The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Burwash Census
Reference RG11/1045: Ticehurst Enumeration District No 9; Sub-District: Burwash; Enumerator: John Coppard
All that part of the Parish of Burwash which lies to the East and South comprising Hillard's Hill Farm, Lud pit and Fontridge Lane, Perrymans Farm, Kings Hill and Park Mill, the Park Farm, Forge, Perch Hill, and all the South side of the said branch of the River Rother to Willingfod Lane and the extremity of the Parish on the South side, including Hutchings, Fishers, Grand Turzel, Daws, Plats, Brickhouse and Bowmans Farm, and Magpie Hall
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  • 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]
 
Sheet    Place    Census entry
1Park Mill CottageHannah Weston, F, Head, widowed, age 75, born Burwash, Sussex
1Park Mill CottageFanny Payne, F, Head, single, age 19, born Burwash, Sussex
1Park Mill HouseSamuel Barrow, M, Head, married, age 36, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: farmer of 20 acres employing 1 man
1Park MillEpraim Russell, M, Head, married, age 34, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: Corn Miller employing 1 man
1Magpie HallJames Waterhouse, M, Head, married, age 59, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm Labourer
2Kings HillJohn Budd, M, Head, widowed, age 57, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: gamekeeper
2BrickhouseJames Bourner, M, Head, married, age 42, born Penshurst, Sussex, occupation: farmer of 200 acres employing 7 men and 3 boys
2Brickhouse CottageHenry Mepham, M, Head, single, age 56, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
2GlidishStephen Marshall, M, Head, married, age 41, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 17 acres employing 1 man
3GrandturzellWilliam Sands, M, Head, married, age 40, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3GrandturzellCharles Weston, M, Head, married, age 67, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3FontridgeWilliam Osbourn, M, Head, married, age 60, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: Farmer of 98 Acres employing 2 men 1 boy
3HutchingsSamuel Woodgate, M, Head, married, age 54, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: Farm Bailiff
4Hutchings LaneJohn Morris, M, Head, married, age 38, born Wrotham, Kent; occupation: fishmonger
4Hutchings LaneThomas J. Akehurst, M, Head, married, age 30, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4Willards HillJohn Gillett, M, Head, married, age 69, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farmer and agent of 290 acres employing 13 men 4 boys
4Willards HillJames Funnell, M, Head, married, age 30, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Willards HillJohn W. Pennells, M, Head, married, age 37, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm Labourer
5Willards HillJames Deutney, M, Head, married, age 42, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5Willards HillStephen Gillett, M, Head, married, age 67, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
5LudpitThomas Goodsell, M, Head, married, age 39, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Fontridge LaneThomas H. Osbourn, M, Head, married, age 21, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: Farm Labourer
6Fontridge LaneGeorge Garner, M, Head, married, age 64, born Salehurst, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 16 acres
6Fontridge LaneJoseph Stevenson, M, Head, married, age 29, born Pembury, Kent; occupation: grocer
6Fontridge LaneCharles Buss, M, Head, married, age 34, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Fontridge LaneGeorge Sands, M, Head, married, age 23, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7Fontridge LaneHarvey J. Stevenson, M, Head, married, age 41, born Langton, Sussex
7Fontridge LaneJohn Sands, M, Head, married, age 54, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7Fontridge LaneFredrick Packham, M, Head, married, age 33, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7PlatsJames Gilbert, M, Head, married, age 72, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
8Dows FarmFrederick Cramp, M, Head, married, age 50, born Bexhill, Sussex, occupation: farmer of 65 acres
8PheabesJohn Debley, M, Head, married, age 59, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
8Thatchers ArmsJohn Relf, M, Head, married, age 37, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: inn keeper
9Perrymans LaneJohn Baitup, M, Head, married, age 55, born Brightling, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
9Perrymans LaneHorace Sands, M, Head, married, age 34, born Dallington, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9Perrymans LaneEdward Honeysett, M, Head, married, age 26, born Battle, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9PerrymansMary Coppard, F, Head, widowed, age 71, born Battle, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 230 acres employing 5 men 1 boy
10PerrymansFrederick Stonestreet, M, Head, married, age 47, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
10BowmansAmos Akehurst, M, Head, married, age 37, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 114 acres employing 1 man
10PerchhillCharles H. Hopper, M, Head, married, age 31, born Biddenden, Kent; occupation: farmer of 112 acres employing 5 men 1 boy
11High Wood HouseWilliam Pike, M, Head, married, age 41; occupation: Gamekeeper
11WillingfordJames Relf, M, Head, married, age 56, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 65 acres employing 1 man
11Burwash ForgeWilliam Kemp, M, Head, married, age 47, born Dallington, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11Burwash ForgeWilliam J. Maskell, M, Head, widowed, age 40, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11Burwash ForgeRichard Edwards, M, Head, married, age 54, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12Burwash ForgeGeorge Blackford, M, Head, married, age 70, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
12Burwash ParkJohn Coppard, M, Head, married, age 53, born Dallington, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 87 employing 3 men 1 boy

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