| • 1869: Suez Canal opened | • 1871: Trades Unions legalised | • 1872: Secret ballots introduced for elections | • 1873: Dr Livingstone dies | • 1876: Bell invents telephone | • 1878: Electric light bulb invented | • 1881: Pasteur invents innoculation | • 1884: Speaker Brand retires | • 1884: Fabian Society founded | • 1885: Glynde & Beddingham Cricket Club founded | • 1887: Queen Victoria's Jubilee | • 1894: Manchester Ship Canal opened | • 1899: Boer War starts | • 1901: Queen Victoria dies | • 1903: 1st aeroplane flight by Wright Bros. | • 1905: Ragged Lands established | • 1909: Introduction of Old Age Pension | • 1912: Sinking of the Titanic | • 1914: Start of 1st World War | • 1916: Battle of the Somme |
1891 census West Firle Union Workhouse
| Name | Marital Status | Age | Occupation | Place of Birth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William H Pascoe | mar | 28 | workhouse master | Yorks, Leeds |
| Ada T Pascoe | mar | 28 | workhouse matron | Hants, Winchester |
| Frederick Norman | unm | 48 | general labourer | Kent, Sevenoaks |
| Richard Taylor | unm | 35 | general labourer | Glynde |
| Joseph Goldsmith | wid | 70 | farm labourer | East Hoathly |
| John Walker | unm | 63 | general labourer | Hants, Portsmouth |
| Trayton Burgess | wid | 76 | general lab (imbecile) | Chalvington |
| Thomas Harmer | unm | 65 | general labourer | Ripe |
| George Hughes | wid | 72 | farm labourer | West Firle |
| James Elliott | unm | 63 | potman | West Firle |
| Jasper Geall | unm | 40 | farm labourer | Ripe |
| Thomas Townsend | wid | 66 | farm labourer | Ripe |
| Mary E Gaston (mther) | unm | 30 | domestic servant | Ringmer |
| Joseph Gaston (son) | 6 | scholar | Glynde | |
| Mary Gaston (dau) | 4 | West Firle | ||
| Martha Gaston (dau) | 4 | West Firle | ||
| Mary Monday | wid | 60 | laundress (blind) | Not Known |
| Harriett Tompsett | wid | 79 | (imbecile) | Chailey |
| Mabel Godding (mthr) | unm | 32 | domestic servant | Rottingdean |
| Winifred M E Godding (dtr) | 7 | West Firle | ||
| John White | mar | 63 | farm labourer | Kent, Denton Green |
| Sarah White (wife) | mar | 61 | Kent, Denton Green | |
| John Morris | unm | 61 | shoemaker | London, Westminster |
| Robert Harmer | unm | 35 | farm labourer | Brighton |
| George Taylor | unm | 64 | farm labourer | Middlesex, Enfield |
| Thomas Smith | unm | 40 | farm labourer | Kent, Tunbridge Wells |
| Frederick James | unm | 44 | general labourer | Essex, Barking |
| Mary Jones (mother) | mar | 31 | Ireland, Belfast | |
| James Jones (son) | 8 | Durham, Durham | ||
| Mary Jones (dtr) | 5 | Ticehurst | ||
| Sarah A Frost | unm | 24 | domestic servant | Not Known |
| Donna Reed | unm | 32 | (imbecile) | West Firle |
| Males | total | = 18 |
| Females | total | = 12 |
| Total inmates | = 30 | |
Notes on the transcription:
- The following abbreviations have been used for marital status: mar = married, unm = unmarried, wid = widow or widower.
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