The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Hailsham Census
Reference RG 11/1041: Hailsham District; Hailsham Enumeration District No 3; Enumerator: John Burgess
Part of the Civil Parish of Hailsham being a circle of one mile in diameter, the Market Square being the centre, being the District upon which are levied the Rates for the Public Lights including the Parish Church & Vicarage, the Town of Hailsham, the Petty Sessions House, Railway Station, Cattle Market & Recreation Ground, Bellbans & Millwalk, the boundary of the Circle being Grinsteds Cottage on the North west, Goldsmith Farm House & Cottage on the North, Millwalk Cottages on the East, Pond House on the South, Prices & Sinnocks Houses on the South West, and Diplocks Farm on the West.
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]

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Sheet    Place    Census entry

43London RoadFlorence E. Cowley, F, Head, married, age 30, born Marylebone, London
    Minnie M. Cowley, F, Daughter, single, age 15, born Chelsea, London

43London RoadJohn Divall, M, Head, married, age 24, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: baker journeyman
    Eliza Divall, F, Wife, married, age 23, born Hurstmonceux, Sussex
    John Divall, M, Son, , age 5, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Ada Divall, F, Daughter, , age 1, born Eastbourne, Sussex
    Ernest Divall, M, Son, , age 2 w, born Hailsham, Sussex

43London RoadJohn Argent, M, Head, married, age 25, born East Grinsted, Sussex; occupation: railway servant
    Emma Argent, F, Wife, married, age 26, born Shoreham, Sussex

43Old Black HorseJoseph Taylor, M, Head, married, age 43, born Lingfield, Surrey; occupation: brickmaker
    Matilda Taylor, F, Wife, married, age 39, born Brentwood, Essex

43Barrack GroundAlfred J. Grinsted, M, Head, single, age 43, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: gardener
    Mary J. Grinsted, F, Sister, single, age 31, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: housekeeper
    Mabel A. Grinsted, F, Niece, age 9, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar

43Barrack GroundWillm. Sweetman, M, Head, married, age 42, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Mary Sweetman, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Hellingly, Sussex
    Mary J. Sweetman, F, Daughter, age 13, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: scholar

43Old CanteenThos. E. Lee, M, Head, married, age 42, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: master carpenter
    Charlotte Lee, F, Wife, married, age 30, born Lingward, Norfolk

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