The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Herstmonceux Census
Reference RG 11/1042: Hailsham District; Herstmonceux Enumeration District No 7; Enumerator: Isaac Shibberfield, snr.
That Portion of the Civil Parish Herstmonceux lying North of the Road leading from Western Boundary at Shrub Green, to Eastern Boundary at Windmillhill including part of Windmillhill, the Rocks, part of Gardner St, Chilsham, and portion of Bodle St, including Church & Rectory, part of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist is comprised in this District.
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  • 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]

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Sheet    Place    Census entry

9Grocers ShopWalter W. Butler, M, Head, married, age 35, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: grocer and draper employing 4 persons
    Mary E. Butler, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Eastbourne, Sussex
    Alice M.L. Butler, F, Daughter, age 9, born Eastbourne, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Walter T. Butler, M, Son, age 8, born Eastbourne, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Archibald Butler, M, Son, age 7, born Eastbourne, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Marian H. Butler, F, Daughter, age 6, born Eastbourne, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Agnes G. Butler, F, Daughter, age 5, born Eastbourne, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Eva B. Butler, F, Daughter, age 2, born Herstmonceux, Sussex
    Harold E. Butler, M, Son, age 1, born Herstmonceux, Sussex
    Martha Butler, F, Mother, widowed, age 73, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: annuitant
    William Oxley, M, Assistant, single, age 20, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: Grocers assistant
    William Harmer, M, Assistant, single, age 18, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: grocers assistant
    Elizabeth Underwood, F, Assistant, single, age 22, born Spalding, Lincoln; occupation: drapers assistant
    Sarah C. Bourne, F, Servant, single, age 21, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: general domestic servant
    Emma A. Waymark, F, Nurse, single, age 14, born Eastbourne, Sussex; occupation: nurse girl (domestic)

9Gardner StreetJoseph Coleman, M, Head, married, age 35, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: beerhouse keeper
    Mary Coleman, F, Wife, married, age 32, born Dallington, Sussex
    Mary Honeysett, F, Niece, age 4, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    William Coleman, M, Lodger, widowed, age 68, born Wartling, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

9Gardner StreetCharles Cornford, M, Head, widowed, age 43, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: fish hawker
    Jane Cornford, F, Mother, widowed, age 74, born Herstmonceux, Sussex

9Gardner StreetWilliam Duly, M, Head, married, age 25, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: trug basket maker
    Esther Duly, F, Wife, married, age 24, born Ninfield, Sussex
    Richard W. Duly, M, Son, age 3, born Herstmonceux, Sussex
    William C. Duly, M, Son, age 5 m, born Herstmonceux, Sussex

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