The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1871 Rotherfield Census (including Crowborough)
Reference RG10/1050: Rotherfield Enumeration District No 5
Part of the Parish of Rotherfield commencing at Johnsons Bridge taking the Stream to Maynards Gate and Frogs Hole to the Beeches and Crowboro X then to Cooks Corner and Oarsnash to Boarshead inn and Johnsons Bridge including the Cottage at Pales Gate, Steel Cross House, Poundfield, Charity House, Steel Cross Farm and Boarshead Street, Crowborough Cross and Houses on Turnpike.
Enumerator: George Allcorn, Jun.
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

11Steel CrossCharles Weston, M, Head, married, age 45, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 10 acres and grocer
    Philedelphia Weston, F, Wife, married, age 50, born Lamberhurst, Sussex
    Julia Weston, F, Daughter, single, age 13, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Philedelphia Weston, F, Daughter, age 11, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Charles Swift Weston, M, Son, age 10, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Horac Weston, M, Son, age 7, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    John Weston, M, Son, age 5, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    William Divell, M, Lodger, married, age 51, born Farnham, Essex; occupation: jobbing gardener
    Mary Divell, F, Lodger, married, age 48, born Farnham, Essex; occupation: dressmaker

11Steel CrossCharles Ovenden, M, Head, married, age 34, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Mary Ovenden, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Mary Ovenden, F, Daughter, age 10, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Charles Ovenden, M, Son, age 7, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    William Ovenden, M, Son, age 5, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Alfred Ovenden, M, Son, age 2, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar

11Steel CrossJames Tester, M, Head, married, age 47, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Mary Tester, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Frant, Sussex

11Steel CrossAndrew Fenner, M, Head, married, age 58, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: master blacksmith employing 1 man
    Ellen Fenner, F, Wife, married, age 52, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    John Fenner, M, Son, single, age 20, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: blacksmith's workman
    Ann Fenner, F, Daughter, age 14, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Matha Fenner, F, Daughter, age 12, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Mary Fenner, F, Daughter, age 10, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar

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