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(Part 3)
by R W Standing of East Preston 2004

1901 Census occupier occupation household servants lodgers/boarders

1 - Groves Cottage [Bailiffs] Robert Elliott 60 farm bailiff 4 1 -

2 - Preston Place RA Warren 81 solicitor and farmer 9 6 -

3 - Apple Tree & Jasmin Cottages Parker Mills 66 farm carter 2 1 -

Charles Etherington 58 farm cowman 3 - -

4 - Forge Cottage "Blacksmith Cott" Albert Booker 54 blacksmith 7 - -

6 - "Gardeners Cottage" William Parsons 51 domestic gardener 3 - -

7 - Wistaria Cottage uninhabited not occupied 0 - -

William Bennett 38 ag lab 7 - -

8 - "Barn Row" Cottages Stephen Bushby 70 ag lab 1 - -

William Parsons 43 farm carter 2 - -

William Cot 38 farm stockman 6 - -

Charles Grace 71 farm stockman 3 1 -

uninhabited no occupation 0 - -

9 - "Manor House" George Golds 64 retired farm bailiff 4 - -

James Moulding 30 shepherd 7 - -

10 - House on Bend Charles Longhurst 35 market gardener 4 - -

James Mills 63 farm carter 4 - -

13 - "Far End" Katherine Holiday 60 on own means 3 2 -

15 - "Bay Trees" House Alfred Andrews Major Engineers ret. 5 1 -

16 - "Southsea Cottage" Mary E Palmer 36 saddlers business 4 - -

17 - The Rosery uninhabited but in occupation 0 - -

18 - Slaters Cottages Stephen Newman 34 paper hanger 6 - -

William Redman 69 farm carter 4 - -

19 - Winters - "Three Crowns" Inn Charles Challen 54 inn keeper 4 1 -

20 - Preston Cottage George Corney 60 postman 7 - -

21 - The Haven George Vickery 53 retired piano maker 5 2 -

22 - Norris Cottages "Norrys Cotts" Alfred Roberts 21 brickmaker 2 - -

Edward Brightwell 34 market gardener 4 - -

uninhabited not in occupation 0 - -

23 - Shenfield "Norrys Nursery" Henry Havers 27 market gardener 4 2 -

26 - North Lane Cottages Thomas Bennett 49 gen lab 3 - -

Louisa Barnett 80 own means? 3 - -

Eliza Redman 80 own means 1 - -

Charlotte Capel 78 own means 2 - -

27 - Elm Tree Cottage William Roberts 50 market gardener 6 - -

28 - "York Villa" George Barnett 49 domestic gardener 7 - -

Robert Clough 83 retired coal merchant 2 - -

29 - Boxtree Cottages Esther Ayling 36 laundress 4 - -

Ruful Ayling 59 bricklayers lab 9 - -

30 - Shorewell House "Shorewell Villa" Sarah Bushby 58 own means 1 - -

31 - "Lorne Villa" Jane Barker 67 own means 2 - -

32 - Baytree Cottage William Farmaner 61 county court bailiff 4 1 -

34 - Jackmans Cottages Henry Denyer 39 farm carter 7 - -

police station Harry Redford 25 police constable 4 - -

Edwin Gent 58 farm cow man 4 - -

John Barnett 71 ag lab 2 - -

35 - Louisa Villas George Biles 59 ret. chief officer CG 5 - -

Robert Adams 33 dom gardener 3 - -

36 - Beehive Cottages Stephen Boxall 50 farm stockman 6 - 1

Edward Andrews 40 ag lab 4 - -

38 - The Homestead George Harding 52 ret. workhouse master 5 1 -

40 - Hurdles villas [8] [Maycot] John Reeve 38 school master 7 1 -

[Sunnyside] Mary Rising 81 own means 5 1 -

[[Haroldslea] uninhabited but occupied 0 - -

[Beechwood] Benjamin Larbey 37 market gardener 7 - 3

[Fairview 1] in building 0 -

[Fairview 2] in building 0 -

[Littlecot] not in occupation 0 -

[Hurdles] not in occupation 0 -

census error [Fairview] William Godfrey 63 stock broker 5 2 -

42 - Nelsons Cottage Frederick Waghorn 33 foreman market garden 6 - 1

43 - "Coast Guard Station" William Amsdun 52 chief officer CG 7 - -

[10 cotts] Wm Vague 28 boatman 1 - -

George Field 28 boatman 2 - -

Richard Yealland 39 boatman 5 - -

Charles Chrismas boatman 4 - -

Edward Hughes boatman 5 - -

George Godding 37 boatman 4 - -

Jesse Woolvin 28 boatman 4 - -

Walter Pure 32 boatman 2 - -

Robert Thompson 46 chief boatman 10 - -

44 - Vine Cottage house occ. by lodgers Frank O Neill 31 private tutor 2 - 2

45 - Sea Cottages William Ayling 53 foreman market garden 2 - -

William Ayling 25 market gardener 6 - 1

Helena Hurst 35 nil 7 - -

46 - Seaview uninhabited family away 0 - -

48 - Gotellee Terrace Edward Elliss 54 brick moulder 4 - -

Albert Booker 27 coal merchant 2 - -

Charles Andrews brickfield lab 7 - 4

James Bennett 26 market gardener 9 - 2

William Hutchinson 34 market garden manager 8 - -

George Willcocks 47 gen lab 7 - -

49 - Farmaner semi. James Roberts 48 brickmaker 5 - -

John Sheppard 25 brickfield foreman 5 - -

50 - Wooden Houses Harry Reed 52 brickmaker 3 - -

Frank Hillyer 32 brickmaker 4 - 1

51 - Coronation uninhabited but occupied 0 - -

being built 0 - -

53 - Union Workhouse not obtained

STATISTICS to do

Whole Village 77 notional Houses 156 males 187 females 343 total without workhouse

Village 67 inhabited 138 161 299

Coastguard 10 inhabited 18 26 44

Workhouse 1 house

Averages for households Village 4.46 Coastguard 4.40 Combined 4.45

In 1901 many new houses had been built or were building. There appears to be a census error with respect to William Godfrey, who was the tenant of one of the Hurdles row of villas in 1901, and one of those indicated as unoccupied was no doubt occupied by him. The houses recently built were concentrated in North Lane, Sea Road and Manor Road. In North Lane, the Haven, Shenfield and Norris Cottages. In Sea Road south of the Homestead the Hurdles row of villas eventually numbering 8. The south end villas were built first and the Hurdles end last, John Reeve the teacher lived at the south end of the row. Manor Road was newly constructed for the brickworks. The houses here included the Wooden House which no longer exists, the row of six Coronation Cottages not yet built, the "Farmaner" pair on the north side of the road nearby, and the "Gotelee" terrace on the south side of the road. Another terrace and pair of cottages followed in the next decade.

The enumerator began his tour at the south of the village by the sea at Vine or Sea Cottages, continued with Manor Road, the Hurdles villas, and so to the Three Crowns, the houses in North Lane, and then the Street west Baytrees House, went back to North Lane, and finished off with the north end of the Street at Preston Place.

Manor Road is named, but Sea Road is called Sea Lane, while present day Sea Lane is called Gilberts Lane.

KINGSTON

It is unfortunate that at Kingston no tenants were named for the cottages, and with rate books deficient identification of occupants at any time is problematical. The dates at which buildings were lost and new ones built is also unclear until the end of the century. The houses that are known, and which still exist in some fraction or other, are the two principal landowners houses of East Kingston owned by Henty, and West Kingston owned by Olliver. The Napoleonic signal house has gone. The nearby Lighthouse Cottage pair still exist although much enlarged. Rose Cottage still exists in the north of the parish, and West Kingston Farm house exists in Peak Lane, although vastly altered. A cottage at the north of Peak Lane and an evident pair of cottages on the east side of Peak Lane, near a well, have long gone. It is unlikely that the Old Signal House was used as a cottage by Henty.

c1840 Tithes Kingston owner occupier tithe No

1 - East Kingston [old manor house] Samuel Henty Henty 47

2 - "Old Signal House" do -- 63

3 - The Old Cottage "Cottage" do -- 50

4 - Lighthouse Cottages "Two Tenements" do -- 62

5 - Kingston Manor or West Kingston George Olliver Olliver 11

6 - Rose Cottage "Cottage" do -- 4

7 - Cottage top of Peak Lane "Cottage" do -- 21

8 - West Kingston Farm "Cottage" do -- 29

9 - Well Cottages "Two Tenements" do -- 33

Ten houses and cottages

1841 Census occupier occupation household servants

--- Edward Hazelgrove ag lab 55 2 -

--- William Langley ag lab 40 2 -

--- Thomas Belchamber ag lab 30 6 -

5 - Kingston Manor George Olliver yeoman 38 5 3

--- James Mills ag lab 40 4 -

--- Solomon Short ag lab 54 2 -

1 - East Kingston Samuel Henty farmer 60 4 3

--- Henry Kellaway ag lab 50 4 -

--- George Mills ag lab 40 8 -

--- George Searl ag lab 45 8 -

10 Dwellings 45 occupants

1851 Census occupier occupation household servants lodgers/boarders

5 - Kingston Manor George Olliver landholder farmer 50 13 6 -

--- Henry B... coachman 30 2 - -

--- Henry Charman ag lab 33 5 - -

--- Thomas Belchamber ag lab 43 9 - 2

1 - "East Kingston" Samuel Henty farmer 74 5 4 -

--- Henry Kellaway ag lab 60 2 - -

--- 2 uninhabited

--- George Searl shepherd 59 4 - 1

7 occupied 2 unoccupied dwellings 40 occupants

1861 Census occupier occupation household servants lodgers/boarders

5 - Kingston Manor George Olliver 60 landed prop farmer 11 5 -

--- "Kingston West" William Tee 47 coachman 2 - -

--- do James Mills 60 ag lab 2 - -

--- do Thomas Belchamber 52 carter ag lab 7 - 2

1 - "East Kingston" Edward E Agate 28 farmer 3 2 -

--- do George Kellaway 39 carter ag lab 7 - -

--- do Thomas Clevett 38 ag lab 6 - -

-- "Kingston Street" Abraham Windsor 38 shepherd 4 - -

--- "East Kingston" Charles Page 22 carter ag lab 3 - 1

9 dwellings 45 occupants

1871 Census occupier occupation household servants lodgers/boarders

--- "East Kingston Henry Leggett 57 shepherd 4 - -

--- William Ashridge 52 gardener 2 - -

5 - Kingston Manor "Kingston House" Charles Daniel 28 servant 2 2 -

--- "West Kingston" Thomas Belchamber 64 ag lab 4 - -

--- John Head 62 ag lab 2 - -

--- James Midhurst 45 ag lab 4 - -

--- 1 uninhabited

1 - "East Kingston Farm" Sextus V Clarke 31 farmer 4 2 -

--- "Cottages" James Murrell 33 ag lab 2 - -

--- James Mills 28 ag lab 3 - 1

9 occupied 1 unoccupied dwelling 27 occupants

1876 Map Houses

1 - East Kingston [old manor house]

3 - The Old Cottage

4 - Lighthouse Cottages 2

5 - Kingston Manor or West Kingston

6 - Rose Cottage

8 - West Kingston Farm

9 - Kingston Lodge gatehouse at KM

10 - New Peak Lane house

Nine houses and cottages

1881 Census occupier occupation household servants lodgers/boarders

--- Henry Leggett 66 shepherd 3 - -

5 - Kingston Manor "Kingston House" William Beer 29 gardener 3 2? 1

--- "Farm Cottages" Maria Belchamber 72 nil 3 - -

9 - "Kingston Lodge" uninhabited

--- "Farm Cottage" Albert Finch 52 stockman 6 - -

1 - East Kingston "Kingston Farm" Charles Peachey 50 farmer 7 - -

--- "Kingston" Ellen Blake 26 nil 7 - 1

--- "Sea Cottage" Allan Dale 35 shepherd 5 - -

7 occupied 1 unoccupied dwelling 34 occupants

1891 Census occupier occupation household servants lodgers/boarders

1 - East Kingston "Kingston Farm" Charles Peachey 60 farmer 9 1 -

3 - "East Kingston" Charles Braden 59 carter 2 - -

3 - do Charles Braden 28 carter 4 - -

--- "Shepherds House EK" Jacob Smith 49 shepherd 5 - -

--- EK John Carver 36 ag lab 4 - -

--- "Kingston West" Thomas Hills 31 carter 5 - -

--- James Bellchamber 51 ag lab 1 - -

--- "Kingston West" William Keats 50 ag lab 5 - -

11 - "Gardeners Cottage K House" Henry Bowman 47 gardener 2 - -

9 - "The Lodge" Charles Ansell 51 coachman 2 - -

5 - Kingston Manor "Kingston House" uninhabited

5 - "outhouse" George Macey 45 gen lab 1 - -

5 - Kingstom Manor part William Parsons 41 gardener 3 - -

11 occupied dwellings 1 outhouse 1 unoccupied dwelling 43 occupants

1898 Map Houses

1 - East Kingston [old manor house]

3 - The Old Cottage

4 - Lighthouse Cottages 2

5 - Kingston Manor or West Kingston

6 - Rose Cottage

8 - West Kingston Farm

9 - Kingston Lodge gatehouse at KM

10 - New Peak Lane house

11- Gardeners Cottage at KM

Ten houses and cottages

1901 Census occupier occupation household servants lodgers/boarders

5 - Kingston Manor "Kingston House" Ellen Hurdle 45 servant 3 3 -

11 - "Gardeners Cottage" Henry Bowerman 57 gardener 2 - -

9 - "The Lodge" Charles Coleman 27 coachman 2 - -

1 - East Kingston "Kingston Farm" Louisa Peachey 67 farmer 6 1 -

8 or 10 - "Sea Cottages" James Belchamber 62 carter 1 - -

8 or 10 - "Sea Cottages" George Denyer 53 stockman 5 - -

4 - "Light House Cottage" James Bennett 28 cowman 3 - -

4 - "White House Cottage" George Kewell 51 shepherd 6 - -

3 - "Farm Cottages" Charles Braden 69 carter 6 - -

6 - "Rose Cottage" Thomas Hills 40 carter 6 - -

10 dwellings 40 occupants

In the 1901 census, besides Kingston Manor and East Kingston, the houses named by the census can be identified largely. Gardeners Cottage is the house of that name to the east of Kingston Manor. The Lodge is the gate lodge of Kingston Manor. Light House and White House both today called Lighthouse Cottages. Rose Cottage the same as in 1840 tithes the small cottage at the north of the parish. Farm Cottages occupied by Braden the Old Cottage south of East Kingston house. Sea Cottages presumably the two houses on the west of Peak Lane, one which existed in 1840 and the other built in the late 19th C. There is good anecdotal evidence for where Charles Braden and Thomas Hills lived, together with knowledge of who had the two principal houses.

Population Contrasts

A comparison of the population structure of East Preston and Kingston in the 19th century with East Preston in 1971 and the UK in 1971.

Row A: Age cohorts 5 years

Row B: East Preston and Kingston in 1841 to 1871, excluding the Workhouse and Coastguards, percentages.

Row C: East Preston in 1971, percentages

Row D: United Kingdom in 1971, percentages

0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75 +

EP & K 1841-1871 11.85 13.18 10.28 6.53 8.22 8.71 6.53 4.11 6.17 5.08 5.56 2.78 4.35 2.54 1.81 2.30 100%

EP in 1971-81 4.01 5.17 5.47 5.05 4.06 3.31 4.05 4.18 4.14 4.68 5.00 6.84 8.56 10.77 10.70 14.00` 100%

UK in 1971 8.15 8.38 7.57 6.91 7.66 6.60 5.88 5.70 5.95 6.32 5.91 6.02 5.77 4.90 3.63 4.66 100%

With the small figures involved in the population of East Preston, even aggregated from 1841 to 1871, the fluctuations in percentages through the age range is quite large, but in overall form East Preston had a fairly normal age structure for a rural community. The 1841 census rounded off ages to 5 years, but is approximate for the purpose.

The age structure in 1971 for East Preston contrasts markedly, not only with the 19th century as might be expected, but also with the general pattern in the UK. The over 65 age group stands out quite obviously, even without making a graph of the results.

It will be noticed that in the 19th century East Preston had over 35% of its population under 15 years of age. Under 7% above 65 years.

In 1971-81 under 15% under 15 years of age, and over 35% above the age of 65.

For the UK in 1971 24% were under 15 years, and over 13% above the age of 65.

If the 2001 census is consulted the UK age structure will be flatter with more than 13% above 65 years of age.

Source for UK 1971 raw data Office of National Statistics 2004.

SUPPLEMENTARY: "East Preston village" houses in Angmering were Roundstone by the railway crossing, the gatekeepers cottage at the crossing, and Coachmans Cottage adjacent to Preston Place. In 1901 the occupants were:

Roundstone Frederick W Booty age 35 Clergyman [Curate of East Preston]

Gate House James Cheesman age 56 Railway Gate Keeper

Coachmans Cottage George Hill age 62 Coachman domestic