The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Laughton Census
Reference RG 11/1043: Hailsham District; Hellingly Subdistrict; Laughton Enumeration District No 6; Enumerator: P V Starnes
Part of the Civil Parish of Laughton which lies Northwest of the Turnpike Road leading from Lewes to Battle as far as Stone Cross & Northeast of the Road leading from thence to East Hoathly to the Boundary of the Parish, including the Houses on both sides of the last mentioned Road, Mopeshole, Park Corner, the Roebuck Inn, Shortgate, the Sarjeants, also Laughton Lodge.
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

5Short GateEdward Streeter, M, Head, married, age 66, born Maresfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Agnes Streeter, F, Wife, married, age 52, born Laughton, Sussex
    Ebenezer Streeter, M, Son, , age 11, born East Hoathly, Sussex; occupation: scholar

5Shortgate Post OfficeMatilda Ellis, F, Head, widowed, age 65, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: shortgate post mistress
    E.E. Ellis, F, Niece, age 11, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: scholar

5Lewes RoadHarriett Whitbourne, F, Head, widowed, age 66, born Laughton, Sussex

5Lewes RoadWilliam Cosham, M, Head, married, age 27, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Ellen Cosham, F, Wife, married, age 25, born Chiddingly, Sussex
    William Cosham, M, Son, age 3, born Newhaven, Sussex

5Lewes RoadWilliam Pelling, M, Head, married, age 47, born Hellingly, Sussex; occupation: builder
    Emily Pelling, F, Wife, married, age 36, born Ringmer, Sussex
    Annie Pelling, F, Daughter, age 7, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Edith Pelling, F, Daughter, age 5, born Ringmer, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    William Geo. Pelling, M, Son, age 3, born Ringmer, Sussex
    Fanny Pelling, F, Daughter, age 8 m, born Laughton, Sussex
    William (Senr) Pelling, M, Father, widowed, age 80, born Little Horsted, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

5Lewes RoadAlbert Jones, M, Head, married, age 22, born Framfield, Sussex; occupation: sawyer
    Salley Jones, F, Wife, married, age 21, born Ringmer, Sussex
    Henry A. Jones, M, Son, age 2, born East Hoathly, Sussex
    Louisa J. Jones, F, Daughter, age 9 m, born Laughton, Sussex

5Laurel CottageJohn Cosham, M, Head, married, age 41, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: grocer and farmer of 8 acres
    Mary A. Cosham, F, Wife, married, age 40, born Ringmer, Sussex
    Fanny Cosham, F, Daughter, age 12, born Laughton, Sussex
    Percy J. Cosham, M, Son, age 10, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Rhoda Cosham, F, Daughter, age 8, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Alfred E. Cosham, M, Son, age 6, born Laughton, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Edith Cosham, F, Daughter, age 4, born Laughton, Sussex
    Arthur W. Cosham, M, Son, age 1, born Laughton, Sussex
    Harry E. Cox, M, Son in law, single, age 18, born Hellingly, Sussex

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