The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Goudhurst Census
Reference RG 11/939: Goudhurst Enumeration District No 1; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: E. Usherwood
Goudhurst part of: Comprising part of the Ecclesiastical District of Kilndown; Christ Church.
All that East part of the Ecclesiastical District of Kilndown in the parish of Goudhurst lying on each side of the road from Pattenden, to Bedgbury and Flimwell, including Piles Heath, Combwell, Stone Crouch and Rosemary Lane.
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
1PattendenWalter Dungey, M, Head, married, age 47, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farmer of 96 acres employing 2 men & 3 boys
1PattendenThomas Sellens, M, Head, married, age 62, born Sedlescombe, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1PattendenGeorge Maynard, M, Head, married, age 22, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
1Red HouseWilliam Styles, M, Head, married, age 56, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
1Beresford LodgeJames Fishenden, M, Head, married, age 69, born Wrotham, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
2Marling GateThomas Davis, M, Head, married, age 54, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: rope maker
2Marling GateJohn Mallion, M, Head, married, age 43, born Sandhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
2Marling GateRobert Dunk, M, Head, widowed, age 80, born Rolvenden, Kent; occupation: farmer of 100 acres employing 5 men & 2 boys
2Lillesden CottagesRichard Good, M, Head, married, age 28, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
2Lillesden CottagesThomas Pattenden, M, Head, married, age 54, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
3Bury Royal PondHenry Head, M, Head, married, age 31, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: gamekeeper
3Twissenden HouseRobert H. Stanbridge, M, Head, married, age 25, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: journeyman joiner
3Twissenden HouseWilliam Venus, M, Head, married, age 23, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: gardener and domestic servant
3Piles HeathDaniel Piper, M, Head, married, age 49, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
3BedgburyGeorge Holmwood, M, Head, widowed, age 29, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: blacksmith
3BedgburyJesse Brabon, M, Head, married, age 56, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
4Mr Hopes StablesJames Styles, M, Head, married, age 58, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
4Mr Hopes StablesFanny A. Parks, F, Head, married, age 46, born Lambeth, Surrey
4Mr Hopes StablesAlfred Tester, M, Head, married, age 48, born Maresfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4Mr Hopes StablesSamuel Boorman, M, Head, married, age 54, born Goudhurst, Kent, occupation: groom and domestic servant
5Pryors HeathEllen G. Leaney, F, Head, widowed, age 51, born Blackfriars, London; occupation: dressmaker
5Pryors HeathCharles Rhoades, M, Head, married, age 27, born Salisbury, Wiltshire; occupation: plumber
5Pryors HeathJohn Moore, M, Head, married, age 35, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: carman
5Pryors HeathHenry Haylor, M, Head, married, age 53, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
5Pryors HeathFrancis Snashall, M, Head, married, age 38, born Leigh, Kent; occupation: shepherd
6Pryors HeathJames Golding, M, Head, married, age 32, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: bootmaker
6Pryors HeathCaroline Lucas, F, Head, widowed, age 74, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: grocer
6Pryors HeathSophia Enington, F, Head, married, age 51, born Isle of Wight, Hampshire
6Pryors HeathMargaret Marshall, F, Head, widowed, age 74, born Ireland; occupation: annuitant
6Pryors HeathMary Roe, F, Head, married, age 33, born York
6Pryors HeathAlfred Venus, M, Head, married, age 63, born Brightling, Sussex; occupation: gardener and domestic servant
6Lodge GateJames Chesson, M, Head, married, age 64, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: baker and domestic servant
7Horse GateSamson Moon, M, Head, married, age 50, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7Horse GateWilliam Venson, M, Head, married, age 54, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer
7Carpenters YardJoseph Hope, M, Head, married, age 35, born Frittenden, Kent; occupation: estate carpenter employing 21 men & 3 boys
7Bedgebury FarmGeorge A. Don, M, Head, married, age 47, born Biddulph, Stafford; occupation: gardener and domestic servant
8Bedgebury FarmJohn Hilder, M, Head, married, age 58, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: land steward (farm bailiff)
8GardensJohn Thresher, M, Head, single, age 23, born Taunton, Somerset; occupation: gardener and domestic servant
8Spring Wood LodgeWalter Brackfield, M, Head, married, age 54, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
8Spring Wood LodgeThomas Wallis, M, Head, married, age 52, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
9Barton LodgeThomas Haylor, M, Head, married, age 33, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: gamekeeper
9Combwell HouseThomas Barton, M, Head, married, age 70, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: farmer
9Bartons LodgeWilliam J. Bailey, M, Head, married, age 31, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
10Stone CrouchJohn Diser, M, Head, married, age 76, born Lingfield, Surrey; occupation: farmer of 340 acres employing 9 men & 3 boys
10Stone CrouchJames Siryer, M, Head, married, age 28, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: groom and domestic servant
10Stone CrouchHenry Pilbeam, M, Head, married, age 66, born Burwash, Sussex; occupation: Blacksmith
10Stone CrouchGeorge Pilbeam, M, Head, married, age 31, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: Blacksmith
10Stone CrouchBenjamin Styles, M, Head, married, age 60, born Ashburnham, Sussex; occupation: tin plate worker
10Stone CrouchJames Barrow, M, Head, married, age 27, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
11Stone CrouchThomas Clark, M, Head, married, age 32, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11Stone CrouchJames Willett, M, Head, married, age 79, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
11Stone CrouchEnfield Fishenden, F, Head, widowed, age 71, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: midwife
11Stone CrouchJohn Barrow, M, Head, widowed, age 67, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
11Rosemary LaneWilliam Butler, M, Head, married, age 30, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
11Rosemary LaneBenjamin Midmer, M, Head, married, age 27, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12Rosemary FarmJames Hoadley, M, Head, married, age 25, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer of 84 acres employing 4 men & 1 boy
12Brick F CottageHenry T. Waters, M, Head, married, age 22, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm bailiff
12Pillory FarmJames L. Tritton, M, Head, married, age 68, born Deal, Kent; occupation: farmer owner of 275 acres employing 9 men 2 boys
12Lady OakThomas Evans, M, Head, married, age 52, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: gamekeeper
12Lady OakRobert Roots, M, Head, married, age 35, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
13Flimwell RoadPeter Dibley, M, Head, married, age 39, born Etchingham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Flimwell RoadJohn Osborne, M, Head, married, age 61, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: thatcher
13Flimwell RoadStanford Tuppeny, M, Head, married, age 58, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
13Flimwell RoadJohn Bridgland, M, Head, married, age 40, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: sawyer
14Flimwell RoadRobert Puxty, M, Head, married, age 24, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
14Flimwell RoadGeorge Trowele, M, Head, married, age 67, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
14Flimwell RoadRobert Barrow, M, Head, married, age 33, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
14BedgburyJames Kenyon, M, Head, widowed, age 60, born Crimble, Lancashire; occupation: gamekeeper
14Brick KilnWilliam Frayser, M, Head, married, age 59, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
14Brick KilnFrederick Crowther, M, Head, married, age 37, born Battle, Sussex; occupation: gamekeeper
15Three ChimneysRobert Standen, M, Head, married, age 31, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
15Three ChimneysJames Funnell, M, Head, married, age 57, born Cranbrook, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
15Three ChimneysWilliam Picknell, M, Head, widowed, age 41, born Seaford, Sussex; occupation: shepherd
16Three ChimneysThomas Styles, M, Head, married, age 58, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
16Forge FarmIsaac Standen, M, Head, married, age 73, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: farmer of 197 acres

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