The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Goudhurst Census
Reference RG 11/939: Goudhurst Enumeration District No 3; District: Cranbrook Union; Enumerator: John Thurgood
Goudhurst part of: Mother Church St Mary Ecclesiastical Parish
All that part of the parish of Goudhurst comprised within the 4 Town Gates (recently removed) formerly known as the East, South, West and North gates together with the houses lying on either side of the road from Clay Hill to Risebridge, Bluecoat Lane, and Hope Mill.
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

21TownJames Bearsly, M, Head, married, age 64, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: master blacksmith
    Harriett Bearsly, F, Wife, married, age 70, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Fanny E. Bearsly, F, Daughter, single, age 37, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Paul Pete Bearsly, M, Son, single, age 26, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: carpenter
    Jesse Ashdown, M, Boarder, single, age 15, born Horsmonden, Kent; occupation: blacksmith's apprentice

21TownWilliam C. Burgess, M, Head, married, age 46, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: draper and grocer employing 3 men, 4 boys and 1 young lady
    Francis M. Burgess, F, Wife, married, age 47, born Horsmonden, Kent
    Frank Burgess, M, Son, single, age 21, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: draper and grocer's son
    Louisa F. Burgess, F, Daughter, single, age 20, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Alice Burgess, F, Daughter, single, age 19, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Laura Burgess, F, Daughter, single, age 17, born Goudhurst, Kent
    Annie M. Burgess, F, Daughter, age 13, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    William G. Burgess, M, Son, age 6, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Elizabeth Crapp, F, Boarder, single, age 28, born Ireland; occupation: milliner
    Sarah Hope, F, Servant, single, age 27, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: domestic servant
    Louisa Styles, F, Servant, age 14, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: domestic servant
    William Hide, M, Boarder, single, age 22, born Hurst, Kent; occupation: grocers assistant
    John Hemingway, M, Boarder, single, age 18, born London, Middlesex; occupation: grocers assistant

21TownRichard Field, M, Head, married, age 62, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: coachman (domestic)
    Margaret Field, F, Wife, married, age 64, born Brabourne, Kent
    Sophia Field, F, Daughter, single, age 36, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: dressmaker
    Richard Field, M, Son, single, age 29, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: light porter
    Charles Field, M, Son, single, age 26, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: tailor (journeyman)
    Mary A. Hayward, F, Visitor, single, age 62, born Brook, Kent; occupation: cook

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