The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Cowden, Kent Census
That part of the Parish of Cowden that includes the High Street, Kent Water Hill and Horseshoe Green
Please note:
  • These census records have been transcribed from images of the original census sheets. Whilst all care has been taken, the result is an interpretation of the original which is available at Local Record Offices, from The National Archives, and from ancestry.co.uk
  • Occupation has been unified (e.g. Ag Lab, Farm Lab, and many other such recordings are all displayed as Farm labourer).
  • The Sheet Number is as shown on the original document and is linked to a page showing all the entries on that Sheet (as well as entries from the following or previous sheet where the entry for the location covers more than one sheet).
  • In those instances where the Census entry is incorrect or missing and it has been possible from other sources to derive a correction, then these changes are shown inside square brackets, e.g. [Wife]

Census sheets
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Sheet    Place    Census entry

1Oak Dene LodgeFanny Gearing, F, Head, widowed, age 58, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: laundress
    Edwin Gearing, M, Son, single, age 20, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: gardener
    Thomas Piggott, M, Lodger, widowed, age 82, born Cowden, Kent, unemployed; occupation Farm labourer

1Cross CottageJohn Longley, M, Head, married, age 72, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: garden labourer
    Ester Longley, F, Wife, married, age 61, born Lingfield, Surrey

1Cross CottageCharles Longley, M, Head, married, age 23, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: gardener
    Mary A. Longley, F, Wife, age 26, born Gt. Canfield, Essex
    Charles E. Longley, M, Son, age 10 m, born Bishop Stortford, Hertford

1Old Mill CottageFrancis Lucas, M, Head, married, age 30, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: labourer
    Elizabeth E. Lucas, F, Wife, married, age 30, born Twickenham, Middlesex
    Francis M. Lucas, F, Daughter, age 4 m, born Cowden, Kent
    Elizabeth E. Francis, F, Niece, age 1, born Cowden, Kent
    Francis Lucas, F, Mother, widowed, age 64, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: annuitant

1School HouseWilliam H. Crippin, M, Head, married, age 53, born Canterbury, Kent; occupation: national school master
    Annie Crippin, F, Wife, married, age 40, born Crundale, Kent; occupation: national school mistress
    Arthur C. Crippin, M, Son, age 9, born Canterbury, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Evelyn W.B. Crippin, F, Daughter, age 1, born Cowden, Kent

1High StreetJohn Shoesmith, M, Head, married, age 62, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: grocer
    Amelia Shoesmith, F, Wife, married, age 58, born Chiddingstone, Kent
    Henry Shoesmith, M, Son, single, age 22, born Hartfield, Sussex
    Fanny Shoesmith, F, Daughter, single, age 20, born Cowden, Kent
    Betsey Shoesmith, F, Daughter, single, age 19, born Cowden, Kent

1High StreetJohn Brooker, M, Head, married, age 59, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: shoemaker
    Mary Ann Brooker, F, Wife, married, age 62, born Bedborough, Kent
    Anetta Brooker, F, Daughter, single, age 24, born Cowden, Kent
    Albert Brooker, M, Son, single, age 38, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: shoemaker
    Harry Camfield, M, Lodger, single, age 19, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: shoe maker

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