The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Tunbridge Wells, Kent Census
That part of Tunbridge Wells within the Parish of Tonbridge that includes Grove Hill, High Street, Mount Sion, Little Mount Sion, Warwick Road and Claremont Road
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

402 Grove PlaceLouisa B. Merry, F, Head, widowed, age 78, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent
    Edward Merry, M, Son, single, age 55, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: house painter
    Alice M. Merry, F, Granddaughter, single, age 22, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: housekeeper

403 Grove PlaceEdwin S. Strange, M, Head, married, age 29, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation Builder's clerk
    Eliza J. Strange, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Biddenden, Kent
    Alfred H. Strange, M, Son, age 5, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation Scholar
    Sydney E. Strange, M, Son, age 3, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation Scholar
    Ernest G. Strange, M, Son, age 2, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent

40Grove CottageCharles Martyn, M, Head, married, age 24, born Worcester, Worcester; occupation: photographic printer
    Ann M. Martyn, F, Wife, married, age 27, born Lewes, Sussex
    Miriam B. Martyn, F, Daughter, age 1, born Lewes, Sussex
    Thomas Standing, M, Lodger, single, age 29, born Hurstpierpoint, Sussex; occupation: gardener

4043 Little Mount SionWilliam Oliver, M, Head, married, age 31, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent, employs 1 man; occupation: butcher
    Jane Oliver, F, Wife, married, age 35, born Sawley, Derby
    Fanny Reece, F, Visitor, married, age 50, born St Lukes, Middlesex
    Florence E. Tompsett, F, Servant, single, age 15, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Servant

4012 Little Mount SionJohn Milles, M, Head, married, age 45, born Petworth, Sussex; occupation: gardener
    Margrette Milles, F, Wife, married, age 27, born Richmond, York
    Margrette Milles, F, Daughter, age 4, born Richmond, York; occupation: scholar

4012 Little Mount SionFrank Shelley, M, Head, married, age 50, born Alfriston, Sussex; occupation: labourer
    Elizabeth Shelley, F, Wife, married, age 53, born Brenchley, Kent; occupation: laundress

4012 Little Mount SionWilliam Bannister, M, Head, married, age 50, born New York, America, occupation: house painter
    Julia Bannister, F, Wife, married, age 55, born Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, occupation: dressmaker

4014 Little Mount SionThomas Neale, M, Head, married, age 39, born Frant, Sussex; occupation Beer Retailer
    Sylvia Neale, F, Wife, married, age 34, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation Lodging house keeper
    Sophia Neale, F, Mother, married, age 69, born Pembury, Kent
    Elizabeth Royal, F, Servant, widowed, age 69, born Hunton, Devon; occupation Servant
    Thomas Brown, M, Lodger, married, age 40, born Brighton, Sussex; occupation: labourer
    Martha Brown, F, Lodger, married, age 41, born Brighton, Sussex; occupation: servant
    George Richardson, M, Lodger, married, age 43, born Benendon, Kent; occupation Labourer
    Henry Downing, M, Lodger, single, age 32, born Manchester, Lancashire; occupation: carpenter
    Richard Lacy, M, Lodger, single, age 33, born Sheffield, York; occupation: labourer
    William Shefford, M, Lodger, single, age 36, born Chelsea, Middlesex; occupation: house painter
    John Barnes, M, Lodger, single, age 44, born Staplehurst, Kent; occupation: labourer
    William Crawford, M, Lodger, single, age 60, born East Malling, Kent; occupation: excavator
    Alfred Bennett, M, Lodger, single, age 30, born Birmingham, Warwick, occupation: carpenter
    John W. Blackman, M, Lodger, married, age 40, born Fareham, Hertford, occupation: frame maker and carpenter
    William Scanlan, M, Lodger, single, age 44, born London; occupation: tailor
    George Pace, M, Lodger, single, age 38, born Guildford, Surrey; occupation House Painter
    William R. Barker, M, Lodger, single, age 59, born Tovil, Kent, occupation: paper maker
    Peter Beck, M, Lodger, single, age 47, born Battle, Sussex, occupation: stableman
    William Wilson, M, Lodger, single, age 36, born Kingston, United States; occupation Seaman
    George Jones, M, Lodger, single, age 59, born Southampton, Hampshire; occupation: house painter
    Walter Heath, M, Lodger, single, age 60, born Somerset; occupation: commercial porter

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