The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 Rotherfield Census (including Crowborough)
Reference RG12/782: Rotherfield Enumeration District No 2
Enumerator: Mr Alfred Crittall, Senior
Being that part commencing at Mr Gower's Corner in the Village and keep the Road to Mark Cross and from thence to the boundary of the Parish at Knapps Wood on the Frant Road and from thence to the Gravel Pit on Saxonbury Hill taking the road to Greenhedges and Spratts bottom then take the Road to Cowford Bridge and Keeping the Main Road back to Mr Gower's Corner. Contents comprising Beddenden, Packhams Hill, Town Row, Sprout, Railway Station, Catts, Lodge Farm, Police Station, and the whole of Mark Cross, Saxonberry Hill, Frights, Tousers Lodge, The Forest, Stone House, Green House, Woodside, Town Row Green and Heathfields
The whole in the Parliamentary Division of Rye.
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

3Forest Farm CottageHenry K Wansbon, M, Head, married, age 38, born Hedgerby, Buckinghamshire; occupation Farm Labourer
    Mary Wansbon, F, Wife, married, age 36, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Gertrude Wansbon, F, Daughter, age 13, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Henry Wansbon, M, Son, age 11, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Scholar
    Arthur Wansbon, M, Son, age 8, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Scholar
    Rowland Wansbon, M, Son, age 5, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Scholar
    Herbert Wansbon, M, Son, age 2, born Rotherfield, Sussex

3Tousers Lodge FarmWilliam Francis, M, Head, married, age 57, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: farmer
    Sarah Francis, F, Wife, married, age 61, born Lamberhurst, Sussex
    Elizabeth Avery, F, Daughter, married, age 29, born Frant, Sussex
    William Francis, M, Son, married, age 21, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: grocer's assistant
    Mahala Francis, F, Daughter, single, age 18, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: dressmaker
    Eugenie Francis, F, Daughter, single, age 15, born Frant, Sussex
    Jacob Francis, M, Brother to Head, single, age 40, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: carter
    Percy Avery, M, Grandson, age 6, born Maldon, Essex
    Bonthes Avery, F, Granddaughter, age 4, born Maldon, Essex

3Sleeping in buildingsGeorge Gammond, M, Head, widowed, age 40, born Maresfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

3Saxonbury Hill CottagePeter Bonds, M, Head, married, age 32, born Rotherfield, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
    Sarah Bonds, F, Wife, married, age 27, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Rosetta Bonds, F, Daughter, age 4, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Flora Bonds, F, Daughter, age 2, born Rotherfield, Sussex
    Bessie Bonds, F, Daughter, age 1, born Rotherfield, Sussex

3Saxonbury Hill CottageSamuel Pollington, M, Head, married, age 24, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer

3Saxonbury Hill CottageNoah Baldwin, M, Head, married, age 78, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: hawker
    Emma Baldwin, F, Wife, married, age 75, born Lamberhurst, Kent

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