The Weald - Property history, bibliography and topography

Historical records

c 1724		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1724 by Richard Budgen		Shover Green

1^st Sep 1787		[North] Sussex by John Cary		Shover Gr	John Cary
	John Cary, apprenticed to William Palmer in 1770, went into business in 1783 as a publisher of maps, plans and road-books. He was highly successful and is referred to as the founder of the modern English School of Cartography by H.G. Fordham

c 1795		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream		Shovers Green

c 1825		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood		Shover Green

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

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Joseph Fairbrother, M, Head, married, age 60, born Wadhurst; occupation: herdsman	Joseph Fairbrother	Shovers Green Cottage	1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex
		Elizabeth Fairbrother, F, Wife, married, age 51, born Wadhurst	Elizabeth Fairbrother
		Amelia C. Fairbrother, F, Daughter, single, age 24, born Wadhurst	Amelia C. Fairbrother
		Philadelphia Fairbrother, F, Daughter, age 15, born Wadhurst	Philadelphia Fairbrother

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	John Baldock, M, Head, married, age 33, born Wadhurst, occupation: grocer and farmer	John Baldock, grocer and farmer	Shovers Green House & Shop	1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex
		Ruth Baldock, F, Wife, married, age 34, born Wadhurst	Ruth Baldock [Pattenden]
		Ruth Baldock, F, Daughter, age 12, born Wadhurst, occupation: scholar	Ruth Baldock
		John Baldock, M, Son, age 9, born Wadhurst, occupation: scholar	John Baldock
		Ann Baldock, F, Daughter, age 7, born Wadhurst, occupation: scholar	Ann Baldock
		George Baldock, M, Son, age 5, born Wadhurst	George Baldock
		Fanny Baldock, F, Daughter, age 2, born Wadhurst	Fanny Baldock
		Ann Pattenden, F, Sister In Law, widowed, age 46, born Ticehurst	Ann Pattenden

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	George Carl, M, Head, widowed, age 49, born North America, occupation: farm labourer	George Carl, farm labourer	Lodge On Shovers Green Farm	1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex

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