The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 Mayfield Census
Reference RG12/783: District: Uckfield; Sub-District: Rotherfield; Enumeration District: No 16
Enumerator: Mr C. B. Foard
Boundary Being that part commencing at Cinders Hill Farm to Goffs and Tidebrook following the Parish boundary to Mark Cross taking the Road to Stile House then taking the houses both sides of the road to Lake Street keeping the Old Turnpike Road to the Furnace House through the Vicarage Wood to Pococks then keep the road to Cinder Hill.
Contents Comprising all the Cottages at Colkins Mill, also Pennybridge, Coldharbour, Little Trodgers, Renhurst, Highfields, Mousehall Farm and Mill, Stone House and the Priests House at Holy Trinity Orphanage.
The Whole in the Parliamentary Division of Rye.
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  • 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

8Xaviers LodgeBenjamin Brooman, M, Head, married, age 55, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Emily Brooman, F, Wife, married, age 60, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: seamstress

8Xaviers VillaJohn Castaign, M, Head, single, age 55, born Gironde Gujons, France; occupation: roman catholic priest

8Spratts Reed FarmJames Rebbeck, M, Head, married, age 35, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
    Alice Rebbeck, F, Wife, married, age 40, born Kirkham, Lancashire
    Mary Rebbeck, F, Daughter, age 9, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Robert Rebbeck, M, Son, age 7, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Rose Rebbeck, F, Daughter, age 5, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Elizabeth Rebbeck, F, Daughter, age 3, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Ellen Rebbeck, F, Daughter, age 1, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Mary Atkinson, F, Sister-in-law, single, age 24, born Kirkham, Lancashire; occupation: general domestic servant
    Elizabeth Atkinson, F, Sister-in-law, single, age 22, born Kirkham, Lancashire; occupation: general domestic servant
    Ann Slater, F, Aunt, single, age 55, born Blackburn, Lancashire; occupation: general domestic servant

8Furnace HouseEdgar Overy Hemp, M, Head, married, age 27, born Eridge, Sussex; occupation: game keeper
    Elizabeth M Hemp, F, Wife, married, age 21, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Daisy F Hemp, F, Daughter, age 1, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Beatrice E Hemp, F, Daughter, age 9 months, born Mayfield, Sussex

8New BarnJohn T Cosham, M, Head, married, age 51, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: stockman
    Esther Cosham, F, Wife, married, age 52, born Mayfield, Sussex
    Robert Cosham, M, Son, single, age 20, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
    Tamar D Cosham, F, Daughter, single, age 17, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: cook
    Henhzibah Cosham, F, Daughter, age 11, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Ebenezer Cosham, M, Son, age 8, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: scholar

8Old Palace CottageAgnew N Macauley, M, Head, married, age 32, born Ireland; occupation: retired corn broker
    Anna M Macauley, F, Wife, married, age 33, born Heale, Devon
    Caroline Frost, F, Servant, single, age 23, born Holborn, London; occupation: general domestic servant

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