The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Goudhurst Census
Reference RG 11/939: Goudhurst Enumeration District No 1; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: E. Usherwood
Goudhurst part of: Comprising part of the Ecclesiastical District of Kilndown; Christ Church.
All that East part of the Ecclesiastical District of Kilndown in the parish of Goudhurst lying on each side of the road from Pattenden, to Bedgbury and Flimwell, including Piles Heath, Combwell, Stone Crouch and Rosemary Lane.
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

8Bedgebury FarmJohn Hilder, M, Head, married, age 58, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: land steward (farm bailiff)
    Hannah Hilder, F, Wife, married, age 61, born Sandhurst, Kent
    Caroline A. Hilder, F, Daughter, single, age 29, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Sarah E. R. Hilder, F, Daughter, single, age 23, born Goudhurst, Kent
    William Stapley, M, Servant, single, age 21, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Alexander Colsin, M, Servant, single, age 17, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Mary L. Williamson, F, Servant, single, age 19, born Camden Town, London; occupation: lady help and domestic servant

8GardensJohn Thresher, M, Head, single, age 23, born Taunton, Somerset; occupation: gardener and domestic servant
    William Young, M, Boarder, single, age 19, born Shrivenham, Berkshire; occupation: gardener and domestic servant
    Eleanor Hill, F, Servant, married, age 34, born Keston, Kent; occupation: domestic servant
    Emily J. Paynter, F, Servant, single, age 19, born Pimlico, Middlesex; occupation: domestic servant
    Emma Fenton, F, Servant, single, age 20, born Bradeswood, Stafford; occupation: dairymaid and domestic servant
    Ellen Daley, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Epsom, Surrey; occupation: laundrymaid
    Elizabeth Bowles, F, Servant, single, age 20, born Gillingham, Dorset; occupation: laundrymaid
    Henry Hill, M, Servant, married, age 53, born Bisham, Berkshire; occupation: groom
    Arthur Griffiths, M, Servant, single, age 18, born Leintwardine, Hertford; occupation: groom
    Edward Smith, M, Servant, single, age 17, born Marylebone, Middlesex; occupation: groom

8Spring Wood LodgeWalter Brackfield, M, Head, married, age 54, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Jane Brackfield, F, Wife, married, age 54, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Jane Brackfield, F, Daughter, single, age 32, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Mildred J. Holmwood, F, Visitor, age 4, born Goudhurst, Kent

8Spring Wood LodgeThomas Wallis, M, Head, married, age 52, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Sarah Wallis, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Horace Wallis, M, Son, single, age 17, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Charlotte Wallis, F, Daughter, single, age 14, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Kate Wallis, F, Daughter, age 9, born Goudhurst, Kent
    William Gaskin, M, Boarder, widowed, age 66, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer

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