The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Hailsham Census
Reference RG 11/1041: Hailsham District; Hailsham Enumeration District No 5; Enumerator: Thomas H. Pitcher
Part of the Parish of Hailsham, lying North of the road leading from the Spy Marshes by Downash, to Hailsham Common, thence following the Boundary of the Circle on the East and North, to West Side, thence North of the footpath, leading to Knockhatch to the West boundary of Parish, including Leapcross, Hempstead Lane, Hawks House, Harebeating, Amberstone, Magham Down, Newbridge, Marshfoot, White Dyke, & the Swan, part of the Corporation of Pevensey is comprrised in this District.
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

5Magham DownJohn Smith, M, Head, married, age 48, born Newick, Sussex; occupation: hay trusser
    Julia Smith, F, Wife, married, age 50, born Brenchly, Kent
    Rhoda J. Smith, F, Daughter, single, age 11, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: scholar

5Magham DownJemina Wood, F, Head, widowed, age 65, born Wartling, Sussex; occupation: dressmaker
    Jane Wood, F, Daughter, widowed, age 35, born Devon; occupation: monthly nurse
    Alice Wood, F, Granddaughter, single, age 12, born Chelsea, Middlesex; occupation: scholar
    Reuben Foster, M, Lodger, single, age 50, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

5Magham DownThomas Chapman, M, Head, married, age 67, born Mixbery, Oxfordshire; occupation: farmer of 70 acres employing 1 man
    Catherine Chapman, F, Wife, married, age 67, born Finmere, Oxfordshire
    William Chapman, M, Son, married, age 32, born Finmere, Oxfordshire; occupation: farmer's son
    Rhoda R. Chapman, F, Daughter in law, married, age 27, born Portsmouth, Hampshire; occupation: farmer's daughter
    Mable C. Chapman, F, Granddaughter, age 7, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    William T. E. Chapman, M, Grandson, age 6, born Wartling, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    George J. Chapman, M, Grandson, age 4, born Wartling, Sussex
    Catherine F. Lewis, F, Granddaughter, age 8, born Eastbourne, Sussex; occupation: scholar

5Magham DownGeorge Fagg, M, Head, widowed, age 69, born Kingston, Kent; occupation: farm labourer

5Magham DownJesse Fry, M, Head, married, age 42, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: brick maker
    Mary Fry, F, Wife, married, age 30, born Brenchly, Kent
    George Fry, M, Son, single, age 16, born Groombridge, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Mary J. Fry, F, Daughter, single, age 14, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Amilia Fry, F, Daughter, age 10, born Groombridge, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Sarah Fry, F, Daughter, age 8, born Groombridge, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Arthur Fry, M, Son, age 4, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent
    William Fry, M, Son, age 2, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent
    Albert Fry, M, Son, age 10 m, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent
    Ann Wells, F, Visitor, age 7, born Tonbridge, Kent
    Frederick Wells, M, Visitor, age 5, born Tonbridge, Kent

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