Ashington 1861 census
Transcribed by C A Gascoigne-Pees 2009
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| Schedule | Address | Name | Relation | Condition | Age | Occupation | Where Born | Disability |
| District 1 | ||||||||
| 29 | Malthouse Cottage | Henry Ayres | Head | m | 57 | Farm Labourer | Ashington, Sussex | |
| Harriet Ayres | Wife | m | 53 | Lewes, Sussex | ||||
| Mary Ann Ayres | Daughter | s | 18 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Sophia Ayres | Daughter | s | 9 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Hester Ayres | Daughter | s | 7 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| William Thomas Ayres | Grandson | s | 2 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| 30 | Michbourne | James Wood | Head | m | 45 | Carpenter | Sullington, Sussex | |
| Rebecca Wood | Wife | m | 46 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Albert Wood | Son | s | 16 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Walter Wood | Son | s | 13 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Agnes Wood | Daughter | s | 10 | Washington, Sussex | ||||
| Frederick Wood | Son | s | 9 | Washington, Sussex | ||||
| 31 | Malthouse Lane | Eli Harwood | Head | m | 61 | Farm Labourer | Warminghurst, Sussex | |
| Jane Harwood | Wife | m | 54 | Warminghurst, Sussex | ||||
| Fanny Lillywhite | Daughter | m | 22 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Henry Harwood | Son | s | 17 | Agricultural Labourer | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| Harriet Harwood | Daughter | s | 15 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Caroline Harwood | Daughter | s | 12 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Jemima F Lillywhite | Granddaughter | s | 1 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Elizabeth E Harwood | Granddaughter | s | 5 | Thakeham, Sussex | ||||
| 32 | Normans House | Henry Lillywhite | Head | m | 22 | Agricultural Labourer | Washington, Sussex | |
| Ann Lillywhite | Wife | m | 19 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Mary Ann Lillywhite | Daughter | s | 0 | 7 months | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| 33 | Henry Lillywhite | Head | m | 62 | Agricultural Labourer | Thakeham, Sussex | ||
| Hannah Lillywhite | Wife | m | 55 | Pulborough, Sussex | ||||
| 34 | Normans House | John Stedman | Head | m | 43 | Agricultural Labourer | Thakeham, Sussex | |
| Hannah Stedman | Wife | m | 40 | West Grinstead, Sussex | ||||
| John Joseph Laker | Stepson | s | 16 | Agricultural Labourer | Horsham, Sussex | |||
| James Laker | Father in Law | w | 63 | Wood Turner | West Grinstead, Sussex | |||
| 35 | Normans | Martha Berry | Head | w | 74 | Widow of Agricultural Labourer | Washington, Sussex | |
| James Berry | Boarder | s | 21 | Agricultural Labourer | Warminghurst, Sussex | |||
| Edmund Berry | Boarder | s | 19 | Agricultural Labourer | Washington, Sussex | |||
| 37 | Old Poor House | John Wells | Head | m | 32 | Agricultural Carter | Sussex | |
| Susan Wells | Wife | m | 27 | Sullington, Sussex | ||||
| George Wells | Son | s | 4 | Washington, Sussex | ||||
| William Wells | Son | s | 2 | Thakeham, Sussex | ||||
| 38 | Old Poor House | James Geere | Head | w | 70 | Agricultural Labourer | Storrington, Sussex | |
| 39 | Old Poor House | James Brown | Head | m | 28 | Agricultural Labourer | West Grinstead, Sussex | |
| Jane Brown | Wife | m | 23 | Slaugham, Sussex | ||||
| 40 | Mill Lane | Jeremiah Cooper | Head | m | 60 | Mill Carter | West Chiltington, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth Cooper | Wife | m | 57 | Thakeham, Sussex | ||||
| Charlotte Cooper | Daughter | s | 25 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Frederick Cooper | Grandson | s | 6 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| 41 | Mill Cottage | Edmund Sayers | Head | m | 38 | Baker | Ashington, Sussex | |
| Jane Sayers | Wife | m | 33 | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| Thomas Sayers | Son | s | 8 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| George Sayers | Son | s | 6 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Henry Sayers | Son | s | 5 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Mary Sayers | Daughter | s | 1 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Caroline Farley | Visitor | s | 23 | Singleton, Sussex | ||||
| Stanford Turner | Lodger | s | 21 | Baker | Storrington, Sussex | |||
| James Reeves | Lodger | s | 32 | Miller | Thakeham, Sussex | |||
| 42 | Mile Cottage | William Streeter | Head | m | 50 | Miller | Pulborough, Sussex | |
| Sarah Streeter | Wife | m | 48 | .West Tarring, Sussex | ||||
| Emily Streeter | Daughter | s | 10 | Pulborough, Sussex | ||||
| 43 | Old Shop | Thomas Charman | Head | m | 36 | Bricklayer | Ashington, Sussex | |
| Ann Charman | Wife | m | 34 | Washington, Sussex | ||||
| Ann Geere | w | 68 | West Grinstead, Sussex | |||||
| 44 | Old Shop | William Ockenden | Head | m | 26 | Agricultural Labourer | Ashington, Sussex | |
| Ann Ockenden | Wife | m | 24 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| 45 | Old Shop | Henry Hook | Head | m | 52 | Warehouseman | In The Army | |
| Elizabeth Hook | Wife | m | 50 | Charwoman | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| Thomas Chambers | Brother in Law | s | 67 | Carpenter | NK | |||
| 46 | Old Shop | George Pelling | Head | m | 30 | Agricultural Labourer | West Grinstead, Sussex | |
| Susan Pelling | Wife | m | 22 | Thakeham, Sussex | ||||
| William Pelling | Son | s | 1 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| 47 | Old Shop | James Green | Head | m | 46 | Agricultural Labourer | Binsted, Sussex | |
| Barbara Green | Wife | m | 45 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Reuben Green | Son | s | 12 | Agricultural Labourer | Washington, Sussex | |||
| William Green | Son | s | 7 | Yapton, Sussex | ||||
| Harriet Green | Daughter | s | 2 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Thomas Green | Lodger | s | 19 | Masons Labourer | Washington, Sussex | |||
| Walter Birchfield | Lodger | s | 19 | Agricultural Labourer | Slaugham, Sussex | |||
| 48 | Shop Cottage | George Tilley | Head | m | 22 | Agricultural Labourer | Shipley, Sussex | |
| Barbara Tilley | Wife | m | 18 | West Grinstead, Sussex | ||||
| George Tilley | Son | s | 0 | 1 month | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| 49 | Shop Cottage | Benjamin Ayres | Head | m | 35 | Pensioner from the army | Ashington, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth Ayres | Wife | m | 23 | Findon, Sussex | ||||
| Jane Ayres | Daughter | s | 4 | Washington, Sussex | ||||
| Elizabeth Ayres | Daughter | s | 2 | Washington, Sussex | ||||
| Caroline Ayres | Daughter | s | 0 | 3 months | Thakeham, Sussex | |||
| 50 | Cradlebridge | John Ockenden | Head | m | 64 | Agricultural Labourer | West Grinstead, Sussex | |
| Frances Ockenden | Wife | m | 64 | Thakeham, Sussex | ||||
| John Ockenden | Son | s | 23 | Shoemaker | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| 1 unoccupied | ||||||||
| 51 | Cradlebridge | James Ockenden | Head | m | 29 | Agricultural Labourer | Ashington, Sussex | |
| Ann Ockenden | Wife | m | 26 | Wiston, Sussex | ||||
| John Ockenden | Son | s | 4 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Louisa Ockenden | Daughter | s | 2 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Sarah Ockenden | Daughter | s | 0 | 4 months | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| 52 | Church Farm House | Walter Peachy | Head | m | 39 | Farmer 170acres emp 6men 2boys | Cuckfield, Sussex | |
| Harriet Peachy | Wife | m | 39 | Worthing, Sussex | ||||
| Walter Charles Peachy | Son | s | 9 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| William George Peachy | Son | s | 8 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Albert Peachy | Son | s | 6 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Alice Peachy | Daughter | s | 5 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Ernest Robert Peachy | Son | s | 4 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Emily Peachy | Daughter | s | 2 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Letitia Humphrey | Servant | s | 20 | Housemaid | Watersfield, Sussex | |||
| Ellen Berry | Servant | s | 12 | Nursemaid | Washington, Sussex | |||
| 53 | Barn House | Solomon Stringer | Head | m | 37 | Agricultural Labourer | West Grinstead, Sussex | |
| Emily Stringer | Wife | m | 32 | Washington, Sussex | ||||
| William Stringer | Son | s | 12 | Agricultural Labourer | West Grinstead, Sussex | |||
| Henry Stringer | Son | s | 9 | West Grinstead, Sussex | ||||
| Solomon Stringer | Son | s | 7 | West Grinstead, Sussex | ||||
| George Stringer | Son | s | 2 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| 54 | Brown Hill House | Edwin Elliott | Head | m | 47 | Farmer of Land | Ashington, Sussex | |
| Ann Elliott | Wife | m | 49 | West Grinstead, Sussex | ||||
| Matilda Medhurst | Niece | s | 14 | Littlehampton, Sussex | ||||
| Ann Francis | Servant | s | 14 | Domestic Servant | West Grinstead, Sussex | |||
| George Holland | Servant | s | 16 | Agricultural Carter | Washington, Sussex | |||
| 55 | Hook Farm House | Jesse Hillman | Head | m | 63 | Agricultural Labourer | West Grinstead, Sussex | |
| Mary Hillman | Wife | m | 59 | Ashurst, Sussex | ||||
| 56 | Richard Agate | Boarder | s | 51 | Agricultural Labourer | Wiston, Sussex | ||
| 57 | Wooden House | Thomas Potter | Head | m | 77 | Agricultural Labourer | Warnham, Sussex | |
| Sarah Potter | Wife | m | 75 | Horsham, Sussex | ||||
| 58 | Sparrows | Charles Skinner | Head | m | 40 | Bootmaker emp 1 boy | Ashington, Sussex | |
| Harriet Parker | Visitor | s | 31 | Brighton, Sussex | ||||
| 59 + 60 | Sparrows | Henry Berry | Head | m | 77 | Agricultural Labourer | Ashington, Sussex | |
| Elizabeth Berry | Wife | m | 63 | Thakeham, Sussex | ||||
| Thomas Potter | Lodger | s | 15 | Bootmaker | Wiston, Sussex | |||
| Thomas Golds | Lodger | s | 68 | Agricultural Labourer | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| 61 | Sparrows | Luke Harding | Head | m | 25 | Agricultural Labourer | West Chiltington, Sussex | |
| Caroline Harding | Wife | m | 22 | Coombes, Sussex | ||||
| 62 | 1 unoccupied | |||||||
| 63 | Frogshole | James Newman | Head | m | 59 | Agricultural Labourer | Ashurst, Sussex | |
| Mary Newman | Wife | m | 52 | Pagham, Sussex | ||||
| Henry Newman | Son | s | 14 | Groom | Washington, Sussex | |||
| 64 | Frogshole | James Sparshot | Head | m | 23 | Carter | Washington, Sussex | |
| Harriet Sparshot | Wife | m | 20 | Warminghurst, Sussex | ||||
| Ann Hedger | Stepdaughter | s | 2 | Wiston, Sussex | ||||
| Elizabeth Sparshot | Daughter | s | 0 | 1 month | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| 65 | Rectory | Robert Blakiston | Head | m | 49 | Rector of Ashington | South Shields, Durham | |
| Anna Blakiston | Wife | m | 46 | Chichester, Sussex | ||||
| Arthur A Blakiston | Son | s | 9 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Fanny S Blakiston | Daughter | s | 7 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Edith C Blakiston | Daughter | s | 5 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Jane Barnett | Servant | s | 31 | Cook and House Servant | Birdham, Sussex | |||
| Eliza Eames | Servant | s | 27 | Housemaid | Prinsted, Sussex | |||
| Harriet Stroud | Servant | s | 23 | Nursemaid | Chichester, Sussex | |||
| Frederick Fibbens | Servant | s | 26 | Gardener | Angmering, Sussex | |||
| 66 + 67 | Sparrows | Caleb Osbourne | Head | m | 54 | Carpenter | West Grinstead, Sussex | |
| Lucy Osbourne | Wife | m | 43 | West Grinstead, Sussex | ||||
| William Reed | Lodger | w | 60 | Agricultural Labourer | Ockley, Surrey | |||
| 68 | Sparrows | Peter Reed | Head | m | 61 | Agricultural Labourer | Oakham, Surrey | |
| Fanny Reed | Wife | m | 59 | West Grinstead, Sussex | ||||
| Robert Reed | Son | s | 24 | Agricultural Labourer | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| Edmund Reed | Grandson | s | 18 | Carter | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| 69 | Sparrows Farm House | Allen Tilley | Head | m | 44 | Builder Bricklayer | Washington, Sussex | |
| Sarah Tilley | Wife | m | 42 | West Grinstead, Sussex | ||||
| Henry Tilley | Son | s | 18 | Bricklayer | New Zealand British Subject | |||
| Elizabeth Tilley | Daughter | s | 13 | Scholar | Horsham, Sussex | |||
| Alfred Tilley | Son | s | 12 | Scholar | Shipley, Sussex | |||
| Mary Tilley | Daughter | s | 10 | Scholar | Shipley, Sussex | |||
| William Tilley | Son | s | 8 | Scholar | Shipley, Sussex | |||
| John Tilley | Son | s | 6 | Scholar | Shipley, Sussex | |||
| George Tilley | Son | s | 4 | Scholar | Brighton, Sussex | |||
| Albert Tilley | Son | s | 2 | Shipley, Sussex | ||||
| 70 | Sparrows Farm House | Francis Philpot | Head | m | 33 | Bricklayer | West Grinstead, Sussex | |
| Ellen Philpot | Wife | m | 29 | Shipley, Sussex | ||||
| Esther Thompson | Daughter | s | 1 | Shipley, Sussex | ||||
| 71 | Bennetts | William Berry | Head | m | 27 | Agricultural Labourer | Ashington, Sussex | |
| Mary Berry | Wife | m | 24 | West Chiltington, Sussex | ||||
| William Geal | Stepson | s | 4 | Petworth, Sussex | ||||
| Eliza Jane Berry | Daughter | s | 2 | Washington, Sussex | ||||
| James Berry | Son | s | 0 | 8 months | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| 72 | Bennetts | John Longhurst | Head | m | 44 | Agricultural Labourer | Worthing, Sussex | |
| Caroline Longhurst | Wife | m | 45 | Sullington, Sussex | ||||
| 73 | Pryors | William Pelling | Head | m | 27 | Agricultural Labourer | West Grinstead, Sussex | |
| Ellen Pelling | Wife | m | 25 | Warminghurst, Sussex | ||||
| 74 | Pryors | William Pelling | Head | m | 53 | Agricultural Labourer | Ashington, Sussex | |
| Sarah Pelling | Wife | m | 51 | Southwick, Sussex | ||||
| Harriet Pelling | Daughter | s | 17 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Eliza Pelling | Daughter | s | 14 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| 75 | Apps House | George Nichols | Head | m | 35 | Agricultural Labourer | Warminghurst, Sussex | |
| Mary Nichols | Wife | m | 37 | West Grinstead, Sussex | ||||
| William Nichols | Son | s | 13 | Agricultural Labourer | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| Eliza Nichols | Daughter | s | 10 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Henry Nichols | Son | s | 5 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Mary Nichols | Daughter | s | 7 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Mark Nichols | Son | s | 3 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Rachel Nichols | Daughter | s | 0 | 10 months | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| 76 | Apps House | Richard Cooper | Head | m | 64 | Agricultural Labourer | Thakeham, Sussex | |
| Caroline Cooper | Wife | m | 49 | Warminghurst, Sussex | ||||
| Edward Cooper | Son | s | 13 | Agricultural Labourer | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| Ann Cooper | Daughter | s | 11 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Albert Cooper | Son | s | 8 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Arthur Cooper | Son | s | 2 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| 77 | Stickers | James Edwards | Head | m | 38 | Farm Bailiff | Shipley, Sussex | |
| Eliza Edwards | Wife | m | 35 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Ellen Edwards | Daughter | s | 11 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Harriet Edwards | Daughter | s | 0 | 1 month | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| 78 | Malthouse Farm House | Joseph Skinner | Head | m | 63 | Farmer of 200 acres | Storrington, Sussex | |
| Mary Ann Skinner | Wife | m | 62 | Wiston, Sussex | ||||
| Ruth Skinner | Daughter | s | 27 | Sullington, Sussex | ||||
| Ralph Skinner | Son | s | 25 | Farmers Son | Sullington, Sussex | |||
| Clara Skinner | Daughter | s | 23 | Sullington, Sussex | ||||
| William Jackson | Servant | s | 30 | Agricultural Carter | Amberley, Sussex | |||
| 79 | Westwolves | Benjamin Butcher | Head | m | 30 | Agricultural Carter | Washington, Sussex | |
| Sarah Butcher | Wife | m | 26 | Findon, Sussex | ||||
| Mary Butcher | Daughter | s | 5 | Washington, Sussex | ||||
| Henry Butcher | Son | s | 0 | 11 months | Storrington, Sussex | |||
| District 9b | ||||||||
| 1 | Buncton | Henry Willmer | Head | m | 56 | Gamekeeper | Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire | |
| Harriet Willmer | Wife | m | 41 | Cowfold, Sussex | ||||
| Ellen Willmer | Daughter | s | 16 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Sarah Ann Willmer | Daughter | s | 14 | Scholar | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| 2 | Michael Clear | Head | m | 34 | Carpenter | Wiston, Sussex | ||
| Emily Clear | Wife | m | 34 | Findon, Sussex | ||||
| William Clear | Son | s | 7 | Scholar | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| Walter Clear | Son | s | 7 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| George Clear | Son | s | 1 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| 3 | Thomas Merritt | Head | m | 62 | Agricultural Labourer | Wiston, Sussex | ||
| Elizabeth Merritt | Wife | m | 61 | West Grinstead, Sussex | ||||
| Donald Merritt | Son | s | 21 | Gardener | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| Ruth Merritt | Daughter | s | 16 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| 4 | Edwin Bristow | Head | m | 44 | Farmer 250 acres emp 6men 1boy | Washington, Sussex | ||
| Ann Bristow | Wife | m | 38 | Stanmere, Middlesex | ||||
| Elizabeth Bristow | Daughter | s | 17 | Washington, Sussex | ||||
| John Bristow | Son | s | 13 | Washington, Sussex | ||||
| Caroline Bristow | Daughter | s | 9 | Scholar | Wiston, Sussex | |||
| Edwin Bristow | Son | s | 6 | Wiston, Sussex | ||||
| Agnes Bristow | Daughter | s | 2 | Ashington, Sussex | ||||
| Henry Bristow | Son | s | 0 | 1 month | Ashington, Sussex | |||
| William Bradon | Servant | m | 44 | Labourer | Thakeham, Sussex | |||
| James Knight | Servant | w | 63 | Shepherd | Rudgwick, Sussex | |||
| 5 | John Henry Isted | Head | s | 24 | Schoolmaster | Herstmonceux, Sussex | ||
| Elizabeth Isted | Sister | 27 | Schoolmistress | Herstmonceux, Sussex | ||||
| 6 | Charles Page | Head | m | 61 | Farmer 400acres emp 10men 5boys | Ashington, Sussex | ||
| Mary Ann Page | Wife | m | 64 | Wiston, Sussex | ||||
| Fanny Page | Daughter | s | 27 | Washington, Sussex | ||||
| Thomas Page | Son | s | 25 | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex | ||||
| Jane Sayers | Sister | s | 54 | Dressmaker | Wiston, Sussex | |||
| 7 | John Hewlett | Head | m | 57 | Agricultural Labourer | Wiston, Sussex | ||
| Rhoda Hewlett | Wife | m | 58 | Chiltington, Sussex | ||||
| Ellen Hewlett | Daughter | s | 27 | Dressmaker | Wiston, Sussex | |||