The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 Rotherfield Census (including Crowborough)
Reference RG12/782: Rotherfield Enumeration District No 1
Enumerator: Mr Alfred Crittall
Being that part which lies South East of the Road leading from the Village of Rotherfield to Butchers Cross as far as the Boundary of the Parish then continuing the Boundary to Mark Cross and from thence by the High Road, the Kings Arms Inn in the Village taking all the houses within circle. Contents comprising Horse Grove, Cottage Hill, Rother House, Rugham, Argos Hill, Green Hill, Yew Trees, Frenches, Stile House, Marlboro's Head, Mark House, The Priest House at Holy Trinity Orphanage, Bletchingly, Bloomfield Villa and Beulah.
The whole in the Parliamentary Division of Rye.
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

2Convent LodgeGeorge Groombridge, M, Head, married, age 31, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Emily Groombridge, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Lamberhurst, Sussex
    George Groombridge, M, Son, age 9, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    John Groombridge, M, Son, age 7, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Frank Groombridge, M, Son, age 6, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Willia Groombridge, F, Daughter, age 5, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Wilfrid Groombridge, M, Son, age 3, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Joseph Groombridge, M, Son, age 2, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Emily Groombridge, F, Daughter, age 1, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Margeret Groombridge, F, Daughter, age 1, born Rotherfield, Sussex

2The PresbyteryThomas H C Ellison, M, Head, single, age 47, born Ireland; occupation: roman catholic priest
    Emily Hardy, F, Servant, single, age 26, born Gorton, Lancashire; occupation: general servant
    Mary Larisa Merritt, F, Visitor, single, age 31, born Hackney, London; occupation: living on own means

2Convent CottageWilliam H Ryde, M, Head, married, age 29, born Norton, Staffordshire; occupation House carpenter
    Sarah E Ryde, F, Wife, married, age 30, born Stone, Staffordshire
    William H Ryde, M, Son, age 6, born Small Sharen, Staffordshire; occupation Scholar
    Mary E Ryde, F, Daughter, age 3, born Norton, Staffordshire

2Tan Yard CottageWilliam Groombridge, M, Head, married, age 28, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Emily J Groombridge, F, Wife, married, age 20, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    John H Groombridge, M, Son, age 1, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Sophia Groombridge, F, Mother, widowed, age 68, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    John Groombridge, M, Brother, single, age 23, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: domestic gardener

2Tan Yard FarmWalter Noakes, M, Head, married, age 53, born T. Wells, Kent; occupation: farm bailiff
    John M Payte, M, Stepson, married, age 40, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Valuer and surveyor
    Emma Payte, F, Stepson's Wife, married, age 30, born T. Wells, Kent
    Elizabeth M Payte, F, Stepson Daughter, age 10, born Mark Cross, Sussex; occupation Scholar
    Katharine E Payte, F, Stepson's Daughter, age 9, born Mark Cross, Sussex; occupation Scholar
    John N Payte, M, Stepson Son, age 4, born Mark Cross, Sussex
    Harford W P Payte, M, Stepson's Son, age 2, born Mark Cross, Sussex
    Bernard Payte, M, Stepson's Son, age 9 months, born Mark Cross, Sussex

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