The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1871 Rotherfield Census (including Crowborough)
Reference RG10/1050: Rotherfield Enumeration District No 10
All that remaining part of the Parish of Rotherfield including the Village, Maynards Gate, Mottens Hill, Clackhams, the Hall, Castle Hill, and Rectory.
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

9Maynards GateJohn Wilmshurst, M, Head, married, age 61, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Martha Wilmshurst, F, Wife, married, age 58, born Barming, Kent
    Charles Wilmshurst, M, Son, age 8, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Eli Wilmshurst, M, Son, married, age 26, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Fanny Wilmshurst, F, Son's wife, married, age 21, born Goudhurst, Kent

9Mottens HillRichard Kember, M, Head, married, age 58, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: domestic gardener
    Hannah Kember, F, Wife, married, age 55, born Hartfield, Sussex
    Jane Kember, F, Daughter, single, age 21, born Hartfield, Sussex
    Ellen Kember, F, Daughter, age 12, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar

9Mottens HillFanny Hodson, F, Head, married, age 30, born England, wife of General HodsonĀ 
    Stella Hodson, F, Daughter, age 9, born Naples
    Emerson Dawson, M, Visitor, single, age 50, born Dublin, Ireland; occupation: landowner
    Louise Barnard, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Savoie; occupation: head domestic servant
    Sophia Bishop, F, Servant, age 13, born London; occupation: domestic servant and house maid
    Anna N/K, F, Servant, single, age 40, born Madras; occupation: domestic servant and nurse

9Mottens HillStephen Marchant, M, Head, married, age 39, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: sawyer journeyman
    Caroline Marchant, F, Wife, married, age 33, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Edward Marchant, M, Son, age 12, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Elizabeth Marchant, F, Daughter, age 9, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    William H Marchant, M, Son, age 7, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Philidelphia Marchant, F, Daughter, age 5, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Stephen Marchant, M, Son, age 2, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Mary Ann Marchant, F, Daughter, age 2m, born Rotherfield, Sussex

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