The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Herstmonceux Census
Reference RG 11/1042: Hailsham District; Herstmonceux Enumeration District No 6; Enumerator: Edward Dawes, snr.
That Portion of the Civil Parish of Herstmonceux that lies South of the Road leading from Western Boundery of Parish at Shrub Green, to Eastern Boundery of same at Windmillhill including Parish Church, Rectory, & Glebe, Crossways, part of Magham Down, Gingers Green, part of Shrub Green, part of the village of Gardenstreet, part of Windmillhill, Lime Park, Chapel Row, Lower Road, Cherrycroft, Wargroves, Herstmonceux Place Park & Castle, Park Gates, Newbridge & Gildridge.
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  • 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

22Bedlam GreenHenry Cornford, M, Head, married, age 33, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer's labourer
    Elizabeth Cornford, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Frederick H.F. Cornford, M, Son, , age 7, born Warbleton, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Caroline Cornford, F, Daughter, , age 5, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    William Cornford, M, Son, , age 2, born Herstmonceux, Sussex

22Bedlam GreenGeorge Honeysett, M, Head, married, age 28, born Wartling, Sussex; occupation: carrier's servant
    Elizabeth Honeysett, F, Wife, married, age 24, born Herstmonceux, Sussex
    George Honeysett, M, Son, age 4, born Warbleton, Sussex
    Elizabeth A. Honeysett, F, Daughter, age 2, born Herstmonceux, Sussex
    Stephen A. Honeysett, M, Son, age 2 m, born Herstmonceux, Sussex

22Bedlam GreenCharles Wissam, M, Head, married, age 52, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: labourer; handicap: deaf
    Philedelphia Wissam, F, Wife, married, age 42, born Herstmonceux, Sussex
    Hora Eliza Wissam, F, Daughter, single, age 20, born Herstmonceux, Sussex

22Bedlam GreenCharles Brook, M, Head, married, age 29, born Hastings, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Louisa Brook, F, Wife, married, age 28, born Wartling, Sussex
    Ernest Brook, M, Son, , age 4, born Herstmonceux, Sussex
    Walter H. Brook, M, Son, , age 2, born Herstmonceux, Sussex

22Bedlam GreenAnn Morley, F, Head, widowed, age 70, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: charwoman
    Thos. Morley, M, Lodger, single, age 25, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: labourer
    Elizabeth Shoebridge, F, Lodger, widowed, age 60, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: needle woman
    Eli Chapam, M, Lodger, single, age 60, born Herstmonceux, Sussex; occupation: labourer

22Old BreweryRobert Wright, M, Head, single, age 52, born St Pancras, Middlesex; occupation: brewer and maltster employing 5 men
    Charles P. Wright, M, Nephew, single, age 16, born St Pancras, Middlesex; occupation: brewer's assistant

22Gardner StreetJoseph Deveney, M, Head, widowed, age 61, born Londonderry, Ireland; occupation: tailor

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