The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Cranbrook Census
Reference RG 11/937: Cranbrook Enumeration District No 5; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: William Lance
This District comprises:- All the houses on the West side of Glassenbury Lane as far as Hartley Gate. All the houses on the South from Hartley Gate through Swattenden Lane as far as the boundary of the Parish extends.
This Division includes Great and Little Glassenbury, The Furnace, Hartley, Tubslake, Eggshell, Trenly, Prickle Gate, Swattenden House.
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

6TrenlyWilliam Pilbeam, M, Head, married, age 39, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation: Farm labourer
    Mary Ann Pilbeam, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Harriett Pilbeam, F, Daughter, single, age 14, born Lamberhurst, Kent
    Phillis Pilbeam, F, Daughter, single, age 9, born Horsmonden, Kent
    Eliza Pilbeam, F, Daughter, single, age 6, born Etchingham, Sussex
    Emily Pilbeam, F, Daughter, single, age 3, born Etchingham, Sussex
    Louise Pilbeam, F, Daughter, single, age 1 w, born Cranbrook, Kent

6TrenlyJames R. Corke, M, Head, married, age 40, born Staplehurst, Kent; occupation: farmer of 130 acres employing 3 men and 1 boy
    Mary A. Corke, F, Wife, married, age 36, born Blackheath, Kent; occupation: farmer's wife
    James R. Corke, M, Son, age 11, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farmer's son
    Clara A. Corke, F, Daughter, age 10, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Ernest W. Corke, M, Son, age 7, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Florence L. Corke, F, Daughter, age 6, born Cranbrook, Kent
    William H. Corke, M, Son, age 5, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Alice M. Corke, F, Daughter, age 3, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Rhoda E. Corke, F, Daughter, age 1, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Elizabeth Chapman, F, Servant, age 35, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: domestic servant

6TrenlyWilliam Start, M, Head, widowed, age 74, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: shoemaker
    Mary Start, F, Niece, single, age 55, born Chatham, Kent; occupation: housekeeper

6TrenlySarah Wickings, F, Head, widowed, age 62, born Cranbrook, Kent
    Richard Wickings, M, Son, single, age 20, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farm labourer

6TrenlySpencer Upton, M, Head, married, age 52, born Stone, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
    Caroline Upton, F, Wife, married, age 61, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: tailoress

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