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Published	Title, author and references
1870	A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume II. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 46
1923	The Story of Wadhurst by Alfred A. Wace ⇒ p. 70

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1288	History			Frankham	Wace's Wadhurst
	No one seeing the very modern houses on the north-west side of this road would think that the triangle formed here by the meeting of the two roads from Wadhurst and Frant was once a park of 230 acres belonging to an Archbishop. There is a record of land to the value of 10s. having been enclosed from the Forest in 1288 for that purpose. It was enlarged by 74 acres in 1364, and grew ultimately to 400 acres. There is no record of any residence there. It seems to have been just an outlying bit of the Mayfield Park.

1546	History			Frankham	Wace's Wadhurst
	The fishponds on the park are said to have covered 9 acres. Both parks were surrendered by Archbishop Cranmer to, Henry VIII., and were sold together to the Gresham family in 1546. Frankham passed from them to Sir Henry Neville.

1618	History			Frankham	Wace's Wadhurst
	Frankham was certainly in the hands of Fowle of Riverhall in 1618, for in 1637 he charged Frankham with the supply of two cords of wood for the charity he then created: a charge which is still met by that Estate.

1810	History			Frankham	Wace's Wadhurst
	In the next century Frankham was in the hands of the eldest son of Samuel Newington of Hightown, and was entailed by him on his only child Elizabeth, who married W. Delves, Rector of Frant. After her death it was in 1810 bought from his two daughters by James Bellamy of Wisbeach, and his nephew John was holding it, part owner with another, early in last century.

c 1850	History			Frankham	Wace's Wadhurst
	About 1850 Frankham was bought by Henry Dixon.

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Farm labourer	John Davis	Frankham Lodge	1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Wife	Sarah Davis
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter; occupation FORMER SERVANT	Margret Davis
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Faith Davis
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son; occupation Farm labourer	Horace Davis
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Harriett Davis
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son	James Davis
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Charity Davis
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son	John Davis
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son	Thomas Davis

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation Farm labourer	Reuben Latter	Frankham Lodge	1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Wife	Sarah Latter [Thomas]
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son; occupation Farm labourer	Alfred W. Latter
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Silvy Latter
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Charity Latter
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Sarah A. Latter
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son	Charles Latter
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son	William Latter
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son	George Latter

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; employs 4 people; occupation FARMER	John Guess	Frankham Farm	1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Wife	Caroline Guess
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Sarah Guess
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation Farm labourer	George Batup
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Grand-daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Charlotte Richardson
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation Farm labourer	George Streeter

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head; occupation GAMEKEEPER	William C. Breech	Keepers House, Frankham	1851 Census Wadhurst, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Wife	Mary A. Breech
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Julia Breech
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Ann Breech
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son; occupation SCHOLAR	Alfred Breech
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter; occupation SCHOLAR	Mary A. Breech
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Son	Edwin Breech

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

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Henry Dixon, M, Head, widowed, age 56, born Middlesex; occupation Magistrate	Henry Dixon	Frankham, Mark Cross Road	1881 Census Wadhurst, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Lydia Dixon, F, Daughter, single, age 25, born Wadhurst	Lydia Dixon
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Elizabeth Augusta Dixon, F, Daughter, single, age 24, born Wadhurst	Elizabeth Augusta Dixon
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Mary E. Dixon, F, Daughter, single, age 23, born Wadhurst	Mary E. Dixon
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Henry G. Dixon, M, Son, single, age 21, born Wadhurst; occupation Undergraduate, ChristChurch, Oxford	Henry G. Dixon
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Alex N. Dixon, M, Son, single, age 20, born Wadhurst; occupation Undergraduate, ChristChurch, Oxford	Alex N. Dixon
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Ellen Dixon, F, Daughter, age 18, born Wadhurst	Ellen Dixon
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Mary Larks, F, Servant, single, age 24, born Middlesex; occupation Parlour Maid	Mary Larks
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Kate Kine, F, Servant, single, age 18, born Mayfield; occupation Housemaid	Kate Kine

1882	Directory entry	Dixon Henry J.P., Frankham		Frankham	Kelly's Directory

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