The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Burwash Census
Reference RG11/1045: Ticehurst Enumeration District No 11; Sub-District: Burwash; Enumerator: George Sinnets
All that part of the New Ecclesiatical District which lies to the West and North of the Boundary Stone marked No 2 comprising part of Burwash Common as far as the Railway Tavern, Swingate, Holmshurst, Holmshurst quarter, Vallencennes, Bines, Witherenden, Woodknowle, Southover, to the extremity of the district on the North West side
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]
 
Sheet    Place    Census entry
1Lewes Road Near WheeelThomas Fuller, M, Head, married, age 65, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: dealer in sweets, etc (confectioner)
1Lewes Road Near WheeelAlfred Relf, M, Head, married, age 48, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: stone quarrier
1Lewes Road Near WheeelHenry Hawkins, M, Head, widowed, age 43, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
1Wheel InnStephen Barden, M, Head, married, age 40, born Heathfield, Sussex, occupation: innkeeper
2Lewes Road Near WheeelRobert Kemp, M, Head, married, age 28, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: carpenter (master employs 2 men)
2Lewes Road Near WheeelWilliam Ellis, M, Head, married, age 23, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farmers son
2Lewes Road Near WheeelSamson Piper, M, Head, married, age 37, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: Higgler (Costermonger)
2Lewes Road Near WheeelHenry Blackman, M, Head, married, age 33, born Frant, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
2Lewes Road Near WheeelJames Thompson, M, Head, married, age 30, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: Blacksmith
3Lewes Road Near WheeelAlfred Pope, M, Head, married, age 24, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: General Labourer
3Lewes Road Near WheeelNoel Bourner, M, Head, married, age 60, born Battle, Sussex, occupation: grain thresher farm machine attendant
3Lewes Road Near WheeelNelson Pennells, M, Head, married, age 61, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm Labourer
3Lewes Road Near WheeelThomas Evenden, M, Head, married, age 47, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: tea dealer
4Lewes Road (Near Bough)Thomas E. Maynard, M, Head, married, age 35, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: painter & glazier
4Lewes Road (Near Bough)Joseph Hall, M, Head, married, age 49, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
4Lewes Road (Near Bough)Frances Hall, F, Head, widowed, age 73, born Seaford, Sussex; occupation: annuitant on parish relief
4Bough VillaJohn Hyland, M, Head, married, age 50, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 10 acres and bailiff
5Bough Farm (Farmhouse)William Kemp, M, Head, married, age 43, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 117 acres employing 6 men and 2 boys
5Bough CottageJames Croft, M, Head, married, age 56, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer carter
5Lewes Road Near BoughSamuel Hayward, M, Head, married, age 62, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: higgler (costermonger)
5Lewes Road Near BoughStephen Thompson, M, Head, single, age 73, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm Labourer
5Lewes Road Near BoughWilliam Cramp, M, Head, married, age 41, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: carpenter
5SlutswellWilliam Pennells, M, Head, married, age 38, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farmer of 10 Acres Land
6Lewes Road (Post Office)Henry J. Russell, M, Head, married, age 36, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Postmaster &tc
6Goodsole Cottage, Goodsole FarmLevi Pankhurst, M, Head, married, age 42, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm Labourer
6Goodsole Farm HouseIsaac Richardson, M, Head, married, age 31, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: Farmer of 117 Acres 4 Labourers (Men)
7Swingate Cottage, WitherdenRichard Collins, M, Head, married, age 58, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7Old Paygate, WitherdenDavid Fielder, M, Head, married, age 34, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7Ponts Farm HouseEdward Fieldwick, M, Head, married, age 56, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 67 acres employing 3 men 1 boy
7Witherhurst CottageJames A. Humphrey, M, Head, married, age 32, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: Farm Labourer
7Witherhurst CottageJob Clark, M, Head, married, age 29, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
7Witherhurst CottageGeorge Isted, M, Head, married, age 59, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
8Holmshurst LodgeJoseph Catt, M, Head, married, age 72, born Tenterden, Kent; occupation: farmer (out of farm)
8Beulah VillaRichard Wm. Cornford, M, Head, married, age 29, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: groom & gardener (domestic)
8Holmshurst HouseJames D. Roberts, M, Head, single, age 42, born Scotland; occupation: Farming 290 Acre employing 9 men & 5 boys
8Holmshurst HouseMary Ann Reeves, F, Head, widowed, age 36, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: housekeeper
8Testers CottageJohn Booth, M, Head, married, age 51, born Warbleton, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
8Testers CottageJames Cornford, M, Head, widowed, age 52, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9Bines CottageLucy Pankhurst, F, Head, widowed, age 43, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: Chicken Fatter &tc
9Bines Farm HouseJosiah Squire, M, Head, married, age 60, born Mersham, Kent; occupation: farmer of 120 acres 4 men 1 boy
9Bines CottageThomas Pankhurst, M, Head, married, age 32, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Huckster
9Waterloo FarmhouseAlfred Barham, M, Head, married, age 61, born Wadhurst, Sussex, occupation: farmer of 31 acres
10Bines Ivy CottageWilliam Langridge, M, Head, married, age 22, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: carter (on farm) farm labourer
10Withernden CottagesJames Clark, M, Head, married, age 33, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: dairyman
10Withernden CottagesJesse Daniels, M, Head, married, age 53, born Campenbassett, Wiltshire; occupation: railway navy
10Withernden CottagesJohn Parks, M, Head, married, age 65, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: Farm Labourer
10Withernden CottagesGeorge Waghorne, M, Head, married, age 33, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: Agricultural Labourer
10Withernden CottagesJohn Blackford, M, Head, married, age 62, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
11Withernden CottagesEllen Morris, F, Head, married, age 33, born Wadhurst, Sussex
11Withernden CottagesPhilip Pown, M, Head, married, age 70, born Leigh, Kent; occupation: Farm Labourer
11Withernden CottagesHenry James Roots, M, Head, married, age 23, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: Plate Layer on Railway
11Withernden CottagesWilliam Honess, M, Head, married, age 32, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: millers loader (corn)
11Withernden CottagesAlfred Blackford, M, Head, married, age 35, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
12Withernden CottagesWilliam H. Smith, M, Head, married, age 28, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: millers labourer (corn)
12Withernden Cottages & ShopJohn Matthews, M, Head, married, age 50, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: shopkeeper
12Withernden CottageFanny Pankhurst, F, Head, widowed, age 62, born Burwash, Sussex
12Withernden CottageJames Leaves, M, Head, married, age 63, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12Withernden CottageJohn Geo. Mewett, M, Head, married, age 37, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Withernden CottagesThomas Ralf, M, Head, married, age 39, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
13Withernden CottagesJohn Sherlock, M, Head, married, age 34, born Horsted Keynes, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Withernden CottagesGeorge Garman, M, Head, married, age 28, born Warnham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Withernden CottagesGeorge Fieldwick, M, Head, married, age 22, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Withernden CottagesGeorge Fieldwick, M, Head, married, age 22, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Withernden CottagesLeonard Howell, M, Head, married, age 22, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Withernden CottagesJames Wm. Pope, M, Head, married, age 21, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Farm Labourer
14Thatchers Barn, WitherendenStephen Williams, M, Head, married, age 57, born Aston, Oxford; occupation: Innkeeper Grocer and Farmer of 11 Acres
14Thatchers Cottage, WitherendenGeorge Rowley, M, Head, married, age 50, born Standen, Hertford; occupation: Platelayer on S E Railway
14Woodknowle Farm HouseAlfred Wickens, M, Head, married, age 33, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: Farmer of 272 Acres employing 6 men & 1 boy
14Woodknowle CottageAlfred Cornwell, M, Head, married, age 25, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
15Woodknowle CottageJonathan Oliver, M, Head, married, age 49, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: carter (farm)
15Woodknowle CottageJohn Neeves, M, Head, married, age 35, born Rye, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
15Little BinesJohn Beaney, M, Head, married, age 64, born Salehurst, Sussex, occupation: farmer of 20 acres employing 1 boy
15Holmshurst CottageWilliam Clout, M, Head, married, age 54, born Langley Heath, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
15Holmshurst CottageAlfred Wells, M, Head, married, age 35, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Gardener
15Holmshurst CottageJames C. Oliver, M, Head, married, age 31, born High Ongar, Essex; occupation: dairyman
16Holmshurst CottageJames Bryant, M, Head, married, age 39, born Brede, Sussex; occupation: dairyman
16Vallencennes CottagesStephen Booth, M, Head, married, age 50, born Warbleton, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
16Vallencennes CottagesJesse Isted, M, Head, married, age 49, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
16Vallencennes CottagesJohn Isted, M, Head, married, age 26, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
17Southover HallMariano DE Murrieta, M, Head, widowed, age 48, born London; occupation: foreign banker & merchant
17Southover Rooms Over Coach HouseGodfry Kennard, M, Head, married, age 48, born Guestling, Sussex; occupation: coachman domestic servant
17Southover Garden CottageJames Methven, M, Head, married, age 31, born Scotland; occupation: gardener (domestic)
17Southover Orchard CottageBenjamin Pullen, M, Head, married, age 55, born Godalming, Surrey; occupation: Dairyman
17Southover Laundry RoomsEllen Dean, F, Head, single, age 45, born Nottinghill, London; occupation: laundress ((maid))
18Southover Farm HouseAnn Blackford, F, Head, widowed, age 72, born Burwash, Sussex, occupation: housekeeper

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