The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 Cowden Census
Reference RG12/675: Sevenoaks Enumeration District No 4; Sub-District: Penshurst; Enumerator: John Coomber
Boundary Bounded on the North by Edenbridge and Hever Parishes, on the East by Chidingstone Parish, on the South by Hartfield Parish, on the West by the Road leading from Holtye Common to Cowden Cross then to Edenbridge
Contents All that part of the Parish that lies on the East side of the Turnpike road leading from Edenbridge to Holtye common comprising the Green and Moat Farms, Bassetts Farm, Oak Dene, Kent Water, Rectory and the East side of the Street.
Also Heathen Street, Falcon Hurst Court, Edells, Horshoegreen, the Railway Station, Curds Cottages, Stride Wood, Buckhurst and Mark Beech.
The whole in the parliamentary division of Tunbridge
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

3High StreetHenry Dale, M, Head, married, age 35, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Elizabeth J Dale, F, Wife, married, age 32, born ….Lian, Wiltshire
    Sidney J Dale, M, Son, age 4, born Cowden, Kent
    Leonard H Dale, M, Son, age 3, born Cowden, Kent
    Fredrick R Dale, M, Son, age 2 months, born Cowden, Kent

3High StreetCharles Chesson, M, Head, married, age 34, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: bricklayer
    Alice J Chesson, F, Wife, married, age 40, born Ansty, Hampshire
    Celestina M Chesson, F, Daughter, age 12, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Livansa Chesson, F, Daughter, age 10, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Malcom C Chesson, M, Son, age 8, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: scholar

3High StreetJohn Brooker, M, Head, married, age 69, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: shoemaker
    Mary Brooker, F, Wife, married, age 73, born Bidborough, Kent
    Albert Brooker, M, Son, single, age 42, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: shoemaker
    Annetta Brooker, F, Daughter, single, age 34, born Cowden, Kent
    Henry Welfare, M, Lodger, widowed, age 76, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: Tailor
    Sampson Wager, M, Lodger, widowed, age 74, born Longstone, Derbyshire; occupation: Wheelwright

3High StreetFanny Shoesmith, F, Head, single, age 30, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: postmistress
    Betty Shoesmith, F, Sister, single, age 29, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: shop
    Walter J Shoesmith, M, Brother, single, age 31, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: butcher
    Albert J Shoesmith, M, Nephew, age 5, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: scholar

3School HouseWiliam Dealey, M, Head, widowed, age 52, born Fulham, Sussex; occupation: schoolmaster, 1st class certificated
    Helena C Dealey, F, Daughter, single, age 28, born Darlington, Durham; occupation: assistant mistress
    Ethel P Dealey, F, Daughter, single, age 15, born Reigate, Surrey; occupation: dressmaker's apprentice
    Ruth Dealey, F, Daughter, single, age 7, born New Romney, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Isabell R Dealey, F, Granddaughter, age 5, born Commercial Road, London; occupation: scholar

3Kent Water MillThos Dadswell, M, Head, married, age 72, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: miller
    Harriett Dadswell, F, Wife, married, age 77, born Edenbridge, Kent
    Kate Dadswell, F, Daughter, single, age 36, born East Grinstead, Sussex
    Ruth Dadswell, F, Daughter, single, age 29, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: dressmaker
    Henry T Steer, M, Boarder, single, age 32, born Lingfield, Surrey; occupation: miller

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