The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 East Grinstead Census
The Southern part of East Grinstead Parish that includes Ashdown Forest near Forest Row, Highgate, Stone Quarry House and Witch Cross Inn
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

27Ashdown ForestEdward Martin, M, Head, married, age 60, born East Grinstead; occupation: carpenter
    Lucy Martin, F, Wife, married, age 69, born East Grinstead
    Martin Ray, M, Boarder, widowed, age 75, born East Grinstead

27Ashdown ForestTrayton Tester, M, Head, married, age 25, born Forest Row; occupation: wood dealer
    Adelaide Tester, F, Wife, married, age 32, born London

27Ashdown ForestWilliam Tester, M, Head, married, age 75, born Forest Row; occupation: sawyer
    Rhoda Tester, F, Wife, married, age 67, born Hartfield
    Margaret Harding, F, Granddaughter, single, age 12, born Forest Row; occupation: scholar
    Henry Martin, M, Boarder, single, age 56, born Forest Row, handicap: deaf; occupation: labourer

27Ashdown ForestHenry Tester, M, Head, married, age 35, born East Grinstead; occupation: sawyer
    Ellen Tester, F, Wife, married, age 36, born East Grinstead
    Fanny Tester, F, Daughter, single, age 12, born East Grinstead; occupation: nurse
    Ellen Tester, F, Daughter, single, age 10, born East Grinstead; occupation: scholar
    Harry F. Tester, M, Son, age 9, born East Grinstead; occupation: scholar
    Emily Tester, F, Daughter, age 4, born East Grinstead; occupation: scholar
    Owen J. Tester, M, Son, age 3, born East Grinstead
    Arthur Cullen, M, Nurse Child Boarder, age 1, born Croydon, Surrey

27Holly CottageIsaac Slater, M, Head, married, age 54, born Hartfield; occupation Coachman
    Emily Slater, F, Wife, married, age 47, born Forest Row; occupation Laundress
    Samuel Slater, M, Father, widowed, age 90, born Hartfield, handicap: deaf; occupation Labourer
    Harriett Harding, F, Niece, single, age 8, born Forest Row; occupation: scholar

27Ashdown ForestJohn Heasman, M, Head, married, age 53, born East Grinstead; occupation: farm labourer
    Mary Heasman, M, Wife, married, age 53, born East Grinstead
    Jacob Heasman, M, Son, single, age 26, born East Grinstead; occupation: labourer

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