The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1851 Hailsham Census
Reference RG 107/1638: Hailsham District; Hailsham Enumeration District No 2b
All that part of the Parish of Hailsham which lies South East of the Corporation Boundary line from New Bridge to the Swan Beer House and South of the Road, from thence to the Culvert under the Railway, Hailsham Common then crossing the Common by footpath to the end of Occupation Road, leading to Knock Hatch, from thence following the footpath to Robin Post Lane to the boundary of the Parish, within which is comprised part of the Corporation of Pevensey (including Cacklebury, Polegate and Ersham Lodge.)
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
    Caroline E M Shoesmith, F, Daughter, single, age 31, born Hailsham, Sussex
    James Shoesmith, M, Son, single, age 24, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: employed on farm
    Sophia Boniface, F, Servant, single, age 25, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: general house servant
    George Boniface, M, Servant, single, age 20, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    William Coney, M, Servant, single, age 28, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

68Lambs HoleFrancis Gasson, farm labourer, M, Head, widowed, age 78, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Harriott Gasson, F, Daughter, single, age 27, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: housekeeper
    Frances Gasson, F, Daughter, single, age 23, born Hailsham, Sussex
    James William Gasson, M, Grandson, single, age 7, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Jane Ann Gasson, F, Granddaughter, single, age 4, born Hailsham, Sussex
    William James Gasson, M, Grandson, single, age 3, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Elizabeth Ellen Gasson, F, Granddaughter, single, age 1, born Hailsham, Sussex
    David Shelley, M, Lodger, single, age 26, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: spinner of twines

68White DikeRuth Cuckney, farmer, F, Head, single, age 62, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farmer, 53 acres of land employing no hands but themselves
    William Cuckney, M, Brother, single, age 55, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farmer, ditto; handicap: blind
    John Cuckney, M, Brother, single, age 50, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farmer, ditto
    Edward Cuckney, M, Brother, single, age 45, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farmer, ditto
    Frances Geal, F, Servant, married, age 52, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: general house servant

68White DikeJohn Walker, farmer, M, Head, married, age 45, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farmer, 36 acres employing no hands but the servant
    Mary Walker, F, Wife, married, age 29, born Hellingly, Sussex
    Mercy Walker, F, Daughter, single, age 7, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Jane Walker, F, Daughter, single, age 5, born Hailsham, Sussex
    William Walker, M, Son, single, age 3, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Henry Walker, M, Son, single, age 7M, born Hailsham, Sussex
    James Howel, M, Servant, single, age 29, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Lucy Ann Page, F, Servant, single, age 16, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: general house servant

68White DikeJames Baker, farmer, M, Head, married, age 72, born Hollington, Sussex; occupation: farmer, 4 acres
    Ann Baker, F, Wife, married, age 74, born Ewhurst, Sussex

68White DikeJohn Vine, huckster, M, Head, married, age 25, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: huckster
    Caroline Vine, F, Wife, married, age 22, born Hailsham, Sussex
    John Vine, M, Son, single, age 1, born Hailsham, Sussex

68Swan Beerhouse And FarmWilliam Dray, beerhouse keeper and farmer, M, Head, married, age 31, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: beerhouse keeper and farmer, 20 acres employing no men
    Eleanor Dray, F, Wife, married, age 32, born Hailsham, Sussex
    William James Richardson, M, Son, single, age 7, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Richard Dray, M, Son, single, age 2, born Hailsham, Sussex

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