The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Rotherfield Census (including Crowborough)
South West of Crowborough including Crowborough Cross Inn, Beacon Observatory, South View and Coldharbour
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

6BeaconWilliam Homewood, M, Head, married, age 76, born Rotherfield; occupation: farm labourer
    Elizabeth Homewood, F, Wife, married, age 66, born Buxted
    Jonathan Homewood, M, Son, single, age 25, born Rotherfield; occupation: farm labourer

6BeaconGeorge Beard, M, Head, married, age 35, born Rotherfield, employs 1 man, occupation: carpenter
    Eliza Beard, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Rotherfield
    Thomas Wickens, M, Son, age 13, born Rotherfield
    Mary Ann Wickens, F, Daughter, age 10, born Hampshire; occupation Scholar
    Jane Beard, F, Daughter, age 5, born Rotherfield, occupation: scholar
    Eliza Beard, F, Daughter, age 3, born Rotherfield

6BeaconJohn Smith, M, Head, married, age 48, born Waldron; occupation: farmer and butcher
    Emily Smith, F, Wife, married, age 43, born Waldron
    William Smith, M, Son, single, age 18, born Waldron
    Sarah Smith, F, Daughter, age 10, born Waldron; occupation: scholar
    Rowland Smith, M, Son, age 8, born Waldron; occupation: scholar
    George Smith, M, Son, age 6, born Waldron; occupation: scholar
    Henry Smith, F, Son, age 4, born Waldron; occupation: scholar
    Tanny Smith, F, Daughter, age 2, born Waldron
    Samuel Smith, M, Son, married, age 23, born Waldron; occupation: visitor
    Julia Smith, F, Sons Wife, married, age 19, born Heathfield; occupation: scholar
    Besie Smith, F, Sons Daughter, age 11 m, born Heathfield

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