The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1881 Wadhurst Census
That part of Wadhurst Parish that includes Best Beech Hill and Tidebrook
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

10TidebrookDinah Spice, F, Head, widowed, age 68, born Wadhurst
    Thomas Blackman, M, Lodger, single, age 18, born Mayfield, occupation: farm labourer
    Ebenezer Smith, M, Lodger, single, age 21, born Wadhurst; occupation: farm labourer

10TidebrookEbenezer Smith, M, Head, married, age 42, born Wadhurst; occupation: farm labourer
    Mary A. Smith, F, Wife, married, age 42, born Wadhurst
    Walter Smith, M, Son, age 16, born Wadhurst; occupation: farm labourer
    George Smith, M, Son, age 12, born Wadhurst; occupation: scholar
    William Smith, M, Son, age 9, born Wadhurst; occupation: scholar
    Fanny Smith, F, Dtr, age 7, born Wadhurst; occupation: scholar
    Albert Smith, M, Son, age 5, born Wadhurst; occupation: scholar
    Emily Smith, F, Dtr, age 3, born Wadhurst
    Rosa E. Smith, F, Dtr, age 2 m, born Wadhurst

10TidebrookEliza Wallis, F, Head, widowed, age 58, born Brightling; occupation: post mistress
    Priscella Wallis, F, Dtr, single, age 25, born Wadhurst, out of situation; occupation: cook
    Rose F. Wallis, M, Son, single, age 21, born Wadhurst; occupation: post messenger
    Charles Wallis, M, Son, single, age 18, born Wadhurst; occupation: farm labourer
    William J. Wallis, M, Son, single, age 15, born Wadhurst; occupation: house boy
    George Wallis, M, Son, age 13, born Wadhurst; occupation: scholar

10TidebrookWilliam Mercer, M, Head, married, age 38, born Goudhurst; occupation Farm labourer
    Mary Mercer, F, Wife, married, age 34, born Wadhurst
    Edwin Mercer, M, Son, single, age 13, born Yalding; occupation Farm labourer
    Frederick Mercer, M, Son, age 11, born Wadhurst; occupation Scholar
    Robert Mercer, M, Son, age 9, born Wadhurst; occupation Scholar
    William Mercer, M, Son, age 4, born Mayfield; occupation Scholar
    Margaret Mercer, F, Dtr, age 2, born Mayfield
    Alice R. Mercer, F, Dtr, age 3 m, born Wadhurst
    Albert Colvin, M, Brother, single, age 21, born Mayfield, occupation: farm labourer
    Richard Colvin, M, Brother, single, age 18, born Kent, occupation: farm labourer

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