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

30Ersham Lodge GateDavid Burton, M, Head, married, age 65, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    William Burton, M, Son, single, age 22, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Esther Burton, F, Daughter, single, age 19, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: kitchenmaid
    James Burton, M, Son, single, age 17, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

30Ersham Lodge GateEdwin Brooks, M, Head, married, age 49, born Henfield, Sussex; occupation: gardener
    Matilda Brooks, F, Wife, married, age 33, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: gardener
    Laurence E. Brooks, M, Son, , age 9, born Henfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Emily E. Brooks, F, Daughter, , age 6, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Annie L. Brooks, F, Daughter, , age 4, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Alice A. Brooks, F, Daughter, , age 3, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Rosa J. Brooks, F, Daughter, , age 1, born Hailsham, Sussex

30Ersham Lodge GateHarry Carey, M, Head, married, age 54, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
    Sarah Carey, F, Wife, married, age 49, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Alfred Carey, M, Son, age 14, born Hailsham, Sussex
    Elizabet Carey, F, Daughter, age 12, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    George Carey, M, Son, age 8, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: scholar

30Ersham HouseFrederic Sherwood, M, Head, married, age 64, born Islington, Middlesex; occupation: provision merchant employing 17 men and 4 boys
    Elisa S. Sherwood, F, Wife, age 63, born Woolwich, Kent
    Medora Sherwood, F, Sister, single, age 62, born London, Middlesex
    Elisa S. Caldicott, F, Stepdaughter, married, age 42, born Greenwich, Kent
    Jane S. Carver, F, Servant, single, age 21, born Newtimber, Sussex; occupation: cook
    Julia Sell, F, Servant, single, age 20, born Cambridge, Cambridge; occupation: housemaid
    Elsie Martin, F, Servant, single, age 19, born Bodle Street, Sussex; occupation: housemaid

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