The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1851 Burwash Census
Reference HO 107/1639: Ticehurst Enumeration District No 1a; Sub-District: Burwash; Enumerator: John Fuller
All that part of the Parish of Burwash comprising Turses, 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, Brooks Marie, Mottingsden, Fry's, Holtdown and the North side of the Turnpike Road leading from the Village to the Wheel Turnpike Gate and which lies to the South East of Holtdown Lane and the road from thence to Crowhurst Bridge.
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  • 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]
 
Sheet    Place    Census entry
1Daws Farmhouse, VillageEdward Boorman, M, Head, married, age 66, born Salehurst, Sussex, occupation: farm bailiff of 57 acres employing 1 man
1Little DawsGeorge Eastwood, M, Head, married, age 30, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: carrier
1Little DawsRobert Styles, M, Head, married, age 53, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1Little DawsJoseph Blackford, M, Head, single, age 32, occupation: farm labourer
1Little DawsJohn Clapson, M, Head, married, age 62, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: highway labourer
2Little DawsMary Hilder, F, Head, single, age 28, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: dressmaker
2Little DawsJames Watson, M, Head, married, age 24, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
2Witherest FarmhouseGeorge F. Gilbert, M, Head, married, age 70, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farmer, 61 acres, employing 2 men and 1 boy
2Copper's HillJames Pankhurst, M, Head, widowed, age 51, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
3Copper's HillStephen Pope, M, Head, married, age 39, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
3Green FarmhouseJoel Newington, M, Head, widowed, age 77, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: farmer, 70 acres, employing 3 men and 1 boy
3Near The WheelThomas Ellis, M, Head, married, age 31, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4Near The WheelThomas Hawkins, M, Head, married, age 35, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer and rat catcher
4Near The WheelHenry Relf, M, Head, married, age 43, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: wheelwright and carpenter
4Elphick'sWilliam Pilbeam, M, Head, married, age 71, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Jobbing labourer
4Elphick'sJohn Mepham, M, Head, married, age 53, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: jobbing labourer
5Seller's BrookJoseph Blackford, M, Head, married, age 58, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: farmer of 9 acres employing no man or boy
5Holt Down HillWilliam Hepden, M, Head, married, age 74, born Asburnham, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 25 acres employing 1 boy
5Holt Down HillSamuel Watson, M, Head, widowed, age 51, born Dallington, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
5Holt Down HillRichard Waddell, M, Head, single, age 31, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
6Holt Down HillJohn Leaney, M, Head, married, age 56, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Fry's FarmhouseFrancis D. Haviland, M, Head, married, age 40, born Wouldham, Kent; occupation: farmer of 470 acres employing 26 labourers
6Fry's CottageSamuel Ellis, M, Head, married, age 42, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Fry's CottageGeorge Hyland, M, Head, married, age 60, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: working farm bailiff
7Holt Down FarmhouseFrancis Russell, M, Head, married, age 70, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farmer, 68 acres, employing 4 labourers
7Holt DownWilliam Croft, M, Head, married, age 27, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: farmer's waggoner
7MottingsdenJohn Watson, M, Head, married, age 49, born Dallington, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
8MottingsdenGeorge Jarratt, M, Head, married, age 25, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farmer's waggoner
8Mottingsden FarmhouseSarah Morris, F, Head, single, age 45, born Shropshire; occupation: daughter of farmer, 90 acres, employing 7 men and 3 boys
8BrooksmarlEdwin Dann, M, Head, married, age 26, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farmer's waggoner
8BrooksmarlWalter Bull, M, Head, married, age 45, born Chiddingly, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
8ShrubGeorge Hyland, M, Head, married, age 37, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9ShrubHenry Head, M, Head, married, age 58, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9ShrubRobert Blackford, M, Head, married, age 45, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
9Crowhurst Bridge FarmhouseNicholas Fenner, M, Head, married, age 44, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 17 acres employing no labourers
10TursesThomas Edwards, M, Head, married, age 35, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
10Turses FarmhouseRichard Lusted, M, Head, married, age 29, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer's waggoner
10Turses FarmhouseSamuel Clapson, M, Head, married, age 48, born Ewhurst, Sussex; occupation: farm bailiff
11Part of Lodge FarmhouseWilliam Woodgate, M, Head, single, age 44, born Udimore, Sussex; occupation: House servant
11Lodge FarmJohn Sinden, M, Head, married, age 50, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farmer's waggoner
11Lodge FarmStephen Baker, M, Head, married, age 38, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
11Lodge FarmRichard Burgess, M, Head, married, age 34, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11Old Tott FarmhouseJohn Harmer, M, Head, married, age 79, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12Old Tott FarmhouseJohn Harmer, M, Head, married, age 54, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: farm bailiff
13Burwash VillageJames Philcox, M, Head, married, age 68, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Solicitor
13Burwash VillageJoseph Mepham, M, Head, married, age 24, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: groom
13Burwash VillageJohn Russell, M, Head, married, age 36, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
13Burwash VillageAbigail Sales, F, Head, married, age 44, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: dressmaker
14Burwash VillageDaniel Jenner, M, Head, married, age 38, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
14Burwash VillageEdward Baker, M, Head, widowed, age 57, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: cordwainer master, employs no men
14Burwash VillageRichard Coppard, M, Head, married, age 29, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: patten maker
14Burwash VillageMary Buss, F, Head, widowed, age 78, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: pauper
15Burwash VillageJames Standen, M, Head, married, age 45, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: Cordwainer master, employs no men
15Square FarmhouseJames Noakes, M, Head, married, age 66, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: farmer, 191 acres, employing 6 men and 3 boys
15Burwash VillageThomas Newick, M, Head, married, age 29, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
15Burwash VillageWilliam Mepham, M, Head, married, age 26, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
16Burwash VillageWilliam Chandler, M, Head, married, age 31, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
16Burwash VillageThomas Payne, M, Head, married, age 69, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer and sawyer
16Burwash VillageStephen Eastwood, M, Head, married, age 38, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
17Burwash VillageHonor Pilbeam, F, Head, widowed, age 43, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Pauper
17Burwash VillageCollin Pope, M, Head, married, age 34, born Kent; occupation: Bricklayer
17Burwash VillageGeorge Caller, M, Head, married, age 40, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
18Burwash VillageAnthony Buss, M, Head, married, age 34, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
18Burwash VillageWilliam Blunden, M, Head, widowed, age 70, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: master hatter, employs no men
18Burwash VillageStephen R. Mowle, M, Head, married, age 40, born Deal, Kent; occupation: grocer and draper
19Burwash VillageEleanor Tournay, F, Head, single, age 47, born Bodiam, Sussex; occupation: Land proprietor
19Burwash VillageWilliam Cady, M, Head, married, age 24, born Norfolk; occupation: railway labourer
19Bell Cottage, Burwash VillageThomas Sands, M, Head, married, age 49, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: railway labourer
20Bell Inn, Burwash VillageWilliam Nightingale, M, Head, married, age 37, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: Innkeeper
20House Adjoining The Bell InnBenjamin Wood, M, Head, married, age 42, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Parish clerk and carpenter
21Farmhouse, Burwash VillageDavid Hyland, M, Head, married, age 64, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 540 acres employing 19 labourers
21Burwash VillageJohn Hide, M, Head, married, age 22, born Woolavington, Sussex; occupation: master plumber and glazier, employs no men
21Burwash VillageJames W. Thompson, M, Head, married, age 24, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Master builder and plumber, employs no men
21Pump Court, Burwash VillageAnn Shadwell, F, Head, widowed, age 37, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: charwoman
21Pump Court Burwash VillagWilliam Pankhurst, M, Head, married, age 55, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
22Burwash VillageWilliam T. Skinner, M, Head, married, age 56, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer journeyman
22Burwash VillageStephen Sands, M, Head, married, age 59, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: pauper; handicap: invalid
22Burwash VillageJohn Pennells, M, Head, married, age 42, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
23Burwash VillageJohn Barnard, M, Head, widowed, age 77, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: cordwainer master, employing no men
23Burwash VillageSarah Sellings, F, Head, single, age 48, born Falmer, Sussex; occupation: dressmaker
23Burwash VillageJohn Wright, M, Head, widowed, age 43, born Leeds, Yorkshire; occupation: Railway labourer
24Burwash VillageMary J. Cane, F, Head, married, age 30, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: wife of farm labourer residing at Wadhurst
24Burwash VillageGeorge Blackford, M, Head, married, age 44, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
24Burwash VillageRichard Buss, M, Head, married, age 39, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: huckster
24Burwash VillageStephen Manwaring, M, Head, widowed, age 36, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: huckster
25Burwash VillageJohn Noakes, M, Head, married, age 60, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: shopkeeper, firm of two
25Burwash VillageJohn B. Noakes, M, Head, married, age 35, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: shopkeeper, firm of two, employing 1 man, 2 women and 1 apprentice
26Burwash VillageAnn M. Lansdell, F, Head, single, age 35, born Bexhill, Sussex; occupation: annuitant
26Burwash VillageThomas Lidbetter, M, Head, married, age 55, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: gingerbread baker
26Burwash VillageThomas Willard, M, Head, married, age 31, born Whatlington, Sussex; occupation: Groom
26Burwash VillageRobert Cottington, M, Head, married, age 69, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer's journeyman
26Burwash VillageHannah Sutton, F, Head, widowed, age 87, born Maresfield, Sussex; occupation: annuitant
26Burwash VillageSamuel Watson, M, Head, married, age 76, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
27Burwash VillageBenjamin Skinner, M, Head, married, age 25, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer journeyman
27Ham Lane, Burwash VillageEdward Ingram, M, Head, married, age 32, born Sundridge, Kent; occupation: railway ganger
27Ham Lane, Burwash VillageStephen Coppard, M, Head, married, age 32, born Dallington, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
27Ham Lane, Burwash VillageSarah Dawes, F, Head, married, age 53, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: blacksmith's wife
28Ham Lane, Burwash VillageWilliam Clark, M, Head, married, age 68, born Wartling, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
28Ham Lane, Burwash VillageLucy Hilder, F, Head, widowed, age 53, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: pauper
28Ham's PlaceFannyfred Snashall, F, Head, widowed, age 71, born Yalding, Kent; occupation: pauper
28Rose &Amp; Crown Inn, Ham LaneGeorge Carey, M, Head, married, age 30, born Ninfield, Sussex; occupation: innkeeper
29Burwash VillageThomas Wood, M, Head, widowed, age 73, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Pauper and former ostler
29Burwash VillageHenry Collins, M, Head, widowed, age 48, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: railway and farm labourer
29Burwash VillageJohn Park, M, Head, married, age 59, born Devon; occupation: Master butcher
29Burwash VillageJohn Vigor, M, Head, married, age 61, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Cattle salesman
30Burwash VillageJohn Parsons, M, Head, widowed, age 50, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Beer shopkeeper and farmer, 10 acres, employing 1 labourer
30Burwash VillageCharles Honeysett, M, Head, married, age 33, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: fruiterer
30Burwash VillageHarry Spears, M, Head, married, age 30, born Warehorne, Kent; occupation: cordwainer master, employs 1 man and 1 apprentice
30Burwash VillageGeorge Sone, M, Head, married, age 61, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: subdistributor of stamps
31Burwash VillageJames Janes, M, Head, married, age 39, born Somerset; occupation: draper and grocer
31Burwash VillageThomas Vigor, M, Head, married, age 56, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Master butcher, employs 1 man
31Burwash VillageRichard Siggs, M, Head, widowed, age 67, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
32Burwash VillageWilliam Prior, M, Head, married, age 27, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Railway labourer
32Burwash VillageJohn Blunden, M, Head, married, age 46, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: post master
32Burwash VillageJohn Noakes, M, Head, married, age 53, born Brede, Sussex; occupation: master clock and watch maker, employs 1 man
33Burwash VillageJames Flemming, M, Head, married, age 46, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: hairdresser
33Old Row, Burwash VillageWilliam Twort, M, Head, married, age 50, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Rat catcher
33Old Row, Burwash VillageRichard Hawkins, M, Head, married, age 69, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: turner
33Old Row, Burwash VillageRobert Dann, M, Head, widowed, age 42, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm waggoner
34Old Row, Burwash VillageGeorge Brown, M, Head, married, age 27, born Norfolk; occupation: railway labourer
34Old Row, Burwash VillageRichard Russell, M, Head, married, age 36, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: Farm waggoner
34Old Row, Burwash VillageJames Vigor, M, Head, married, age 30, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Butcher journeyman
34Old Row, Burwash VillageThomas Shadwell, M, Head, married, age 50, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: fruiterer
35Old Row, Burwash VillageJohn Vidler, M, Head, married, age 39, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
35Burwash VillageAnn Manktelow, F, Head, widowed, age 69, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: cabinet furniture dealer
35Burwash VillageWilliam Sharwell, M, Head, married, age 41, born Kensington, London; occupation: draper journeyman
35Burwash VillageSamuel Newington, M, Head, married, age 63, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: master shoe maker, employs no men
36Burwash VillageJohn Baldock, M, Head, married, age 63, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: attorney and solicitor
36Burwash VillageWilliam Weston, M, Head, married, age 52, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: blacksmith journeyman
37Burwash VillageEdwin Crowhurst, M, Head, married, age 37, born Wartling, Sussex; occupation: veterinary practitioner
37Burwash VillageJohn Fuller, M, Head, married, age 40, born Waldron, Sussex; occupation: shopkeeper
37Burwash VillageFrances Allen, F, Head, widowed, age 48, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: charwoman
38Burwash VillageWalter Lipscomb, M, Head, married, age 36, born Tudeley-cum-Capel, Kent; occupation: railway labourer
38Burwash VillageJohn Eyles, M, Head, married, age 43, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: gardener
38Burwash VillageWilliam Carter, M, Head, married, age 37, born Buckinghamshire; occupation: railway labourer
39Burwash VillageJames T. Jarvis, M, Head, married, age 25, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: mealman and beer retailer
39Burwash VillageSarah Isted, F, Head, widowed, age 58, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: charwoman
39Burwash VillageHenry Styles, M, Head, married, age 52, born Horsmonden, Kent; occupation: bricklayer journeyman
40Burwash VillageRichard Lulham, M, Head, married, age 52, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Wheelwright journeyman
40Burwash VillageJames Fuller, M, Head, married, age 28, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
40Burwash VillageWilliam Wickham, M, Head, widowed, age 52, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
40Burwash VillageEphraim Watson, M, Head, widowed, age 42, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
41Burwash VillageJohn Lidbetter, M, Head, married, age 40, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: sweet seller
41Burwash VillageWilliam Thompson, M, Head, married, age 77, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Builder and ironmonger, employs 2 men and 1 boy
42Burwash VillageEdward Dowlen, M, Head, married, age 38, born Falmer, Sussex; occupation: road surveyor
42Burwash VillageWilliam Pilbeam, M, Head, married, age 40, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Blacksmith and beerseller

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