The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 Tonbridge Census
Reference RG12/681: Tonbridge Enumeration District No 1; Sub-District: Tonbridge; Enumerator: Lewis Gear
Boundary Being that part of the Town bounded on the East by a line drawn from the Lower Bridge High Street to the Mission Room at Cage Green
Contents All the Houses on the western side of High Street including New Wharf and houses on the London Road, all the houses in Dry Hill Park, Soho Cottages, Charltons and Hawden Farm and Cottages, also Grammar School and House.
The whole in the South Western (or Tonbridge) Parliamentary Division of Kent
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]

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Sheet    Place    Census entry

18Jubilee House, 214, High StreetJohn A Babington, M, Head, married, age 47, born British Subject, Belgium; occupation: clerk of holy orders and schoolmaster
    Emily E Babington, F, Wife, married, age 37, born Crockenhill, Kent
    Percy L Babington, M, Son, age 13, born Lincoln, Lincolnshire; occupation: scholar
    Margaret A Babington, F, Daughter, age 12, born Lincoln, Lincolnshire; occupation: scholar
    Humphrey T Babington, M, Son, age 6, born Lincoln, Lincolnshire
    Algernon E Hollis, M, Pupil, age 16, born Keele, Staffordshire; occupation: scholar
    Frederick H Allfrey, M, Pupil, age 17, born Maindee, Monmouth, Wales; occupation: scholar
    Harris O Hobson, M, Pupil, age 17, born Burton On Trent, Staffordshire; occupation: scholar
    William H Whitehead, M, Pupil, age 17, born Barming, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Herbert M Whitehead, M, Pupil, age 15, born Barming, Kent; occupation: scholar
    James E Jane, M, Pupil, age 15, born Cork, Ireland; occupation: scholar
    Arthur S V Greenway, M, Pupil, age 18, born Croydon, Surrey; occupation: scholar
    Bernard D Barman, M, Pupil, age 16, born Goudhurst, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Arthur G Baker, M, Pupil, age 14, born Cobham, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Wilfred M Cox, M, Pupil, age 17, born Haylewood, Derbyshire; occupation: scholar
    Francis R Mar, M, Pupil, age 15, born Benthall, Shropshire; occupation: scholar
    Gerald C Mercer, M, Pupil, age 15, born Boxley, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Gerald C Mercer, M, Pupil, age 15, born Boxley, Kent; occupation: Scholar
    Gartiner H Harvey, M, Pupil, age 14, born British Subject, India; occupation: scholar
    George L Milburn, M, Pupil, age 19, born Brixton, Middlesex; occupation: scholar
    Edward P F Beamish, M, Pupil, age 17, born London, Middlesex; occupation: scholar
    Charles N B Beamish, M, Pupil, age 14, born London, Middlesex; occupation: scholar
    Sidney C Ruck, M, Pupil, age 17, born Redhill, Surrey; occupation: scholar
    George G Ruck, M, Pupil, age 15, born Redhill, Surrey; occupation: scholar
    Cecil E Ruck, M, Pupil, age 14, born Redhill, Surrey; occupation: scholar
    Thomas S Boncher, M, Pupil, age 17, born Hemingstone, Suffolk; occupation: scholar
    Edward V Machin, M, Pupil, age 16, born Gateford, Nottinghamshire; occupation: scholar
    Charles J Pinching, M, Pupil, age 15, born Gravesend, Kent; occupation: scholar
    William G Pinching, M, Pupil, age 11, born Gravesend, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Shurton Finn, M, Pupil, age 16, born Lydd, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Hugh W Croft, M, Pupil, age 16, born Brighton, Sussex; occupation: scholar
    Arthur E Allpress, M, Pupil, age 16, born Eltham, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Edwin G E Gill, M, Pupil, age 15, born Rochester, Kent; occupation: scholar
    Caroline M Gibbs, F, Servant, single, age 39, born Upper Clapton, Middlesex; occupation: matron
    Louisa Mears, F, Servant, single, age 32, born Ware, Hertfordshire; occupation: cook
    Annie Cheesman, F, Servant, single, age 21, born Wych Cross, Sussex; occupation: nurse
    Fanny Pankhurst, F, Servant, single, age 27, born Seal, Kent; occupation: parlour maid
    Anne S Saunders, F, Servant, single, age 20, born Chiswick, Middlesex; occupation: housemaid
    Emma M Sands, F, Servant, single, age 17, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: housemaid
    Grace May, F, Servant, single, age 16, born Wateringbury, Kent; occupation: kitchenmaid
    Frederick Sargent, M, Servant, single, age 14, born Maidstone, Kent; occupation: page

18Grammar School, Science BuildingWilliam C Gringer, M, Head, married, age 27, born Southampton, Hampshire; occupation: science assistant, instrument maker and teacher of instrumental making
    Ellen E Gringer, F, Wife, married, age 26, born Southampton, Hampshire
    Nelly M Gringer, F, Daughter, age 4, born Southampton, Hampshire

189, Dry Hill, Shipbourne RoadThomas Chivers, M, Head, married, age 59, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: painter
    Lydia Chivers, F, Wife, married, age 59, born Tonbridge, Kent
    Charles Chivers, M, Son, single, age 23, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: ginger beer maker
    Frederik Chivers, M, Son, single, age 21, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: shoeing smith

1810, Dry Hill, Shipbourne RoadRichard Davey, M, Head, married, age 69, born Tonbridge, Kent; occupation: general labourer
    Mary Davey, F, Wife, married, age 62, born Folkestone, Kent
    William Davey, M, Son, single, age 26, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: general labourer
    Emma Davey, F, Daughter, single, age 20, born Tunbridge, Kent
    Lilian B Davey, F, Granddaughter, age 1, born Tunbridge, Kent

1811, Dry Hill, Shipbourne RoadWilliam Carter, M, Head, married, age 67, born Shipbourne, Kent; occupation: general labourer
    Susana Carter, F, Wife, married, age 62, born Tonbridge, Kent
    Emma Carter, F, Daughter, single, age 39, born Tonbridge, Kent

1812, Dry Hill, Shipbourne RoadThomas Green, M, Head, widowed, age 78, born Town Malling, Kent; occupation: gardener

1813, Dry Hill, Shipbourne RoadCharles C Featherstone, M, Head, widowed, age 78, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: bread baker
    Maud L M Featherstone, F, Granddaughter, single, age 23, born Road, London
    Fanny J Featherstone, F, Granddaughter, single, age 22, born Bexly Heath, London
    Ellen Leigh, F, Adopted Daughter, single, age 33, born Tunbridge, Kent; occupation: professor of music

18Dry Hill Cottage, Shipbourne RoadSamuel Harwood, M, Head, married, age 43, born West Chiltington, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
    Emma Harwood, F, Wife, married, age 39, born Kirdford, Sussex
    Hannah Stemp, F, Boarder, age 41, born Wadington, Surrey; handicap: blind from birth

1855, Shipbourne RoadJohn Drury, M, Head, married, age 76, born Horsmonden, Kent; occupation: retired gardener
    Sarah Drury, F, Wife, married, age 72, born Tunbridge, Kent

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