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Hendal [als Hendall Manor] Farm Five Ash Down Maresfield

Books and other documents
Published	Title, author and references
1835	The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 366
1857	The Church of St Margaret, Buxted by The Rev. Henry Rosehurst Hoare ⇒ p. 220
1870	A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume I. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 93
1870	A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume II. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 264
1878	The Ashdown Forest Dispute - notebook 1 by William Augustus Raper ⇒ Notebook extract
1929	Buxted The Beautiful by K. H. Macdermott ⇒ p. 4; p. 24; p. 45
1931	Wealden Iron by Ernest Straker ⇒ p. 397

Historical records

1610		[North] Sussex by John Norden and augmented by John Speed		Hendall	John Speed
	The first engraved maps of the counties of Great Britain were the work of Christopher Saxton who, under the authority of the Privy Council, surveyed the English counties in Elizabethan times, from 1574 to 1578. In 1593 he was followed by John Norden who projected an ambitious scheme for a complete series of county histories. He published before his death a number of counties - Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Essex, Northampton, Cornwall, Sussex and Surrey. John Speed's map of Sussex is based upon Norden's map and was engraved by Jodocus Hondius. It occupies pages nine and ten of John Speed's Atlas entitled "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine", is 20 1/4 inches by 15 1/4 inches in size and shows additionally an interesting plan of Chichester and a spirited representation of the Battle of Hastings.

1610		[North] Sussex by John Norden and augmented by John Speed		Hyndall	John Speed
	The first engraved maps of the counties of Great Britain were the work of Christopher Saxton who, under the authority of the Privy Council, surveyed the English counties in Elizabethan times, from 1574 to 1578. In 1593 he was followed by John Norden who projected an ambitious scheme for a complete series of county histories. He published before his death a number of counties - Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Essex, Northampton, Cornwall, Sussex and Surrey. John Speed's map of Sussex is based upon Norden's map and was engraved by Jodocus Hondius. It occupies pages nine and ten of John Speed's Atlas entitled "The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine", is 20 1/4 inches by 15 1/4 inches in size and shows additionally an interesting plan of Chichester and a spirited representation of the Battle of Hastings.

1645		[North] Sussex by Jan Blaeu		Hyndall	Jan Blaeu

1695		[North] Sussex by Robert Morden		Hyndall	Robert Morden
	Robert Morden was a London bookseller from 1669 until his death in 1703. He specialised in the geographical field and was himself something of a cartographer and a publisher. Throughout the 17th and most of the 18th centuries, there was little distinction between the activity of book or print-selling and that of publishing: many booksellers were also printers or engravers. They undertook the sale of each others' work and often combined to meet the high cost of publishing a new map or reissue of an old atlas, even if the original plates were still available. This map was published in Brittania: a chorographical description of Great Britain and Ireland by William Camden.

c 1724		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1724 by Richard Budgen		Hendhall

1763		A New Map of [North] Sussex by Thomas Kitchin		Hend Hall	Thomas Kitchin
	Thomas Kitchin, an engraver and publisher from c.1738 to 1776, held the appointment of Hydrographer to the King. His output was prolific. He engraved the maps of the British and French dominions in North America by John Mitchell (1755), which was used at the peace coucil at the end of the revolutionary war. In his later years he worked with his son (hence senior after his name in the c.1755 edition of the Small English Atlas). He died in 1784.

1^st Sep 1787		[North] Sussex by John Cary		Hend Hall	John Cary
	John Cary, apprenticed to William Palmer in 1770, went into business in 1783 as a publisher of maps, plans and road-books. He was highly successful and is referred to as the founder of the modern English School of Cartography by H.G. Fordham

c 1795		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream		Handall Farm

c 1825		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood		Hendals

c 1825		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1825 by Christopher and John Greenwood		Hendall

6^th Jun 1841	Census	Thomas Curd, M, Head, age 25 to 29, born Sussex; occupation Farm labourer	Thomas Curd, farm labourer	Hendall Cottage	1841 Census Buxted, Sussex
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Sophia Curd, F, [Wife], age 25 to 29, born Sussex	Sophia Curd [Reed]
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Mary Curd, F, [Daughter], age 2, born Sussex	Mary Ann Hall [Curd]

6^th Jun 1841	Census	William Wheatley, M, Head, age 49; occupation Farmer	William Wheatley, farmer	Hendall Farm	1841 Census Buxted, Sussex
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Lucy Wheatley, F, [Wife], age 40 to 44, born Sussex	Lucy Wheatley [Knight]
6^th Jun 1841	Census	William Wheatley, M, [Son], age 15 to 19, born Sussex	William Wheatley
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Mary Wheatley, F, [Daughter], age 13, born Sussex	Mary Mitchell [Wheatley]
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Samuel Wheatley, M, [Son], age 11, born Sussex	Samuel Wheatley
6^th Jun 1841	Census	John Wheatley, M, [Son], age 9, born Sussex	John Wheatley
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Joseph Wheatley, M, [Son], age 7, born Sussex	Joseph Wheatley, agricultural labourer and soldier
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Elizabeth Wheatley, F, [Daughter], age 2, born Sussex	Elizabeth Knight [Wheatley]
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Ebenezer Wheatley, M, [Son], age 9 months, born Sussex	Ebenezer Wheatley
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Richard Morris, M, age 60 to 64, born Sussex; occupation Servant	Richard Morris
6^th Jun 1841	Census	George Muddle, M, age 15 to 19, born Sussex; occupation Servant	George Muddle
6^th Jun 1841	Census	James Morris, M, age 15 to 19, born Sussex; occupation Servant	James Morris
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Mary Stephenson, F, age 20 to 24, born Sussex; occupation Servant	Mary Stephenson
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Margaret Streeter, F, age 14, born Sussex; occupation Servant	Margaret Streater
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Thomas Wilmshurst, M, age 35 to 39, born Sussex; occupation Servant	Thomas Wilmshurst

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head, widowed; occupation Farm bailiff	James Dadswell, farm labourer	Hendal Farm	1851 Census Buxted, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Selina Anne Dadswell
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son; occupation Farm labourer	Alfred James Dadswell
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Lodger; occupation SHEPHERD	Edward Baldey
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Lodger; occupation CARTER	William Blackstone

1874	Directory entry	Wood Robert, farmer, Hendall farm		Hendall farm	Post Office Directory

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

1879	Recollections		Robert Wood	Hendall Farm	Ashdown Forest - notebook 3
	During The Ashdown Forest Dispute 1876-1882 commoners and land owners were interviewed by the solicitor William Raper. Their comments were recorded in a series of notebooks: Wood, Robert. Tenant of Hendall Farm. This farm consists of 230 acres. I took it at Michaelmas 1872. I cut litter on the Forest of Ashdown in or about 1875. That was the only occasion because I have plenty of straw and litter on the farm and find it does [not] answer my purpose to use Forest litter. I have never turned out. I have had nothing else from the Forest except stone for the road. I paid for the digging. I succeeded to the farm after Mr. Henry Gardner who occupied it 19 years. He now lives at Church Farm, West Ferring, Sussex. .......

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	William Weller, M, Head, married, age 51, born Maresfield; occupation Gamekeeper	William Weller	1 Hendall Cottage	1881 Census Buxted, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Sarah Weller, F, Wife, married, age 48, born Buxted	Sarah Weller [Muddle]
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	William Weller, M, Son, single, age 13, born Buxted; occupation Farm labourer	William Weller
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Joseph Weller, M, Son, single, age 11, born Buxted; occupation Farm labourer	Joseph Weller
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Fred Weller, M, Son, single, age 10, born Buxted; occupation Scholar	Frederick Weller
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Sidney Weller, M, Son, single, age 6, born Buxted; occupation Scholar	Sydney Weller

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	James Diplock, M, Head, married, age 58, born Isfield; occupation Farm labourer	James Diplock, farm labourer	2 Hendall Cottage	1881 Census Buxted, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Mary A. Diplock, F, Wife, married, age 68, born Maresfield	Mary A. Diplock

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Robert Wood, M, Head, married, age 63, born West Grinstead, employs 8 men and 2 boys; occupation Farmer	Robert Wood	Hendall Farm	1881 Census Buxted, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Martha Wood, F, Wife, married, age 64, born Cuckfield	Martha Wood
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Mary Wood, F, Daughter, single, age 30, born Newick	Mary Wood
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Kate Wood, F, Daughter, single, age 23, born Newick	Kate Wood
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Elizabeth A. Basset, F, Servant, single, age 16, born Rotherfield; occupation Servant	Elizabeth A. Basset

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Solomon Avis, M, Head, married, age 40, born Maresfield; occupation Farm labourer	Solomon Avis	3 Hendall Cottage	1881 Census Buxted, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Ann Avis, F, Wife, married, age 34, born Buxted	Ann Avis [Miller]
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Ann Avis, F, Daughter, single, age 13, born Buxted; occupation Scholar	Ann Avis
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Magaret E. Avis, F, Daughter, single, age 11, born Buxted; occupation Scholar	Margaret Emily Frost [Avis]
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Eliza H. Avis, F, Daughter, single, age 8, born Buxted; occupation Scholar	Eliza Hetty Avis
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Harry T. Avis, M, Son, single, age 5, born Buxted	Harry Thomas Avis
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Ernest S. Avis, M, Son, single, age 11 m, born Maresfield	Ernest Solomon Avis

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	John Weeks, M, Head, married, age 60, born Wadhurst; occupation Farm labourer	John Weeks	4 Hendall Cottage	1881 Census Buxted, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Ann Weeks, F, Wife, married, age 59, born Wadhurst	Ann Weeks
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Horace Weeks, M, Son, single, age 23, born Ticehurst; occupation Farm labourer	Horace Weeks

1882	Directory entry	Hobon William, farmer, Hendall farm		Hendall farm	Kelly's Directory

5^th Apr 1891	Census	William Weller, M, Head, married, age 62, born Maresfield, Sussex; occupation Gamekeeper	William Weller	Hendall Wood Cottages	1891 Census Buxted, Sussex
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Sally Weller, F, Wife, married, age 59, born Buxted, Sussex	Sarah Weller [Muddle]
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Joseph Weller, M, Son, single, age 21, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer	Joseph Weller
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Frederick Weller, M, Son, single, age 20, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer	Frederick Weller
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Sydney Weller, M, Son, single, age 16, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer	Sydney Weller

5^th Apr 1891	Census	Albert Furner, M, Head, married, age 32, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Labourer	Albert Furner	Hendall Wood Cottages	1891 Census Buxted, Sussex
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Frances Furner, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Uckfield, Sussex	Frances Furner
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Emily E Furner, F, Daughter, single, age 2, born Buxted, Sussex	Emily E Furner
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Lucy Mary Furner, F, Daughter, single, age 6 months, born Buxted, Sussex	Lucy Mary Furner

5^th Apr 1891	Census	William Thomas, M, Head, married, age 36, born Hamsey, Sussex; occupation Farmer	William Thomas	Hendall Farm Cottages	1891 Census Buxted, Sussex
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Frances E Thomas, F, Wife, married, age 34, born Newick, Sussex	Frances E Thomas
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Mary A Thomas, F, Daughter, single, age 12, born Hamsey, Sussex; occupation Scholar	Mary A Thomas
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Elizabeth F Thomas, F, Daughter, single, age 11, born Chailey, Sussex; occupation Scholar	Elizabeth F Thomas
5^th Apr 1891	Census	William F Thomas, M, Son, single, age 7, born East Chiltington, Sussex; occupation Scholar	William F Thomas
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Herbezt Thomas, M, Son, single, age 5, born East Chiltington, Sussex; occupation Scholar	Herbezt Thomas
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Henry Thomas, M, Son, single, age 3, born East Chiltington, Sussex; occupation Scholar	Henry Thomas
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Dorothy S Thomas, F, Son, single, age 8 months, born Buxted, Sussex	Dorothy S Thomas
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Henry S Wollard, M, Brother, single, age 23, born Hamsey, Sussex; occupation Farmer's Brother in Law	Henry S Wollard
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Margaret Wollard, F, Sister, single, age 21, born Hamsey, Sussex; occupation Farmer's Sister in Law	Margaret Wollard

5^th Apr 1891	Census	John Leach, M, Head, married, age 46, born Bister, Oxfordshire; occupation Farm Labourer	John Leach	Hendall Farm Cottages	1891 Census Buxted, Sussex
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Phoeby Leach, F, Wife, married, age 44, born Paddington, London	Phoeby Leach
5^th Apr 1891	Census	George Leach, M, Son, single, age 18, born Godstone, Surrey; occupation Farm Labourer	George Leach
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Edith Leach, F, Daughter, single, age 14, born Groombridge, Kent; occupation Scholar	Edith Leach
5^th Apr 1891	Census	William Leach, M, Son, single, age 12, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation Scholar	William Leach
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Minnie Leach, F, Daughter, single, age 9, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation Scholar	Minnie Leach
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Henry Leach, M, Son, single, age 2, born Buxted, Sussex; occupation Scholar	Henry Leach
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Phoeby Leach, F, Daughter, single, age 3 months, born Buxted, Sussex	Phoeby Leach

5^th Apr 1891	Census	Horace Weeks, M, Head, married, age 31, born Ticehurst, Sussex; occupation Stockman	Horace Weeks	Hendall Farm Cottages	1891 Census Buxted, Sussex
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Lucy Weeks, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Chailey, Sussex	Lucy Weeks
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Annie Weeks, F, Daughter, single, age 3, born Buxted, Sussex	Annie Weeks
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Bertie Weeks, M, Son, single, age 2, born Buxted, Sussex	Bertie Weeks

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