The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Tonbridge, Kent Census
That part of the parish of Tonbridge that includes Somerhill and the Hastings Road
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

2Park Farm, SomerhillGeorge Lipscomb, M, Head, married, age 27, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: assistant farm bailiff
    Ann Lipscomb, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Tudely, Kent

2Shepherds Lodge, SomerhillReuben Towner, M, Head, widowed, age 44, born Tudely, Kent; occupation: shepherd
    Alice Moore, F, House Keeper, widowed, age 65, born Tudely, Kent; occupation: housekeeper
    George D. Bridges, M, Boader, single, age 13, born Tudely, Kent, occupation: under gardener
    Edwin Geo. Wheeler, M, Lodger, single, age 19, born Amesbury, Wiltshire; occupation Under gardener

21 Park Farm Cottages, SomerhillHenry S. Walter, M, Head, married, age 53, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation Labourer
    Hester Walter, F, Wife, married, age 51, born West Peckham, Kent

22 Park Farm Cottages, SomerhillWilliam Dadson, M, Head, married, age 59, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: carter
    Sarah Dadson, F, Wife, married, age 50, born Tunbridge, Kent
    Edward Prall, M, Boader, single, age 19, born Tudely, Kent; occupation Carter's mate

2Knowles BankJohn Wm. Finch, M, Head, married, age 44, born Sandgate, Kent; occupation: retired major
    Elizabeth Finch, F, Wife, married, age 50, born Shrewsbury, Shropshire
    Mary Ford, F, Servant, single, age 26, born Bulth..., Montgomery, Wales; occupation: cook
    Sophia Head, F, Servant, single, age 16, born Brenchley, Kent; occupation: housemaid
    George Holman, M, Servant, single, age 14, born Capel, Kent; occupation: house boy

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