The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Rotherfield Census (including Crowborough)
South West of Crowborough including Crowborough Cross Inn, Beacon Observatory, South View and Coldharbour
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

7BeaconJames Bassett, M, Head, married, age 72, born Rotherfield; occupation Farm Labourer
    Leah Bassett, F, Wife, married, age 67, born Rotherfield
    Humphry Bassett, M, Son, single, age 17, born Rotherfield; occupation Farm Labourer
    Julia Bassett, F, Daughter, age 14, born Rotherfield; occupation Scholar
    Alfred A. Bassett, M, Son, age 12, born Rotherfield; occupation Scholar
    Thomas Chapman, M, Nephew, single, age 15, born Rotherfield, occupation: farm labourer
    Edward Taylor, M, Brother, married, age 69, born Rotherfield; occupation: farm labourer

7BeaconCathline J.A. Tester, F, Head, widowed, age 35, born Rotherfield
    James H. Tester, M, Son, single, age 17, born Hartfield; occupation: farm labourer
    George F. Tester, M, Son, single, age 15, born Rotherfield; occupation: farm labourer

7BeaconHenry Fermor, M, Head, married, age 43, born Withyham; occupation: farm labourer
    Eliza Fermor, F, Wife, married, age 34, born Withyham
    William Fermor, M, Son, age 14, born Withyham; occupation: scholar
    Mary Jane Fermor, M, Daughter, age 12, born Withyham; occupation: scholar
    Eliza Fermor, F, Daughter, age 10, born Withyham; occupation: scholar
    Henery Fermor, M, Son, age 9, born Withyham; occupation: scholar
    Edith Lizzie Fermor, F, Daughter, age 4, born Rotherfield; occupation: scholar

7Beacon Observatory CottageJohn Brown, M, Head, married, age 72, born Buxted; occupation: farm labourer
    Ann Brown, F, Wife, married, age 68, born Ticehurst

7Beacon ObservatoryCharles Lesson Prince, M, Head, married, age 59, born Uckfield; occupation Surgeon
    Jessie Prince, F, Wife, married, age 46, born Gloucestershire
    Elizabeth E. Prince, F, Daughter, age 9
    Mary Ann H. Pettet, F, Serv, single, age 45, born Kent; occupation Cook
    Eliza E. Holmwood, F, Serv, single, age 21, born Rotherfield; occupation: housemaid
    Adelaide M. Holmwood, F, Serv, single, age 17, born Rotherfield; occupation: domestic servant

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