The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 Hever Census
Reference RG12/675: District: Sevenoaks; Sub-District: Penshurst; Enumerator: John Harrington
Boundary Bounded on the North by the river Eden, on the West by Chiddingstone Parish, on th South by Cowden Parish and on the West by Edenbridge Parish
Contents All that part of the Parish that lies South side of the river comprisding Hever Castle, the Street, Rectory, Bower, Brewer and New House Farms, Railway Station, Chippens, the Warren, Huckfield Lane, New Town and Pigdowns. Also the Wilderness, Greenlands Farm, Mark Beech, Hoppers Bank, Broomsetts and Buckhurst
The Whole in the Parliamentary Division of Tonbridge
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]
 
Sheet    Place    Census entry
1Post OfficeJohn Harrington, M, Head, married, age 43, born Wrotham, Kent; occupation: blacksmith and post master
1Post OfficeRobert Charles Lathan Brown, M, Head, married, age 46, born Middlesex, London; occupation: clerk in holy orders and rector of Hever
1CottageWillard Freeman, M, Head, widowed, age 58, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: farm bailiff
1CottageJohn William Boakes, M, Head, married, age 32, born Penshurst, Kent, occupation: carman
1[Licensed Pub]William Holmes, M, Head, married, age 47, born Dausett, Somerset; occupation: licensed victuallet
2School HouseJohn Eastman, M, Head, married, age 48, born Finsbury, London; occupation: teacher of public elementary school
2Hever CastleEdwin Heard, M, Head, married, age 72, born City Of London; occupation: farmer
2CottageWalter Sivyer, M, Head, married, age 44, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: stockman
2Terry's CottageRobert Belton, F, Head, married, age 54, born Westerham, Kent, occupation: farm labourer
3Terry's CottageGeorge Keen, M, Head, married, age 32, born North Curry, Somerset
3Pigdown CornerHenry Martin, M, Head, widowed, age 48, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
3Pigdown CornerWilliam Hazeldine, M, Head, married, age 28, born Chiddingstone, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
3Pigdown FarmCharles W Davis, M, Head, married, age 50, born Charles Square, London; occupation: living on own means
3CottageEdwin Jenner, M, Head, married, age 42, born Chiddingstone, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
4CottageHenry Holmes, M, Head, married, age 78, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: chimney sweep
4No 1, Park CottagesJohn Leigh, M, Head, married, age 45, born Chiddingstone, Kent; occupation: carpenter and grocer
4No 2, Park CottagesWilliam Worrell, M, Head, widowed, age 45, born Westerham, Kent; occupation Farm Labourer
4No 3, Park CottagesAlbert Nicholls, M, Head, married, age 22, born Hever, Kent; occupation Railway Plate Layer
4No 4, Park CottagesGeorge F Belton, M, Head, married, age 25, born Westerham, Kent, occupation: general labourer
4No 5, Park CottagesGeorge Pocock, M, Head, married, age 62, born Cowden, Kent; occupation Farm Labourer
5No 6, Park CottagesJohn Heaysman, M, Head, married, age 30, born Edenbridge, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
5No 1, New TownWilliam Longley, M, Head, married, age 47, born Hever, Kent; occupation: farmer
5No 2, New TownGeorge Seal, M, Head, married, age 55, born Edenbridge, Kent; occupation Farm Labourer
5No 3, New TownJames Longley, M, Head, married, age 49, born Chiddingstone, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
5No 4, New TownGeorge Winnifrith, M, Head, married, age 39, born Cowden, Kent; occupation Farm Labourer
6No 5, New TownJames Huntley, M, Head, widowed, age 59, born Lingfield, Surrey; occupation: farm labourer
6No 6, New TownHenry C Chapman, M, Head, married, age 38, born Hever, Kent, occupation: farm labourer
6GreenlandsCharles R Winter, M, Head, married, age 45, born Hoxton, London; occupation Architect and Surveyor
6West ViewJames Davenport, M, Head, married, age 70, born Beckenham, Kent; occupation: retired railway guard
6No 1, Uckfield Lane CottageGeorge Turner, M, Head, married, age 41, born Ashen, Essex; occupation: railway labourer
6No 2, Uckfield Lane CottageArther Marchant, M, Head, married, age 29, born Chiddingstone, Kent; occupation: railway plate layer
7No 3, Uckfield Lane CottageThomas Friend, M, Head, married, age 45, born Edenbridge, Kent; occupation: house painter
7No 4, Uckfield Lane CottageWilliam Webb, M, Head, married, age 51, born Lingfield, Surrey; occupation Bricklayer's Labourer
7Weavers CottageWilliamb Beckett, M, Head, married, age 51, born Hever, Kent, occupation: farm labourer
7Meachlands Farm HouseThomas Divall, M, Head, married, age 51, born East Grinstead, Sussex; occupation: farmer, hay and corn merchant
8Grove Cottage Beer House and Grocers ShopEdward Outram, M, Head, widowed, age 78, born Westerham, Kent; occupation Grocer and Beer House Keeper
8Chippens BankEllen C Morley, F, Head, married, age 65, born Penshurst, Kent
8Chippens CottageJames S Slight, M, Head, married, age 35, born Essendon, Hertfordshire; occupation: gardener
8Chippens CottagePeter I Pocock, M, Head, married, age 41, born Hever, Kent; occupation Bricklayer
8Chippens CottageAnnie Chandler, F, Head, widowed, age 54, born Cranbrook, Kent
9Chippens CottageAnn Chapman, F, Head, widowed, age 70, born Edenbridge, Kent
9Nicholls CottageAlfred Jeffrey, M, Head, married, age 29, born Edenbridge, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
9Nicholls CottageJohn Parker, M, Head, married, age 28, born Stoke Abbot, Dorset; occupation: railway signal porter
9Nicholls CottageWilliam L Hyder, M, Head, married, age 39, born Uckfield, Sussex; occupation: cowman
9Buckhurst FarmElizabeth Clifton, F, Head, widowed, age 73, born Edenbridge, Kent
10The WarrenJohn T Horton, M, Head, married, age 34, born Cowley, Middlesex; occupation: gardner
10The BothyArther Pocock, M, Head, single, age 19, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation Gardener
10The Warren Farm HouseJames Stapley, M, Head, age 54, born Cowden, Kent
10The Warren Farm HouseGeorge King, M, Head, married, age 65, born Hever, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
10Railway StationArthur W. Marchant, M, Head, married, age 31, born Balcombe, Sussex; occupation: station master
10New House FarmGeorge Cheal, M, Head, widowed, age 50, born Edenbridge, Kent; occupation: farmer
11CottageJames Cook, M, Head, single, age 40, born Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11Brocas FarmAvis I Williams, F, Head, widowed, age 60, born Edenbridge, Kent; occupation Housekeeper
11Bower FarmJames Kent, M, Head, married, age 44, born Worth, Sussex; occupation: builder
11Sandfield CottagesThomas Parker, M, Head, widowed, age 50, born Hever, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
11Sandfield CottagesAnn Seal, F, Head, widowed, age 58, born Sundridge, Kent
12Sandfield CottagesArthur Williams, M, Head, married, age 39, born Fermington, Warwickshire; occupation Railway Plate Layer
12Brook CottagesThomas Theobalds, M, Head, married, age 42, born Brasted, Kent; occupation Farm Labourer
12Brook CottagesWilliam Ashby, M, Head, married, age 30, born Hever, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
12Crouch HouseAlfred Davis, M, Head, married, age 42, born Albury, Surrey; occupation: farmer
12Hope CottagesMartha Collins, F, Head, widowed, age 67, born Penshurst, Kent; occupation: kept by the parish
12Hope CottagesWilliams Roots, M, Head, widowed, age 40, born Hever, Kent; occupation General Labourer
12Hope CottagesWilliams Smith, M, Head, married, age 28, born Crowborough, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Wilderness Farm HouseThomas L Humphrey, M, Head, married, age 34, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
14CottageThomas Turner, M, Head, widowed, age 76, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
14CottageJane Scott, F, Head, single, age 44, born Calygate, Surrey; occupation: certificated school mistress
14CottageGeorge Best, M, Head, widowed, age 45, born Chiddingstone, Kent; occupation: gardener
14CottageGeorge Bates, M, Head, married, age 30, born West Malling, Kent, occupation: police constable
14CottageEdward Gunner, M, Head, married, age 32, born Edenbridge, Kent; occupation: gardener
14CottageWilliam Burfoot, M, Head, widowed, age 84, born Hever, Kent; occupation: retired labourer
14CottageJames Cardin, M, Head, married, age 42, born Chiddingstone, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
14CottageGeorge Payne, M, Head, married, age 50, born East Grinstead, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
14CottageHenry Taylor, M, Head, married, age 30, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: gardener
14CottageHenry Holmes, M, Head, married, age 40, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
15CottageWilliam Smith, M, Head, single, age 40, born Lancing, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
15CottageObadiah Chesson, M, Head, widowed, age 63, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: bricklayer
15CottageWilliam Holder, M, Head, single, age 55, born Lewes, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
15CottageWilliam Streatfield, M, Head, married, age 77, born Hartfield, Sussex; handicap: Spinal Disease
15CottageWilliam H Read, M, Head, married, age 32, born Scotland; occupation Farmer
15CottageNoah Baldwin, M, Head, married, age 33, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
15CottageJames Boakes, M, Head, married, age 29, born Ide Hill, Kent, occupation: farm labourer
15CottageWilliam Harris, M, Head, married, age 52, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: carpenter
16CottageGeorge Foster, M, Head, married, age 62, born Horsted Keynes, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

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