The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Hailsham Census
Reference RG 11/1041: Hailsham District; Hailsham Enumeration District No 3; Enumerator: John Burgess
Part of the Civil Parish of Hailsham being a circle of one mile in diameter, the Market Square being the centre, being the District upon which are levied the Rates for the Public Lights including the Parish Church & Vicarage, the Town of Hailsham, the Petty Sessions House, Railway Station, Cattle Market & Recreation Ground, Bellbans & Millwalk, the boundary of the Circle being Grinsteds Cottage on the North west, Goldsmith Farm House & Cottage on the North, Millwalk Cottages on the East, Pond House on the South, Prices & Sinnocks Houses on the South West, and Diplocks Farm on the West.
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

23BellbanksGeorge Swadling, M, Head, married, age 28, born Battle, Sussex; occupation: carpenter journeyman
    Grace Swadling, F, Wife, married, age 27, born Hailsham, Sussex
    George Swadling, M, Son, age 2, born Eastbourne, Sussex
    Eliza Swadling, F, Daughter, age 2 m, born Hailsham, Sussex

23BellbanksReuben Bignell, M, Head, married, age 35, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer journeyman
    Harriett Bignell, F, Wife, married, age 27, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Lois Bignell, F, Daughter, age 11, born Hurstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Alfred Bignell, M, Son, age 6, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Reuben Bignell, M, Son, age 4, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar

23BellbanksCaleb Smith, M, Head, married, age 58, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Jane Smith, F, Wife, married, age 58, born Ninfield, Sussex
    John Smith, M, Son, single, age 22, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: rope maker

23BellbanksHenry Terry, M, Head, widowed, age 68, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 147 acres
    Charlotte Crouch, F, Sister in law, married, age 49, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Emily C. Crouch, F, Niece, single, age 19, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: housekeeper
    Mary A. Polhill, F, Boarder, single, age 78, born Lydd, Kent

23BellbanksJesse Pope, M, Head, married, age 32, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
    Jane Pope, F, Wife, married, age 22, born Hailsham, Sussex
    George J. Pope, M, Son, age 1, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Emily Pope, F, Daughter, age 2 m, born Hailsham, Sussex

23BellbanksCharles Pope, M, Head, married, age 37, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: portable engine driver
    Mary Pope, F, Wife, married, age 36, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Thos. Pope, M, Son, age 17, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    John Pope, M, Son, age 10, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Willm. Pope, M, Son, age 7, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Alice L. Pope, F, Daughter, age 5, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    George Pope, M, Son, age 3, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar

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