The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Rotherfield Census (including Crowborough)
North of Crowborough including Laurell Trees, Orznash, Bullfinches, Burchden, Cobbarn and Eridge
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

5ForgeJoseph Brown, M, Head, married, age 54, born Shropshire; occupation: farm labourer
    Hannah Brown, F, Wife, married, age 56, born Northamptonshire; occupation: railway gate keeper
    Hannah Brown, F, Daur, single, age 25, born Scotland
    Joseph Brown, M, Son, single, age 23, born London; occupation: farm labourer
    William Brown, M, Son, single, age 19, born Hertfordshire; occupation: farm labourer

5Forge Farm HouseThomas Godley, M, Head, married, age 33, born Hartfield, employs 8 men and 2 boys; occupation: farmer
    Rhoda Godley, F, Wife, married, age 33, born Tunbridge Wells
    Alice Godley, F, Daughter, age 5, born Rotherfield
    Frank Godley, M, Son, age 3, born Rotherfield
    Florence Godley, F, Daughter, age 1, born Rotherfield
    Percy Willm. Godley, M, Son, age 2 m, born Rotherfield
    Mary Jane Sedgewick, F, Niece, age 14, born Southborough; occupation Visitor
    Elizabeth Turner, F, Servant, single, age 15, born Withyham; occupation: domestic servant
    Benjamin Tasker, M, Servant, single, age 20, born Withyham; occupation: farm labourer

5Forge CottageEdward Barden, M, Head, married, age 42, born Rotherfield, occupation: farm labourer
    Jane Barden, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Tonbridge
    Ernest Barden, M, Son, age 12, born Tonbridge, occupation: scholar
    Thomas Barden, M, Son, age 9, born Tonbridge, occupation: scholar
    Arthur Berguth, M, Step Son, age 11, born Tonbridge, occupation: scholar
    Eliza Barden, F, Daughter, age 2, born Rotherfield
    James Barden, M, Son, age 1, born Rotherfield
    Henry Ottley, M, Boarder, single, age 53; occupation Farm labourer

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