The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Goudhurst Census
Reference RG 11/939: Goudhurst Enumeration District No 3; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: John Thurgood
Goudhurst part of: Mother Church St Mary Ecclesiastical Parish
All that part of the parish of Goudhurst comprised within the 4 Town Gates (recently removed) formerly known as the East, South, West and North gates together with the houses lying on either side of the road from Clay Hill to Risebridge, Bluecoat Lane, and Hope 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

251 Church RoadJane Apps, F, Head, single, age 62, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: housekeeper
    Hannah Apps, F, Sister, single, age 60, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: dressmaker

252 Church RoadJesse Martin, M, Head, married, age 21, born Chart, Kent; occupation: carpenter
    Susannah Martin, F, Wife, married, age 25, born Goudhurst, Kent

253 Church RoadJohn Gower, M, Head, married, age 42, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Phoebe Gower, F, Wife, married, age 32, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Dinah Gower, F, Daughter, age 6, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    John Gower, M, Son, age 2, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Mary Gower, F, Mother, widowed, age 77, born Lamberhurst, Kent
    George Miles, M, Nephew, age 13, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: butcher's boy

254 Church RoadRichard Foster, M, Head, married, age 64, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: journeyman carpenter
    Harriett Foster, F, Wife, married, age 64, born Mayfield, Sussex

255 Church RoadThomas E. Broad, M, Head, married, age 23, born Kent; occupation: bricklayer's labourer
    Sarah A. Broad, F, Wife, married, age 23, born Ireland
    William G. Brooks, M, Wife's brother, age 8, born Scotland; occupation: scholar

256 Church RoadGeorge Smith, M, Head, married, age 37, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: solicitor's general clerk
    Tamar Smith, F, Wife, married, age 38, born Westerham, Kent
    Albert G. Smith, M, Son, age 10, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Sidney R. Smith, M, Son, age 7, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Alfred W. Smith, M, Son, age 5, born Benenden, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Edith J. Smith, F, Daughter, age 2, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Percy T. Smith, M, Son, age 7 m, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Jane Brignall, F, Mother-in-law, widowed, age 71, born Benenden, Kent

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