The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 East Grinstead Census
Reference RG12/789: East Grinstead Enumeration District No 6; Sub-District: East Grinstead; Enumerator: Hy Histed
Boundary Being that part bounded on the West by the road leading from Forest Row Bridge to Shovelstrode Keepers Cottage by way of Wall Hill and Homestall Farm, on the South by the River Medway, on the East by the Parish of Hartfield and on the North by the Parishes of Lingfield and Cowden
Contents Comprising Forest Row Railway Station, Tablehurst, Pixtons, Ashdown House and Farm, Wall Hill Farm, Bramblehurst, Prospect Cottages, Homestall Farm, Hammerwood, Thornhill, Bower and Scarletts Cottages
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  • 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

2The HawthornsJohn Harris, M, Head, widowed, age 55, born Maresfield, Sussex; occupation: builder
    Charlotte Harris, F, Daughter, single, age 31, born East Grinstead, Sussex; occupation: laundress
    Arthur H Harris, M, Son, single, age 29, born East Grinstead, Sussex; handicap: imbecile
    Imogin M Wood, F, Stepdaughter, single, age 38, born East Grinstead, Sussex; occupation: laundress

2The HawthornsChristopher Prince, M, Head, widowed, age 71, born Southwark, Surrey; occupation: retired mercantile clerk
    Harriet F Prince, F, Daughter, single, age 43, born Peckham, Surrey
    Emma A Prince, F, Daughter, single, age 33, born Islington, Middlesex
    Elizabeth Mepham, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Hammerwood, Sussex; occupation: general domestic servant

2Firtree HouseMark Mercer, M, Head, married, age 47, born Thatcham, Sussex; occupation: Gardener
    Verena Mercer, F, Wife, married, age 28, born Brighton, Sussex
    Violet Mercer, F, Daughter, single, age 8, born Burgess Hill, Sussex
    Eliza Mercer, F, Daughter, single, age 6, born Burgess Hill, Sussex
    Victor Mercer, M, Son, single, age 5, born Burgess Hill, Sussex
    Minnie Mercer, F, Daughter, single, age 2, born Ashurstwood, Sussex
    Agnes Holway, F, Sister, single, age 19, born Brighton, Sussex

2Ashurst Wood HouseHenry Finch, M, Head, married, age 59, born Willesden, Middlesex; occupation: barrister
    Sarah J Finch, F, Wife, married, age 63, born St Marylebone, Middlesex
    William W Finch, M, Son, single, age 22, born East Grinstead, Sussex; occupation: architect
    Ernest C Finch, M, Son, single, age 21, born Bennington, Hertfordshire; occupation: articled clerk
    Catherine S Finch, F, Daughter, single, age 19, born Bennington, Hertfordshire
    Rose M A Mitchell, F, Sister-in-law, widowed, age 64, born Jamaica, West Indies; occupation: visitor
    Sarah Budgen, F, Servant, single, age 35, born West Hoathly, Sussex; occupation: cook
    Sarah Knight, F, Servant, single, age 23, born Ockley, Surrey; occupation: parlourmaid
    Elizabeth Dyer, F, Servant, single, age 25, born Withiel, Cornwall; occupation: housemaid

2Cottage, Ashurst WoodGeorge Pocock, M, Head, married, age 53, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: joiner
    Phebe Pocock, F, Wife, married, age 57, born Cowden, Kent
    Ann S Pocock, F, Daughter, single, age 20, born Croydon, Surrey
    William J Pocock, M, Son, single, age 18, born Croydon, Surrey; occupation: carpenter and joiner
    Ada B F Pocock, F, Daughter, single, age 16, born East Grinstead, Sussex

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