, farm labourer
		Lodger's wife	Ann Hayward
		Lodger's daughter	Sarah Ann Hayward

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Farm labourer	James Young	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Caroline Young
		Son; occupation SCHOLAR	William Young
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Matilda Young
		Daughter	Esther Young
		Son	George Young

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Farm labourer	Henry Wise	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Harriet Wise
		Son; occupation LABOURER	Henry Walter Wise
		Servant; occupation: house servant	Mary Ann Johnson

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation BRICKLAYER	James Skinner	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife; occupation Servant	Harriet Skinner
		Daughter	Emily Skinner
		Daughter	Elizabeth Skinner
		Son-in-law; occupation: scholar	Henry Field

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Brick maker	John Wiles	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Charlotte Wiles

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Shoe maker	Thomas Winder	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Harriet Winder
		Son; occupation FARM LABOURER	Samuel Winder
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Hannah Winder

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Needle woman	Abigail Venne	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Caroline Venne
		Son; occupation SCHOLAR	George Venne
		Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Harriot Venne
		Lodger; widowed	Elizabeth Weddle
		Lodger; occupation LABOURER	Joseph Weddle
		Lodger	Harriet Weddle
		Lodger's son	Robert Weddle

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head, occupation: farmer and drover	John Brotherwood, labourer	Hawkenbury	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Jane Brotherwood
		Son, occupation: farm labourer	John Brotherwood
		Son, occupation: scholar	William Brotherwood
		Son, occupation: scholar	Thomas Brotherwood
		Daughter, occupation: scholar	Mary Ann Brotherwood

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; widowed; employs 1 person; occupation FARMER	Thomas Waterman	Forest Garden	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Sister-in-law; widowed; occupation: housekeeper	Sarah Stevens
		Son; occupation LABOURER	Thomas Waterman
		Servant; occupation: servant	George Dann, gardener
		Visitor	Sarah Waterman

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head, occupation: farmer	John Crundwell, farmer	Forest Pan	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Mary Crundwell

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; employs 2 people; occupation: farmer	William Streeter, farmer	Windmill Cottage	1851 Census Frant, Sussex
		Wife	Ann Streeter [Norman]
		Grand-son; occupation: labourer	Thomas Streeter

1874	Directory entry			Hawkenbury	Post Office Directory
	At Hawkenbury, a hamlet in the Kentish portion, is a School Church, where divine service is performed on Sunday. The charities are £23 per annum, arising from bequests made by Thomas Weller in 1667, and by Henry Smith in 1628.

c 1875		Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey		Hawkenbury

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	James Mepham, M, Head, age 28, born Frant; occupation: farm labourer	James Mepham, farm labourer	Joslins Cottages	1881 Census Frant, Sussex
		Ellen Mepham, F, Wife, age 28, born Mark cross	Ellen Mepham [Manktelow]
		Ernest Mepham, M, Son, age 4, born Frant; occupation: scholar	Ernest Mepham
		Bessie Mepham, F, Daughter, age 5, born Frant; occupation: scholar	Bessie Maude Mepham
		Amos Mepham, M, Son, age 2, born Frant	Amos Mepham
		Alfred Mepham, M, Lodger, single, age 20, born Pembury; occupation: farm labourer	Alfred Mepham

1882	Directory entry	Brooker William, farmer & brick maker, Hawkenbury		Hawkenbury	Kelly's Directory

1882	Directory entry	Hawes Julia (Mrs.), farmer, Hawkenbury		Hawkenbury	Kelly's Directory

1882	Directory entry	Williams Stephen, shopkeeper, Hawkenbury		Hawkenbury	Kelly's Directory

1882	Directory entry			Hawkenbury	Kelly's Directory
	At HAWKENBURY, a hamlet in the Kentish portion, is a School Church, where divine service is performed on Sunday. An undenominational chapel was erected in 1874. The charities are £26 6s. 7d. arising from a bequest of £5 yearly, by Thomas Weller in 1667 which is distributed in bread, and one of £21 6s. 7d. left by Henry Smith, of Wandsworth, and Alderman of London, in 1628.

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