The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Hailsham Census
Reference RG 11/1041: Hailsham District; Hailsham Enumeration District No 4; Enumerator: Josiah J. White
Part of the Civil Parish of Hailsham lying South of the road from the Spy Marshes by Downash to Hailsham Common, thence following the South boundary of the Circle to West side, thence South of the footpath leading to Knockhatch to western boundary of Parish including Cacklebury, Sandbanks, Ersham, Downash, Peel Cottage, Sayerland, Otham Court and the town Railway Station and Church of Polegate, part of the Corporation of Pevensey is comprised in this District, also part of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John's Polegate.
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

22Railway GatehouseGeorge Thorpe, M, Head, married, age 24, born Jevington, Sussex; occupation: railway signalman
    Emma Thorpe, F, Wife, married, age 25, born Eastbourne, Sussex
    William Thorpe, M, Son, age 1, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Harvey Thorpe, M, Son, age 1, born Hailsham, Sussex

22Railway GatehouseJoseph Prior, M, Head, married, age 42, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: locomotive engine driver
    Margaret Prior, F, Wife, married, age 42, born Heathfield, Sussex
    Charles H. Prior, M, Son, age 12, born Willingdon, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Harry Johnstone, M, Lodger, single, age 22, born Upton on Severn, Worcestershire; occupation: gardiner
    Harry Goad, M, Lodger, single, age 23, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: gardiner

22Railway GatehouseGeorge Sands, M, Head, single, age 76, born Dallington, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Pheobe Baker, F, Sister in law, widowed, age 64, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: housekeeper

22Railway GatehouseHenry Fears, M, Head, married, age 41, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: platelayer
    Harriet Fears, F, Wife, married, age 34, born Arlington, Sussex
    John H. Fears, M, Son, age 8, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar

22Railway GatehouseIsaac Brook, M, Head, single, age 28, born Barcombe, Sussex; occupation: railway labourer

22Railway GatehouseJames Waghorn, M, Head, married, age 40, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer employing 2 men and 1 boy
    Sarah Waghorn, F, Wife, married, age 33, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: shopkeeper
    Louis J. Waghorn, M, Son, age 1, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Ernest H. Waghorn, M, Son, age 6 m, born Hailsham, Sussex

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