The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
1891 Withyham Census
Reference RG12/787: East Grinstead Enumeration District No 3; Sub-District: Withyham; Enumerator: Edward Alfred Hoath
Boundary All that part of the Parish of Withyham which lies to the East and South East of the highway leading from Lye Green to Maresfield including all the houses from the entrance to Penns Rocks to Greenwood Gate on both sides of the road
Contents this District includes the whole of the Ecclesiastical District of St. Johns Crowborough, Friars Gate, Lye Green, Park Grove, Gilridge, Home's Lodge, Park Cottages, and the Lodge at the top of the Five Hundred acres wood, Greenwood Gate, and all that part of Crowborough Warren which is in Withyham Parish, also all the houses right and left of the main road leading from Lye Green to Crowborough Cross
The whole in the parliamentary division of East Grinstead
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
1Rose CottageThomas Ashdown, M, Head, married, age 75, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: wheelwright
1Police StationWilliam J Wesley, M, Head, married, age 28, born Addington, Buckinghamshire; occupation: Police constable
1Lewes RoadMary Hambly, F, Head, widowed, age 66, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: living on own means
1Lewes RoadGeorge Cole, M, Head, married, age 27, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: garden labourer
1Lewes RoadWilliam Marden, M, Head, widowed, age 73, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: carpenter
1Half Moon Inn, Lewes RoadJob Back, M, Head, married, age 36, born Challock, Kent, occupation: licensed victualler
1Lewes RoadObed Avis, M, Head, widowed, age 33, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer
2Lewes RoadSamuel Heasman, M, Head, married, age 70, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farmer
2Lewes RoadHenry Taylor, M, Head, married, age 45, born West Hoathly, Sussex; occupation: hoop maker
2Forest LodgeHenry Leppard, M, Head, married, age 43, born East Grinstead, Sussex; occupation: hoop maker
2Forest LodgePhillip Heasman, M, Head, married, age 38, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: postman
3Mardens HillGeorge Stiller, M, Head, married, age 39, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: blacksmith and tin worker
3Ivy CottageThomas Obbard, M, Head, married, age 62, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: labourer on main roads
3Warren MillsJohn Buick, M, Head, married, age 64, born Scotland, occupation: carpenter and farmer
3Warren MillsJane Hinkley, F, Head, widowed, age 58, born Pagham, Sussex; occupation: seamstress
3500 Acres Lodge GateCharles Pilbeam, M, Head, married, age 57, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Carpenter
3Greenwood GateHerbert Brooman, M, Head, married, age 55, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
4Greenwood GateCharles Dadswell, M, Head, married, age 34, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
4Heasman Lodge, Crowboro' WarrenEdward Welfare, M, Head, married, age 47, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Farmer
4Crowboro' WarrenWilliam Fermor, M, Head, married, age 60, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: gamekeeper
5Warren HouseFielden Ramsbotham, M, Head, married, age 44, born Stand, Lancashire; occupation: Steward
5Crowboro' WarrenDavid Hollamby, M, Head, widowed, age 73, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
5Crowboro' WarrenGeorge H Lulham, M, Head, married, age 36, born Brighton, Sussex; occupation: Farmer
5Crowboro' WarrenJoseph Burfoot, M, Head, married, age 37, born Ash, Kent; occupation: farm bailiff
6Heave GateAlbert Neve, M, Head, married, age 42, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
6Heave GateWilliam Taylor, M, Head, married, age 35, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
6OcklyeJohn H Jenkinson, M, Head, widowed, age 68, born Worcester, Worcestershire; occupation: living on own means
6Ocklye CottageWilliam Taylor, M, Head, widowed, age 53, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: gardener
6Ocklye LodgeWilliam Welfare, M, Head, married, age 31, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Sawyer and carpenter
7Crowboro' RoadHannah Cox, F, Head, widowed, age 48, born Drybrook, Gloucestershire; occupation: laundress
7Crowboro' RoadWilliam Welfare, M, Head, married, age 69, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Sawyer and carpenter
7Laurel LodgeLodge Scarr, M, Head, married, age 68, born Aysgarth, Yorkshire; occupation: living on own means
7Goldsmith CottagesEliza Kenward, F, Head, widowed, age 73, born Withyham, Sussex
7Goldsmith CottagesCaroline M Brown, F, Head, widowed, age 53, born Hampshire; occupation: laundress
7Goldsmith CottagesAlfred Dray, M, Head, married, age 45, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
8Goldsmith CottagesAbraham Adams, M, Head, married, age 30, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
8Grubbs FarmWilliam Heasman, M, Head, married, age 48, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farmer
8Grubbs FarmEllen A Cook, F, Head, single, age 39, born West Hoathly, Sussex; occupation: living on own means
8Mardens HillAnn Cole, F, Head, single, age 49, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: living on own means
8Mardens HillMathew Roder, M, Head, married, age 24, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
8Mardens HillAbel Roder, M, Head, married, age 63, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
8Mardens HillSamuel Roder, M, Head, widowed, age 63, born Hawkhurst, Kent; occupation: General labourer
9Mardens HillWilliam H Bowler, M, Head, married, age 21, born Withyham, Sussex, occupation: general labourer
9Mardens HillEdward Bridger, M, Head, married, age 35, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: bootmaker
9Mardens HillThomas Sales, M, Head, widowed, age 80, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: Shoemaker
9Mardens HillCharles Smithers, M, Head, married, age 57, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
9Mardens HillFredrick Avis, M, Head, married, age 24, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer
10Mardens HillHenry Pilbeam, M, Head, married, age 40, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: General labourer
10Mardens HillFredrick Killick, M, Head, single, age 35, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
10Mardens HillJames Fermor, M, Head, married, age 45, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
10Lewes RoadEdward Taylor, M, Head, married, age 47, born West Hoathly, Sussex; occupation: wood hoop maker
10Mardens HillAlfred Ovenden, M, Head, married, age 46, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Portable engine driver
10Mardens HillThomas Holmwood, M, Head, married, age 39, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer
11Holly Cottage, Mardens HillJames Smithers, M, Head, widowed, age 49, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: carpenter
11Mardens HillJohn Mepham, M, Head, married, age 43, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: sawyer
11Mardens HillStephen Smith, M, Head, married, age 42, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
11Mardens HillElizabeth Killick, F, Head, widowed, age 72, born Withyham, Sussex
11Mardens HillWilliam Neve, M, Head, married, age 58, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
12Mardens HillAbel Dray, M, Head, married, age 41, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
12St. John's VicarageEdmund R Ruck-Keene, M, Head, married, age 33, born Bentley, Suffolk; occupation: Clerk in Holy Orders
12Alms HousesAnn E Allen, F, Head, widowed, age 62, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: pensioner
12Alms HousesMary Pilbeam, F, Head, widowed, age 68, born Banshead, Surrey; occupation: Pensioner
12Alms HousesAnna M Austen, F, Head, widowed, age 85, born Southhampton, Hampshire; occupation: pensioner
12Alms HousesMartha Burness, F, Head, widowed, age 86, born Gillingham, Dorset, occupation: pensioner
12St. John's RoadGeorge Neve, M, Head, married, age 78, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
13St. John's RoadFannie Orton, F, Head, widowed, age 43, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: Schoolmistress
13St. John's RoadJesse Pratt, M, Head, married, age 36, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Church LaneDavid Neve, M, Head, married, age 58, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
13Church LaneGeorge Pentecost, M, Head, widowed, age 78, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: General labourer
13Church LaneGeorge Wickens, M, Head, married, age 56, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Charcoal burner
13Church LaneFrederick Stevens, M, Head, married, age 28, born East Coker, Somerset; occupation: groom and gardener
14Church LaneFrederick Dray, M, Head, married, age 33, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
14Church LaneCharles F Pentecost, M, Head, married, age 39, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Gardener
14Church LaneHarriett Fermor, F, Head, widowed, age 75, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: Living on own means
14The Platt, Church LaneWilliam Hoath, M, Head, married, age 67, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farmer
14Church LaneThomas Killick, M, Head, married, age 67, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
14Church LaneGeorge Stevens, M, Head, married, age 46, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
15Church LaneJames Chewter, M, Head, married, age 52, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
15Church LaneHarriet Sales, F, Head, widowed, age 53, born Withyham, Sussex
15Church LaneGeorge Stevens, M, Head, widowed, age 39, born East Coker, Somerset; occupation: farm labourer
15Church LaneLousia Hobbs, F, Head, married, age 29, born Uckfield, Sussex
16St. John's LaneNoah Roder, M, Head, married, age 50, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
16St. John's LaneGeorge Stapley, M, Head, married, age 62, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
16St. John's LaneMargaret Baker, F, Head, widowed, age 42, born Pimlico, London
16St. John's LaneCharles Tomsett, M, Head, married, age 54, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Grocer
16St. John's LaneJohn Porter, M, Head, married, age 28, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Bricklayer's labourer
16St. John's LaneRichard Dray, M, Head, married, age 73, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
17St. John's LaneJohn Ashdown, M, Head, married, age 26, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: carpenter
17St. John's LaneSamuel Diplock, M, Head, married, age 40, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
17St. John's LaneHenry Butler, M, Head, married, age 45, born Benenden, Kent, occupation: farm labourer
17Coopers Arms Inn, St. John's LaneJoseph Wallis, M, Head, married, age 68, born France; occupation: farmer and innkeeper
18St. John's LaneThomas H Chewter, M, Head, married, age 50, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
18Crows Nest, Crowboro' RoadWilliam Hudson, M, Head, married, age 57, born Ramsgate, Kent; occupation: export and valuer of wines and spirits
18Crows Nest, St. John's LaneArthur Baker, M, Head, married, age 31, born East Woodhay, Hampshire; occupation: gardener
18Crowboro' RoadOlivia Annels, F, Head, single, age 60, born Droxford, Hampshire; occupation: farmer
18Crowboro' RoadLewis P Allen, M, Head, married, age 57, born Coggeshall, Essex; occupation: retired bill discounter living on own means
19St. John's LaneWilliam Baker, M, Head, married, age 52, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: carpenter
19St. John's LaneJames Chewter, M, Head, married, age 24, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
19St. John's LaneJasper Ashdown, M, Head, married, age 71, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: carpenter
19St. John's LaneHenry Parkhurst, M, Head, married, age 26, born Tunbridge Wells, Kent; occupation: Saddler and harness maker
19St. John's LaneWilliam Friend, M, Head, married, age 41, born Fletching, Sussex; occupation: blacksmith
20St. John's LaneGeorge W Hodges, M, Head, married, age 27, born Speldhurst, Kent; occupation: bricklayer's labourer
20New RoadGeorge Camfield, M, Head, married, age 47, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer
20New RoadThomas Tasker, M, Head, married, age 64, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: Farmer
20New RoadJohn Smith, M, Head, married, age 76, born Bath, Somerset; occupation: farm labourer
20New RoadGeorge Crittal, M, Head, married, age 44, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer
21New RoadJoel Izzard, M, Head, married, age 52, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
21Forest View, New RoadWilliam C Rayward, M, Head, married, age 70, born Sussex; occupation: Farmer
21Pencombe, New RoadRuth Joyner, F, Head, widowed, age 63, born Marylebone, London; occupation: living on own means
21Forest Lea, Crowboro' RoadPhilip H Philips, M, Head, married, age 47, born Hastings, Sussex; occupation: Living on own means
22Cooks Corner, Crowboro' RoadHenry Welfare, M, Head, married, age 58, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Farmer
22Crowboro' RoadJohn Burn, M, Head, married, age 64, born Alnwick, Northumberland, occupation: farmer
22Crowboro' RoadGeorge Groombridge, M, Head, married, age 24, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: railway platelayer
22Fords FieldsHenry Ovenden, M, Head, married, age 40, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
22Fords FieldsJames Bonds, M, Head, married, age 36, born Rotherfield, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
23Fords FieldsLouisa Pratt, F, Head, widowed, age 49, born Withyham, Sussex
23Tyle House LaneJonathan Holmwood, M, Head, widowed, age 36, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: general labourer
23Tyle House LaneCaleb Taylor, M, Head, married, age 40, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: charcoal burner
23Crowboro' RoadGeorge Colbran, M, Head, married, age 41, born Arlington, Sussex; occupation: bricklayer
24Crowboro' RoadAmos Frost, M, Head, married, age 38, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
24Beards LaneSamuel Hoath, M, Head, married, age 54, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: bootmaker
24Hoadleys FarmSamuel Heasman, M, Head, married, age 46, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farmer
24Two Chimneys, Crowboro' RoadJames Beard, M, Head, married, age 64, born Withyham, Sussex, occupation: farm labourer
24Chapel House, Crowboro' RoadEbenezer Littleton, M, Head, married, age 60, born Market Drayton, Shropshire; occupation: baptist minister
25Crowboro' RoadJohn Crittal, M, Head, married, age 42, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
25Adds FarmPeter Hendley, M, Head, married, age 58, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation: farmer
25Summer Sales, Crowboro' RoadWilliam Moore, M, Head, married, age 36, born Brenchley, Kent; occupation: farmer
25GilridgeJude Wickham, M, Head, widowed, age 59, born Wadhurst, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
26GilridgeWilliam Turner, M, Head, married, age 49, born Heathfield, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
26MorisesEliza Cole, F, Head, widowed, age 54, born Withyham, Sussex
26Crowboro' RoadMathew Hobbs, M, Head, married, age 58, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farm labourer
26Crowboro' RoadGeorge Field, M, Head, married, age 40, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: grocer
26Hole FarmWilliam Turner, M, Head, married, age 43, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: gardener
27Mardens HillJames T Taylor, M, Head, married, age 34, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: grocer and farmer
27Mardens HillWilliam Killick, M, Head, widowed, age 75, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation: Farm labourer
27Crowboro' RoadHenry Fermor, M, Head, married, age 53, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farmer
27MoorlandsEdward A Hoath, M, Head, married, age 52, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: farmer and hoop merchant
27Crowboro' RoadSarah Martin, M, Head, widowed, age 73, born Rotherfield, Sussex
28Mardens HillWilliam J Walsh, M, Head, married, age 44, born Whitechurch, Devon; occupation: Cuttler
28Crowboro' RoadSelina Wilmshurst, F, Head, single, age 32, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Seamstress
28Old RoadHenry Akehurst, M, Head, married, age 46, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: carpenter and joiner
28White HouseCharles Marden, M, Head, married, age 50, born Lingfield, Surrey; occupation: farmer
28Old RoadThomas Ashdown, M, Head, married, age 43, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: gardener
29Park GroveThomas Brown, M, Head, married, age 34, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation: farm servant
29Buckhurst LodgeWilliam Holmes, M, Head, married, age 45, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: parkkeeper
29Buckhurst ParkJoseph Akehurst, M, Head, married, age 81, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: Pensioner
29Buckhurst ParkJames Mepham, M, Head, married, age 50, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: woodsman
29Crowboro' RoadCecil Clarke, M, Head, single, age 30, born Abingdon, Berkshire, occupation: farmer
29Crowboro' RoadAlbert C Dean, M, Head, married, age 26, born Littlehampton, Sussex; occupation: gardener
30Crowboro' RoadWilliam Kember, M, Head, widowed, age 76, born Cowden, Kent; occupation: retired farmer
30Crowboro' RoadGeorge Ashdown, M, Head, married, age 72, born Withyham, Sussex; occupation: smith and farrier
30Park GroveAlfred Robinson, M, Head, married, age 43, born London; occupation: Cowman
30Crowboro' RoadThomas Virgin, M, Head, married, age 29, born Thorncombe, Dorset; occupation: Coachman
30Park GroveCharles E Jennings, M, Head, married, age 36, born Kensington; occupation: living on own means

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