The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Lamberhurst Census
Reference RG 11/1048: Lamberhurst Enumeration District No 11;District: Ticehurst; Enumerator: John Padgham
Hook Green District comprises all that part of the parish which lies West of the Turnpike road leading from Lamberhurst to Wadhurst beginning at the bridge on the great river in the village to the parish boundary above the Slade Turnpike gate then North to the Parish boundary to Free Heath then East of the Parish boundary to the great river and South of the great river to the bridge in the village including part of the village and the .., Furnace Lane, Slade, Hog Hole, Free Heath, Fullers, Hook Green, Furnace Mill.
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

15VillageJohn Davis, M, Head, married, age 69, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Dinah Davis, F, Wife, married, age 71, born Lamberhurst, Sussex

15Manorden, VillageAlfred Pearson, M, Head, married, age 35, born Woodchurch, Kent; occupation: master grocer employing 1 man
    Mary J. Pearson, F, Wife, married, age 34, born Woodchurch, Kent; occupation: grocer's wife
    George A. Pearson, M, Son, age 2, born Lamberhurst, Sussex
    Kate E. Pearson, F, Daughter, age 3 m, born Lamberhurst, Sussex
    Charlotte Greagsby, F, Servant, single, age 15, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: nursemaid and domestic servant
    William S. Burt, M, Boarder, single, age 19, born Wittersham, Kent; occupation: grocer assistant

15VillageWilliam Gurr, M, Head, married, age 52, born Chatham; occupation: butcher master employing 1 man
    Sophia Gurr, F, Wife, married, age 49, born Brenchley
    John H. Gurr, M, Son, age 9, born Lamberhurst; occupation: scholar
    Arthur Gurr, M, Son, age 7, born Lamberhurst; occupation: scholar
    William Fisher, M, Boarder, single, age 57, born Wittersham
    Annie J. Mercer, F, Servant, single, age 15, born Horsmonden; occupation: General domestic servant
    John Smith, M, Visitor, widowed, age 30, born Kimpton, Hertford; occupation: butler and domestic servant
    William E. Smith, M, Nephew, age 2, born Camberwell, Surrey
    William Bellis, M, Visitor, single, age 21, born Chatham, Kent; occupation: clerk
    Henry Burrows, M, Boarder, single, age 20, born Broadway, Worcester; occupation: teacher

15VillageGeorge Milsted, M, Head, married, age 57, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: master blacksmith employing 1 man
    Mary Milsted, F, Wife, married, age 46, born Goudhurst, Kent

15VillageWilliam H. Wallis, M, Head, married, age 29, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer and mason master employing 6 men and parish clerk
    Ann Wallis, F, Wife, married, age 27, born Titsey, Surrey
    William H. Wallis, M, Son, age 7, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Henry G. Wallis, M, Son, age 6, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Annie M. Wallis, F, Daughter, age 4, born Lamberhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Arthur T. Wallis, M, Son, age 2, born Lamberhurst, Sussex
    Alice J. Wallis, F, Daughter, age 5 m, born Lamberhurst, Sussex

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