The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Burwash Census
Reference RG11/1045: Ticehurst Enumeration District No 7; Sub-District: Burwash; Enumerator: John Fuller
All that part of the Parish of Burwash comprising Turzes, Crowhurst Bridge, the Shrub, part of the Lodge Farm-house, the North side of the Turnpike Road leading to the Village of Burwash, the North side of the Village, Brooksmarle, Mottensden, Franchise, Brownings, ..., Sellers Brook, ...., and the North side of the Turnpike Road leading from the Village to the Boundary Stone of the new Ecclesiastical District marked No 2, and which lies to the South East of Haltdown Lane, through Alder Wood and Pasture Wood to Furnace Gill Stream; then to the River Rother and following that River to Crowhurst Bridge.
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]

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Sheet    Place    Census entry

16Main StreetWilliam Mepham, M, Head, married, age 55, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Matilda Mepham, F, Wife, married, age 52, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: milliner
    John Mepham, M, Son, single, age 35, born Burwash, Sussex; handicap: Imbecile
    Joseph E. Mepham, M, Son, single, age 20, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Sarah J. Mepham, F, Daughter, single, age 17, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: dressmaker

16Main StreetMatilda Bourner, F, Head, widowed, age 30, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: machine threshers
    Mary M. Bourner, F, Daughter, age 7, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: scholar
    Charles N. Bourner, M, Son, age 5, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: scholar
    Mahala Bourner, F, Daughter, age 4, born Burwash, Sussex
    William C.E. Bourner, M, Son, age 3, born Burwash, Sussex

16Main StreetThomas Lusted, M, Head, married, age 53, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: land surveyor
    Ellen C. Lusted, F, Wife, married, age 54, born Salehurst, Sussex
    Annie M. Lusted, F, Daughter, single, age 19, born Hastings, Sussex; occupation: dressmaker
    James Lusted, M, Son, single, age 17, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: groom and gardener (domestic)
    Walter Lusted, M, Son, age 12, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: scholar

16Main StreetAnthony Buss, M, Head, married, age 65, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Elizabeth Buss, F, Wife, married, age 61, born Burwash, Sussex

16Main StreetJerimiah Davis, M, Head, widowed, age 37, born Tenterden, Kent; occupation: cordwainer
    George W. Davis, M, Son, age 14, born Tenterden, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Rowland H. Davis, M, Son, age 12, born Tenterden, Kent; occupation: farm labourer scholar
    Ethel Davis, F, Daughter, age 11, born Tenterden, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Frank Davis, M, Son, age 9, born Tenterden, Kent; occupation: scholar

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