The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 Rotherfield Census (including Crowborough)
Reference RG12/782: Rotherfield Enumeration District No 4
Enumerator: Mr George Hyder
Being that part commencing at the Boars Head Inn taking the North West side of the Turnpike Road to the Crown turning and Boundary of the Parish to Orznash and then in a straight line to the Boarshead inn. Contents comprising Stonehouse, Renbys, Hamsell, Eridge Railway Station, Hamsell Hills, Fostal Cottages, Warren Rocks, Leelands, Hollambys, Pinstraws, Orznash, Motts, Bullfinch and Birchden
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]
 
Sheet    Place    Census entry
1StonehouseJesse Brown, M, Head, married, age 44, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: farmer
1OrznashAmos Samuel Moon, M, Head, married, age 42, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
1OrznashEzra Rogers, M, Head, married, age 55, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
1OrznashSamuel Hedges, M, Head, married, age 37, born Guildford, Surrey; occupation: farm labourer
1BullfinchesWilliam Beevor, M, Head, married, age 36, born Potter Heigham, Norfolk, occupation: groom
4BullfinchesGeorge Groombridge, M, Head, married, age 44, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4Leywood StablesFrederick J Aynsley, M, Head, single, age 29, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: groom and stableman
4MottsCharles Leaves, M, Head, married, age 42, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: builder
4MottsAlfred Hopkins, M, Head, married, age 48, born Watford, Hertfordshire; occupation: coachman
4MottsWilliam Evans, M, Head, married, age 43, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: carter
4Forge Gas CottageThomas Fred Welfare, M, Head, married, age 35, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation Gasman
5Holden Barn CottageEdward Card, M, Head, married, age 48, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
5LeechpitsGeorge Waters, M, Head, married, age 61, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
5HollybridgeAaron Hall, M, Head, married, age 32, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: shepherd
5HollybridgeThomas Jeffrey, M, Head, married, age 29, born Pembury, Kent; occupation: farm labourer
6Renby GrangeAlbert Brown Ghuey, M, Head, married, age 49, born Kensington, Middlesex; occupation: civil engineer
6Renby Grange CottageHenry John Hawkins, M, Head, married, age 36, born Hainton, Devon; occupation: coachman
6Laureltree CottageJames Hall, M, Head, married, age 49, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6LaureltreesJohn Norton, M, Head, married, age 54, born Capel, Kent; occupation Farm Bailiff
7ForgeJoseph Brown, M, Head, married, age 66, born Wellington, Shropshire; occupation: plate layer
7ForgeEdward Reynolds, M, Head, married, age 50, born Lincolnshire; occupation Farm Labourer
7ForgeFrederick Simmonds, M, Head, single, age 28, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: farmer
7PinstrawsThomas Soane, M, Head, married, age 50, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
7ParkcornerCharles Blunt, M, Head, married, age 36, born Goudhurst, Kent, occupation: manager of public house and bailiff
8ParkcornerRobert Fermor, M, Head, married, age 49, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: estate labourer
8ParkcornerJames Pratt, M, Head, married, age 45, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
8ParkcornerJames Chalk, M, Head, married, age 48, born Redlynch, Wiltshire; occupation: gardener
8ParkcornerEdwin Hollamby, M, Head, widowed, age 69, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: nurseryman
8ParkcornerAlbert Seymour, M, Head, married, age 32, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: carman
9BirchdenWilliam Neve, M, Head, married, age 37, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: nursery foreman
9BirchdenJames Pollington, M, Head, married, age 48, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9BirchdenWilliam Avis, M, Head, married, age 55, born Isfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
9BirchdenAlbert Sumners, M, Head, married, age 32, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: farm bailiff
10BirchdenHiram Harmer, M, Head, married, age 28, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
10BirchdenEdwin William Warnett, M, Head, married, age 56, born Horsted Keynes, Sussex; occupation Nursery Gardener
10BirchdenDavid Bassett, M, Head, married, age 34, born Groombridge, Kent; occupation: nursery gardener
10BirchdenJohn Peerless, M, Head, married, age 67, born Greenwich, Kent; occupation: pensioner fom police service
11BirchdenThomas Fenner, M, Head, married, age 53, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11BirchdenThomas Hunter, M, Head, married, age 28, born Crawley Down, Sussex; occupation: market gardener
11BirchdenWaller French, M, Head, married, age 22, born Ringmer, Sussex; occupation: grocer, porter and gardener
11BirchdenStephen Jenner, M, Head, married, age 59, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
11LeelandsAlfred Frieman, M, Head, single, age 46, born Hunton, Kent; occupation: farmer
11BirchdenLucy Summer, F, Head, widowed, age 59, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: farmer
11BirchdenWilliam Summer, M, Head, married, age 38, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12BirchdenCharles Allcorn, M, Head, married, age 45, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12ParkcornerWilliam Saunders, M, Head, married, age 62, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12ParkcornerGeorge Cottington, M, Head, married, age 59, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12ParkcornerAlbert Sumner, M, Head, married, age 46, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12ParkcornerHenry Adams, M, Head, married, age 45, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: sawyer
12ParkcornerAgnes Norman, F, Head, widowed, age 54, born Rotherfield, Sussex
12Parkcorner [Bridgers]Levi Midmore, M, Head, widowed, age 76, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
13Parkcorner [Spring Cottages]Henry Deacon, M, Head, married, age 79, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: pump maker
13Parkcorner [Spring Cottages]William French, M, Head, married, age 49, born Ringmer, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Parkcorner [Bridgers Farm]Horace Edward Maurice, M, Head, married, age 37, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: carpenter
13CobbarnThomas Winch, M, Head, married, age 49, born Flimwell, Kent; occupation Farm Foreman
13CobbarnWilliam Prior, M, Head, married, age 60, born Lamberhurst, Kent; occupation Farm Labourer
13CobbarnHenry Simes, M, Head, married, age 43, born Hastings, Sussex; occupation: wheelwright
14CobbarnWilliam Furner, M, Head, married, age 33, born Fordingborne, Kent; occupation: blacksmith
14Cobbarn FarmGeorge Davison, M, Head, married, age 37, born London; occupation: farmer
14Hamsell Wood CottagesWilliam Humphrey, M, Head, married, age 51, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer
14Hamsell Wood CottagesJohn Groombridge, M, Head, married, age 50, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
14Hamsell Wood FarmMark Edward Buck, M, Head, married, age 33, born Ventnor, Isle Of Wight, occupation: farmer
15Fostle, No 1James Henry Holmwood, M, Head, married, age 28, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: gardener
15Fostle, No 2Eleanor Colbran, F, Head, widowed, age 66, born Withyham, Sussex
15Fostle, No 3Moses Thomas Boarer, M, Head, married, age 32, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: gardener
15Fostle, No 4Henry Saunders, M, Head, married, age 50, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: carter
15Fostle, No 5Elias Jenner, M, Head, married, age 54, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
16Fostle, No 6John Reed, M, Head, married, age 42, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation Stationary Engine Driver
16Fostle, No 7Harriett Collins, F, Head, single, age 53, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: dressmaker
16Fostle, No 8William Potter, M, Head, married, age 35, born Marden, Kent; occupation Carter and Farm Servant
16Fostle, No 9George Down, M, Head, married, age 60, born Frant, Sussex; occupation: painter
16Fostle, No 10Obed Fermor, M, Head, married, age 71, born Rotherfield, Sussex
16Fostle, No 11Thomas Brooman, M, Head, married, age 61, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: gardener
16Fostle, No 12Frederick Piddlesden, M, Head, married, age 55, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: sawyer
17Fostle, No 13William Henry Knapp, M, Head, married, age 33, born Hurstpierpoint, Sussex; occupation Bricklayer
17Fostle, No 14Moses Knapp, M, Head, married, age 56, born Woodmancote, Sussex; occupation Blacksmith
17Fostle, No 15Gilbert Pope, M, Head, married, age 47, born Alton, Hampshire; occupation Retired Grocer
17Warren FarmAndrew Williamson, M, Head, married, age 55, born Aberdeenshire, Scotland; occupation Farm and Estate Steward
17Hamsell Public HouseJames William Jennings, M, Head, married, age 52, born Hunsdon, Hertfordshire; occupation: publican and carpenter
17HamsellWilliam Wickens, M, Head, married, age 63, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Grocer
18HamsellNelson Wickens, M, Head, married, age 37, born Maresfield, Sussex; occupation Coal Merchant
18HamsellGeorge Turner, M, Head, married, age 62, born Maresfield, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
18HamsellEdward Funnell, M, Head, married, age 57, born Nutley, Sussex; occupation: steam sawyer
18Eridge Railway StationJames Alfred Pilbeam, M, Head, married, age 34, born East Chiltington, Sussex; occupation Railway Station Master
18Eridge Railway StationCharles Budd, M, Head, married, age 44, born Rustington, Sussex, occupation: railway signalman
18Eridge Railway StationThomas Stevens, M, Head, married, age 32, born Hailsham, Sussex; occupation: railway porter
18The Refreshment RoomsJinnie Worsfold, F, Head, widowed, age 42, born Dorking, Surrey; occupation Manageress of Refreshment Rooms
19The Lake, HamsellWalter Sherbourne Prideaux, M, Head, married, age 45, born St George, Hanover Square, Middlesex; occupation Solicitor
19HamsellWilliam Wheatley, M, Head, married, age 39, born Maresfield, Sussex
19HamsellThomas William Neve, M, Head, married, age 42, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: landscape gardener
20HamsellEdward Tasker, M, Head, married, age 65, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
20HamsellAlexander Butler, M, Head, married, age 75, born Benenden, Kent, occupation: farm labourer

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