The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Wadhurst Census
Wadhurst Village, High Street and Church Street
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

9VillageHerbert Dadswell, M, Head, single, age 50, born Wadhurst; occupation: fly proprietor

9High StreetJoseph Frayling, M, Head, married, age 29, born Wiltshire; occupation: stone mason
    Eliza Jane Frayling, F, Wife, married, age 27, born Wiltshire

9High StreetJohn Smith, M, Head, married, age 32, born Wadhurst; occupation: grocer and draper
    Louiza Smith, F, Wife, married, age 30, born Buxted
    Emily May Smith, F, Daughter, age 7, born Brighton; occupation: scholar
    Fanny Louisa Smith, F, Daughter, age 5, born Wadhurst; occupation: scholar
    Frank Percy Smith, M, Son, age 1, born Wadhurst
    Esther Rose, F, Millener, single, age 26, born Lamberhurst; occupation Milliner
    Emily Fairbrother, F, Servant, age 14, born Wadhurst; occupation: domestic servant

9High StreetHenry George Wallis, M, Head, married, age 24, born Wadhurst; occupation: bricklayer's labourer
    Louisa M. Wallis, F, Daughter, age 2, born Middlesex
    James Potter, M, Lodger, single, age 19, born Norfolk; occupation Stone Cutter

9Pump VillaSamuel Watson, M, Head, married, age 30, born Burwash; occupation Carpenter journeyman
    Elizabeth Watson, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Wiltshire
    Lilian E. Watson, F, Daughter, age 3, born Wadhurst; occupation Scholar
    Daisy M. Watson, F, Daughter, age 1, born Wadhurst

9High StreetCharles William Ashby, M, Head, widowed, age 31, born Wadhurst, employs 6 men and 1 boy; occupation: master carpenter
    Charles W. Ashby, M, Son, age 2, born Wadhurst
    Marie B.A. Ashby, F, Daughter, age 5, born Wadhurst; occupation: scholar
    Frances A. Ashby, F, Sister, single, age 37, born Wadhurst; occupation: housekeeper
    Elizabeth Ashby, F, Mother, widowed, age 65, born Wadhurst; occupation: annuitant
    Philadelphia Wallis, F, Aunt, single, age 71, born Wadhurst; occupation: annuitant

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