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Earls Farm Wadhurst

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Published	Title, author and references
1923	The Story of Wadhurst by Alfred A. Wace ⇒ p. 70

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c 1547	History			Earls Farm	Wace's Wadhurst
	Earles belonged in the 15th Century to the Lusher family, and was sold about 1547 to a Penkhurst ............... It passed in that family from father to son for five generations, and then, through a cousin's marriage with John Hutton, of Marski, Yorkshire, passed by sale with other lands of the "Hutton Estate" in Cousley Wood and Frant into the Bayham Estate.

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

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

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; employs 16 people; occupation FARMER	Lawrence Latter	Earls	1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Wife	Nancy Latter [Peckham]
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Elenor Latter
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation HOUSE SERVANT	Mary Freeman
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; widowed; occupation HOUSE SERVANT	Eliza Fuller
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation Farm labourer	William Gower
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation Farm labourer	Edward Tapsell

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Farm labourer	Moses Stevens	Earls Cottage	1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Wife; handicap: blind	Phoebe Stevens [Hickmott]
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son; occupation Farm labourer	James Stevens

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

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	George Roberts, M, Head, married, age 33, born Warbleton; occupation Farm labourer	George Roberts	Earls Farm	1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Ellenor Roberts, F, Wife, married, age 31, born Herstmonceux	Ellenor Roberts
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Harriett Roberts, F, Daughter, age 10; occupation Scholar	Harriett Roberts
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	George Roberts, M, Son, age 8, born Mayfield; occupation Scholar	George Roberts
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	George Barton, M, Lodger, single, age 26, born Herstmonceux; occupation Farm labourer	George Barton

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Francis Parsons, M, Head, married, age 56, born Brede; occupation Farm labourer	Francis Parsons	Earls Farm	1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Mary A. Parsons, F, (Wife), married, age 34, born Wadhurst	Mary A. Parsons
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Frank W. Parsons, M, Son, age 12, born Wadhurst; occupation Scholar	Frank W. Parsons
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Ada A. Parsons, F, Daughter, age 10, born Wadhurst; occupation Scholar	Ada A. Parsons
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Kate E. Parsons, F, Daughter, age 7, born Wadhurst; occupation Scholar	Kate E. Parsons
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Edith H. Parsons, F, Daughter, age 4, born Wadhurst	Edith H. Parsons

c 1894	History			Earls Farm	Wace's Wadhurst
	The Bayham Estate held Earle's till 1894, when it was sold, and, through two hands, passed to Arnold Ball, who built on part of it a house which he named, after one of its fields, Houndshall. He being killed in the Great War, his widow sold it, and after the sale the old name was revived in Earl's Place.

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