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Ashdown Forest	Brasted	Burwash	Buxted	Chevening	Chiddingly	Chiddingstone	Cowden	Cranbrook	Crowborough	East Grinstead
East Hoathly	Edenbridge	Eridge	Fletching	Forest Row	Framfield	Frant	Goudhurst	Groombridge	Hadlow	Hailsham
Hartfield	Hawkhurst	Heathfield	Hellingly	Herstmonceux	Hever	Hildenborough	Horsted Keynes	Isfield	Lamberhurst	Laughton
Leigh	Little Horsted	Maresfield	Mayfield	Penshurst	Rotherfield	Rusthall	Sevenoaks	Southborough	Speldhurst	Ticehurst
Tonbridge	Tunbridge Wells	Uckfield	Wadhurst	Waldron	Warbleton	Westerham	West Hoathly	Withyham	Worth	More places

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Books and other documents
Published	Title, author and references
1878	The Ashdown Forest Dispute - notebook 1 by William Augustus Raper ⇒ Notebook extract
1902	Historical Notes of Withyham, Hartfield and Ashdown Forest by C. N. Sutton ⇒ p. 346

Historical records

1801		Occupation Tenant	J. Spencer	Stairs Farm	Sutton's Historical Notes

1836		Occupation Tenant	G. Horn	Stairs Farm	Sutton's Historical Notes

6^th Jun 1841	Census	George Horn, M, Head, age 35 to 39, born Sussex; occupation Farmer	George Horn	Stairs Farm	1841 Census Hartfield, Sussex
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Mary Horn, F, [Wife], age 35 to 39, born Sussex	Mary Ann Horn
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Ann Care, F, age 15 to 19, born Sussex; occupation Servant	Ann Care

1851		Card, William	William Card	Stairs Farm	Post Office Directory

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head, employs 3 people; occupation Farmer	George Horn	Stairs Farm	1851 Census Hartfield, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Wife	Mary Ann Horn
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter; occupation Scholar	Sarah Jane Horn
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation Domestic Servant	Mary Weller

1867	Directory entry	Card William, farmer, Stair's farm		Stair's farm	Post Office Directory

c 1870		Occupation Tenant	M. Ashby	Stairs Farm	Sutton's Historical Notes

1874	Directory entry	Card William, farmer, Stair's farm		Stair's farm	Post Office Directory

c 1875		Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey		Stairs Farm

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	John Baines, M, Head, married, age 62, born Lower Beeding, employs 2 labourers; occupation Farmer	John Baines	Stairs Farm	1881 Census Hartfield, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Sarah Baines, F, Wife, married, age 67, born Henfield	Sarah Baines
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Elizabeth M. Ashby, F, Granddaughter, single, age 18, born Hartfield; occupation Assistant Housekeeper	Elizabeth Mary Ashby
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Martin H. Ashby, M, Grandson, age 16, born Hartfield; occupation Farm labourer	Martin Herbert Ashby

1882	Directory entry	Baines John, farmer, Stairs farm		Stairs farm	Kelly's Directory

5^th Apr 1891	Census	Mary Blackall, F, Head, widowed, age 71, born Lewes, Sussex; occupation: Housekeeper	Mary Blackall	Stairs Farm	1891 Census Hartfield, Sussex
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Mary Hudson, F, Servant, married, age 44, born Hartfield, Sussex; occupation: General domestic servant	Mary Hudson

3^rd Nov 1897	Birth		Ella Miles	Stairs Farm	Joy Chittenden's records

1898		Occupation Tenant	N. R. Miles	Stairs Farm	Sutton's Historical Notes

Currently The Weald is at Database version 10.1 - 8th April 2013 and contains information on 336,313 people; 9,000 places; 613 maps; 3,116 pictures, engravings and photographs; and 223 books