1939 Survey
Shortly after the outbreak of WW2, the country took a countrywide survey prior to issuing identity cards and ration books. This survey is the best record we have of the population of Blackham at this period Below is a transcription of the survey which appears on Ancestry. There are gaps in the schedule which are where Withyham entries come and a number of closed records of people who are still living. For some reason, towards the end of the Blackham section, some individuals are repeated
Address First name Surname M-F Marr Occupation Notes Highfields Park 1 1 Gerald V Wellesley M 31 7 1885 M Director of public company 2 Elizabeth T Wellesley F 1 5 1909 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Julian V Wellesley M 9 8 1933 S At School (At home) 4 Hazel M Wood F 7 1 1913 S Professional Hospital 5 Margaret Gilman F 8 2 1900 S Domestic Servant (Housekeeper) 9 Mary Paterson F 6 11 1892 S Domestic Servant (Cook) 10 Winifred M Beldon F 26 10 1904 M Unpaid domestic duties 12 Gerald A Beldon M 29 6 1933 S At School 14 Geoffrey P Barnes M 18 5 1930 S At School 15 Ernest Osgood M 26 10 1932 S At School William Crossed out Ernest added 16 Edward A Hayes M 26 5 1928 S At School Schedule Date of birth 2 Closed Records 4 Closed Records 2 Closed Records 2 Closed Records Closed Record 3 Closed Records Closed Record The Lodge Highfields Park 2 1 Norman G Davey M 9 12 1883 w Head Gardener 2 Emily Blythe F 8 5 1890 W Housekeeper Highfield Bungalow 3 1 Horace Barnes M 14 8 1902 W Butler 2 Edith Bates F 27 6 1892 M Unpaid domestic duties 4 Phyllis E Bates F 19 3 1920 S At School Highfield Cottages 4 1 Reginald W Baugh M 13 5 1907 M Private Chauffeur Air Raid Warden (See page 16) Repeated 2 Edith Baugh F 4 3 1906 M Unpaid domestic duties Highfield Cottages 5 1 Thomas W Clifton M 11 5 1889 M Gamekeeper Special Constable 2 Eva Clifton F 24 4 1888 M Unpaid domestic duties 4 Jean S Wynne F 1 10 1926 S At School Closed Record Closed Record Closed Record Beech Green Lodge 6 1 John Vaughan M 13 10 1893 M Gardener labourer 2 Elizabeth H Vaughan F 22 12 1894 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Elizabeth Sturmer F 14 1 1866 W Unpaid domestic duties Beech Green Park 7 1 de Quetterville M 5 3 1896 M Insurance Broker, director 2 Austen Cartmell de Quetterville No details given 3 Fell de Quetterville F 11 9 1927 S At School 4 Camille Blanche Tanner F 22 12 1890 S Domestic Servant Originally just Blanche 2 Closed Records Closed Record Closed Record Closed Record 2 Closed Records Blackham Court 26 1 Edith A Ashby F 18 2 1878 W Farmer date corrected from 1881 2 Rita E M Page F 24 1 1922 S Unpaid domestic duties Surname changed from Ashby 3 Paul Langridge M 16 9 1905 M Agricultural Merchant 4 Janet A Langridge F 22 4 1906 M Unpaid domestic duties 5 John Langridge M 20 1 1936 S Under School Age Close Record Sussex Oak Hotel 73 1 Arthur Luke M 3 3 1883 M Inn Keeper 2 Emma J Luke F 28 7 1901 M Managareess of Inn 3 John L Fagan M 4 10 1873 M Indian Police (Retired) 4 Cecilia F Hill F 28 3 1884 S Secondary School Mistress Crossed through Sussex Oak Trailer Caravan 74 1 Janette Collins F 11 10 1906 M Theatre Attendant Crossed through 'See page 15' Pitfields Farm 75 1 Charles R Saunders M 3 9 1888 M Poultry Farmer Heavy Work 2 Agnes E A Saunders F 29 11 1886 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Richard Phipps M 2 12 1861 M Jobmaster (Retired) 4 Louisa Phipps F 31 8 1853 M Unpaid domestic duties Salehurst Cottage 76 1 Percy H Hider M 19 3 1900 M Farm Carter Heavy Work 2 Ellen Hider F 22 4 1904 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Albert P Hider M 30 9 1925 S At School Closed Record Salehurst Farm 77 1 Thomas Hoare M 11 6 1867 M Constructional Engineer Billeting Officer Uckfield 2 Edith A Hoare F 26 7 1870 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Thomas H Hoare M 6 2 1894 S Dairy Fairmer Air Raid Warden URDC 4 Dorothy E Hoare F 7 11 1897 S Unpaid domestic duties Casualty Service 1st Aid Post, leader URDC 5 Grace A Curnow F 10 2 1903 M Unpaid domestic duties 6 Lillian Curnow F 16 6 1931 S At School Dowding written in in Green above her name Stephnetts Farm 78 1 Andrew Booker M 27 12 1884 M Under Game Keeper Casualty Service 1st Aid 2 Bessie Booker F 17 9 1897 M Unpaid domestic duties Stephnetts Farm 79 1 Charles Booker M 5 3 1875 M Farmer Assisting Son in law 2 Annie Booker F 16 8 1877 M Unpaid domestic duties Assisting husband with chicken and ducks Sherwood Lodge 80 1 Edith Aukland F 1 2 1864 S Principal of School (Retired) 2 Florence Aukland F 14 11 1869 S Clerk in Marine Insurance (Retired) 3 Adeline Humphreys F 20 5 1879 D Private Means Closed Record 4 Closed Records Rosedene 81 1 William Clarke M 8 10 1876 M Grocer, general dealer Post master 2 Esther Clarke F 6 7 1873 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Jeanette Clarke F 20 11 1939 S Under school age Gonore Cottage 82 1 Arthur Curtis M 19 11 1895 M Farm Labourer Heavy Work 2 Alice L Curtis F 9 2 1895 M Unpaid domestic duties B 8/218 over EKP B242 over DJP 218 3 Arthur R Curtis M 17 12 1924 S At School Gonore Cottage 83 1 Frederick T Divall M 30 3 1906 M Roadman ESCC 2 Beatrice C Divall F 4 10 1902 M Unpaid domestic duties Brickfield Cottage 84 1 Walter G Baldwin M 3 3 1883 M Cowman 2 Edith M Baldwin F 31 5 1889 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Alice Phipps F 4 4 1860 W Incapacitated Brickfield Cottage 85 1 William Wickham M 15 1 1871 M Garden Work Heavy work Air Raid Warden URDC 2 Georgina M Wickham F 28 8 1877 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Jesse G Wickham M 6 8 1907 S Gardener Casualty Services 1st Aid 4 Emily R Hills F 1 9 1842 W Incapacitated Closed Record Prospect Lodge 86 1 Bethel Bassett M 5 1 1866 M Agricultural Labourer Heavy Work 2 Annie K Bassett F 8 11 1869 M Unpaid domestic duties diabetic Stores (Mayor House) 87 1 Joseph W Marchant M 3 8 1914 M Shopkeeper (Gen) & Hawker 2 Jane M Marchant F 10 6 1915 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 George B Marchant M 11 5 1894 M Unpaid Hawker 4 Ethel M Marchant F 6 2 1892 M Unpaid domestic duties 5 Peter Marchant M 31 7 1927 S At School Stephnetts Cottages 88 1 Daniel Bassett M 4 11 1915 M Lorry Driver, Heavy Work 2 Nellie E Bassett F 5 11 1914 M Unpaid domestic duties Stephnetts Cottages 89 1 George E Pratt M 17 11 1912 M Lorry Driver Heavy Work 2 Eileen M Pratt F 10 1 1911 M Unpaid domestic duties Stephnetts Cottages 90 1 Amelia Childs F 24 11 1846 W Incapacitated 2 Elisa Childs F 25 10 1882 S Unpaid domestic duties Care of Mother Closed Record Closed Record 1 Brooks Villas 91 1 George H Shepherd M 24 12 1881 M Permanent Way Lengthman PWC 708/21239 2 Jessie Shepherd F 25 8 1882 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Fredk L Crowhurst M 8 7 1919 S Lorry Driver Heavy Work 2 Brooks Cottage 92 1 Henry E Rayward M 9 10 1860 W Corn Miller (Retired) 1 Sunny View 93 1 Amos F Kemp M 15 11 1892 M Farm Labourer.Hay Trusser 2 Daisy E Kemp F 17 11 1894 M Unpaid domestic duties 2 Sunny View 94 1 Herbert Hammond M 27 5 1883 M Poultry Farmer (own account) 2 Margaret Hammond F 17 4 1881 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 John A Hammond M 26 10 1920 S Clerical Officer, Civil Service Blackham Villa Farm 95 1 Sidney H Hammond M 5 11 1879 M Poultry Farmer 2 Flora C Hammond F 16 7 1878 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Anita G Tester F 10 1 1913 S Unpaid domestic duties Hammond crossed out 4 Juan A Hammond M 1 8 1906 S Journeyman builder's labourer 5 Edward H Hammond M 27 1 1919 S Poultry Farmer Assisting father 2 Closed Records Closed Record Toll Farm 96 1 Constance M Herring F 2 10 1904 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Joyce M Herring F 24 9 1935 S Under School Age 4 Kathleen Dimes F 11 12 1901 M Unpaid domestic duties 7 Bernard Hancock M 25 7 1907 S Farm Manager see page 15 8 George G Herring M 4 9 1904 M Merchandise Manager Clothing Dairy Farmer (part time) Unclear ditto 98 1 Elizabeth C Brooks F 9 12 1866 S Farmer (Retired) 2 Rose K Brooks F 15 8 1868 S Farmer (Retired) Gonore Farm 99 1 Stephen G Wickins M 5 9 1893 M Farmer (Dairy) 2 Martha M Wickins F 29 7 1887 M Unpaid domestic duties Closed Record 2 Closed Records Closed Record 2 Closed Records Poplar Cottage 100 1 Amos Allen M 20 4 1876 M General labourer 2 Alice Allen F 29 11 1880 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 John Allen M 9 12 1904 S General labourer 4 Ernest C Allen M 2 2 1912 S Chauffeur. Gardener 5 Harry F Allen M 31 12 1915 S Carpenter 6 Robert G Allen M 4 10 1919 S Gardener 7 Ivy Alice Allen F 11 9 1923 S At School B 8 Nellie M Allen F 31 3 1927 S At School 1927 Cross through See page 15 Thurlestone 101 1 Thomas H Rayward M 22 3 1892 M Bookseller 2 Lilian A Rayward F 16 10 1891 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Rosemary L Edwards F 11 11 1919 M Librarian Rayward crossed out, M replacing S in marriage 4 John Lidstone M 25 3 1861 W Constable (Retired) Mayor House 102 1 Harry Miles M 23 6 1863 M Farm Labourer, Heavy work 2 Emma Miles F 19 4 1867 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 George B A Miles M 16 4 1914 S Farm Carter Written in George A B 4 Freda G Sheridan F 31 1 1913 S Daily help (domestic) Fry crossed out and M replaced S in marriage 1 Mayor Cottages 103 1 Richard Jeffery M 29 10 1872 W Roadman ESCC 2 Jane Morley F 2 6 1853 W Unpaid domestic duties 2 Mayor Cottages 104 1 Frederick Towner M 16 11 1866 M General labourer 2 May G Towner F 2 2 1877 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Mayor Cottages 105 1 William G Smith M 2 8 1878 M S Rly Lengthman Ganger Heavy work 2 Charlotte A Smith F 10 10 1876 M Unpaid domestic duties 4 Mayor Cottage 106 1 George Elsey M 30 12 1882 M Rly Permanent Way Relayer Heavy work 2 Alice Elsey F 3 7 1880 M Unpaid domestic duties Mount Pleasant Cottages 107 1 John F M Coomber M 10 4 1913 M Lorry Driver Heavy Work 2 Elsie Coomber F 17 1 1915 M Unpaid domestic duties 4 Frederick T Y Coomber M 1 7 1916 S Poultryman Mount Pleasant Cottages 108 1 William G Manktelow M 12 6 1894 M Farm Labourer Heavy Work Discharged Pte Herts Regt 2 Georgina Manktelow F 1 8 1898 M Unpaid domestic duties 4 Brian W D Manktelow M 25 1 1937 S Under school age 5 Emily A E Hammond F 25 10 1903 M Unpaid domestic duties Closed record Closed Record Closed Record Mount Pleasant Cottages 109 1 Ernest H Sales M 30 1 1871 S Garden Labourer Heavy work 2 Frank A Sales M 6 9 1873 S Farm Labourer Heavy Work 3 Herbert W French M 28 1 1888 M Shoe Maker 4 Laura B French F 9 3 1889 M Unpaid domestic duties 5 Ivy K Mills F 4 9 1913 M Domestic servant general Name changed from Divall single to married Bickley Cottage 110 1 Charlotte Hollamby F 23 2 1883 M Unpaid domestic duties Name changed from Jane B 'see page 16' 2 Thomas H Hollamnby M 11 8 1885 M Agricultural Labourer Heavy Work Summersales Cottages 111 1 William Buckwell M 12 2 1886 S Farm Labourer 2 Thomas Buckwell M 29 6 1874 S General labourer 3 Harry Buckwell M 30 4 1876 S Permanent Way Labourer 4 Edith Buckwell F 2 11 1884 S Housekeeper Summerscales Cottages 112 1 Jesse Collins M 8 6 1889 M Cowman Heavy worker 2 Elizabeth D Collins F 9 9 1896 M Unpaid domestic duties 4 Alfred B Collins M 13 6 1927 S At school Closed Record Closed Record Home Place 113 1 Cecil Vinall M 5 4 1874 M Solicitor, own account PWC 403/4194 2 Lilian R Vinall F 27 3 1884 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Robert A C Vinall M 3 10 1900 S Chicken and fruit farmer and market gardener own account 4 Esther M Vinall F 3 3 1907 S Lecturer, unpaid domestic duties Watch Oak Cottages 114 1 Arthur W Shepherd M 28 5 1911 M Lorry driver (goods) Heavy worker 2 Olive J Shepherd F 24 8 1913 M Unpaid domestic duties Watch Oak Cottage 115 1 Harry Marshall M 15 3 1868 W Shopkeeper (Retired) 2 Winnifred Marshall F 3 5 1897 S Housekeeper Watch Oak Cottage 116 1 William Farnes M 11 1 1870 M Railway Porter (Pensioner) 2 Elizabeth Farnes F 10 4 1875 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Cissie Farnes F 7 8 1900 S Private Governess 2 Closed Records Closed Record Cherry Tree Cottage 117 1 Henry G Moon M 6 4 1891 M Roadman Tonbridge RDC 2 Narni E R Moon F 28 8 1896 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Ivor H F Moon M 10 9 1934 S At School Oak House 118 1 Beatrice A Crosse F 15 3 1885 M Unpaid domestic duties 2 Thomas V C Crowhurst M 11 5 1918 S Gardener and poultry man 3 Mary Tallis F 28 2 1900 M Unpaid domestic duties 4 Eric C Tallis M 2 5 1897 M Carpenter Caravan Park 119 Watch Oak 120 1 Emma F Alexander F 31 12 1866 W Unpaid domestic duties Watch Oak 121 1 Ellen P Floyd F 4 11 1896 W Unpaid domestic duties 4 Gertrude Jeffery F 21 6 1871 S Unpaid domestic duties 5 William E Rickwood M 21 9 1877 S Book keeper's accountant (Retired) Watch Oak Cottages 123 1 Frederick Burr M 2 2 1904 M Lorry Driver Heavy Work 2 Charlotte Burr F 4 6 1900 M Unpaid domestic duties 2 Closed Records Closed Record 2 Closed Records Watch Oak Cottages 124 1 William C Jones M 14 6 1889 M General Builder Labourer Heavy work 2 Lily Maud Jones F 28 4 1899 M Unpaid domestic duties Watch Oak Cottages 125 1 Gilbert Berry M 1 6 1865 M Bricklayer 2 Minnie Berry F 4 7 1864 M Unpaid domestic duties Willetts Cottages 126 1 James Crowhurst M 30 3 1886 M General labourer 2 Elizabeth D Crowhurst F 13 2 1886 M Unpaid domestic duties 7 Kenneth J Crowhurst M 8 3 1934 S At School Willetts Cottages 127 1 Jane Pearson F 25 7 1877 W Unpaid domestic duties 2 Sydney G Pearson M 21 5 1911 S Gardener (Private) Willetts Cottages 128 1 Thomas M Coomber M 6 8 1865 M Incapacitated 2 Elizabeth Coomber F 14 1 1865 M Unpaid domestic duties Willetts Cottages 129 1 Stanley T Goldsmith M 25 7 1901 M Head Cowman 2 Emily L Goldsmith F 31 4 1900 M Unpaid domestic duties 4 Closed Records Closed Record Closed Record Willetts Cottages 130 1 Henry Longley M 25 5 1871 M Gardener 2 Violet C Longley F 10 3 1876 M Domestic help (part time) 3 Jessie M Hills F 2 5 1905 M Unpaid domestic duties Willetts Cottages 131 1 Benjamin Bashford M 6 10 1865 M Stockman (Retired) 2 Elizabeth Bashford F 1 11 1871 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Alice M Bashford F 20 8 1897 S Unpaid domestic duties 4 James E Bashford M 21 6 1892 S Farm Labourer Hopper Hut Willetts Farm 132 1 Harriett Akehurst F 21 12 1873 W Unpaid domestic duties Hill View Willetts Farm 133 1 Hetty Ashby F 16 12 1880 W Unpaid domestic duties Hill View Willetts Farm 134 1 Philip M Abel M 25 8 1907 M Builder and bricklayer 2 Dora E Abel F 6 3 1909 M Unpaid domestic duties Willetts Farm 135 1 Thomas R Ashby M 16 2 1907 M Farmer Heavy worker 2 Sarita E Ashby F 16 11 1907 M Unpaid domestic duties Sarah added in green 4 Robert D Ashby M 31 3 1938 S Under school age 5 Delfina V Moseley F 16 11 1907 M Farm worker Poultry Hammond replaced by Moseley Hopper Hutt 136 1 Sarah A Coomber F 4 2 1861 W Unpaid domestic duties Closed Record Closed Record Closed Record Closed record Sultan Bagh Willett Caravan 137 1 Harley P MacKenny M 3 6 1873 M Butler (Retired) Lodgefields 138 1 Thomas R Gilby M 11 8 1893 M MD joint printing, manufacturer, farmer ARP Ambulance Driver 2 Lorna C Gilby F 27 12 1901 M Unpaid domestic duties 1st aid Tunbridge Wells 3 Dorothy M Langridge F 12 4 1909 M Domestic servant (Cook) Layton changed to Langridge single to married Lodgefields Cottage 139 1 Charles F Nicholls M 5 7 1900 M Farm Bailiff 2 Ellen R Nicholls F 19 4 1904 M Paid domestic worker Forge Cottages 140 1 Percy S Farnes M 1 3 1903 M Coach Builder Wheelright 2 Helen Farnes F 6 5 1903 M Unpaid domestic duties Forge Cottages 141 1 Reginald H Foster M 19 10 1896 M Master Blacksmith Heavy work 2 May Foster F 21 5 1888 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Mary Crook F 7 2 1964 M Unpaid domestic duties The Stores 142 1 Stanley Wickham M 1 1 1905 M Butcher and General Store keeper 2 Winifred R Wickham F 8 11 1904 M Domestic duties and assisting in store Carrier Place 143 1 Fred Baines M 18 11 1892 M Farmer, threshing, haulage, ploughing agriculture contractor.Heavy work 2 Cissie M Baines F 17 3 1902 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Closed Records 2 Closed Records Carrier Place 144 1 Alice V Baines F 10 1 1901 W Unpaid domestic duties 2 Kenneth W Baines M 18 11 1924 S At school 3 Percy R Baines M 1 6 1926 S At school Pound Farm 145 1 Ephraim Crowhurst M 17 5 1874 M Farmer Heavy worker 2 Priscilla M Crowhurst F 18 10 1871 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Ephraim J Crowhurst M 11 2 1905 S Sheep farmer & carter Heavy worker 4 Lydia Crowhurst F 26 12 1909 S Unpaid domestic duties 5 Neville J Crowhurst M 14 12 1911 S Sheep farmer and assisting father heavy worker 6 Howard Crowhurst M 13 6 1913 S Sheep farmer and assisting father heavy worker Heath Place 146 1 Charles Farnes M 8 5 1905 M Motor driver and engineer 2 Julia E Farnes F 9 4 1913 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Alice A Williams F 23 7 1930 S At school Farnes crossed out 3 Closed Records Park Gate 147 1 Ernest A Cowans M 5 12 1864 S Brigadier General (Retired) Seafoth Highlanders & Welsh Brigade 2 Harry Spon M 28 3 1870 M Secretary and Medical Practitioner Member of staff of the WV… 3 Constance M Spon F 25 4 1877 M Unpaid domestic duties 4 George Knapp M 12 3 1865 M Domestic Servant 5 Edith Knapp F 28 9 1888 M Domestic Servant Highfields Lodge 148 1 John Buckwell M 23 3 1865 M Estate Hand 2 Caroline Buckwell F 6 10 1871 M Unpaid domestic duties 3 Ronald Buckwell M 20 10 1918 S Builders Labourer 4 Caroline Cox F 24 1 1895 M Unpaid domestic duties 5 Douglas John Cox M 22 8 1896 M 7 Margaret Cox F 23 7 1931 S At School Rose Cottage 149 1 Ernest Harding M 3 8 1900 M Gardener (Kitchen) ARP Warden UR9 2 Dorah O M Harding F 1 3 1901 M Unpaid domestic duties ARP 1st aid worker 5 Eileen A Harding F 3 4 1928 S At School Stone Cottage 150 School House 151 1 Jane Boulter F 20 8 1891 M School mistress School Warden ARP 2 Closed Records 2 Closed Records Closed Record East Grinstead Lodge (Highfields Park) 152 1 Richard Mercer M 20 1 1904 M Garden Labourer 2 Ada L Mercer F 9 1 1898 M Unpaid domestic duties Station Road Withyham 153 1 Thomas Henry Tunk M 13 2 1877 M Woodman and Farm hand 2 Thomas H Jnr Tunk M 28 8 1902 S Kitchen Gardener 3 Harriett Tunk F 26 8 1876 M Incapacitated 4 Harriett E Tunk F 28 9 1900 S Unpaid domestic duties Trailer Caravan 74 1 Janette Collins F 11 10 1906 M Theatre Attendant Bentley crossed out replaced by Collins Toll Farm 96 7 Bernard Hancock M 25 7 1907 S Farm Manager Already posted under Toll Farm Poplar Cottage 100 8 Nellie Allen F 31 3 1927 S At School Already posted under Poplar Cottage Home Farm 27 3 Nellie Hall F 1 12 1895 S Unpaid domestic duties Council Cottages 65 4 John Victor Peters M 8 8 1930 S At School Bickley Cottage 110 1 Charlotte Hollamby F 23 2 1883 M Unpaid domestic duties Already under Bickley Cottage Highfields Cottages 4 1 Reginald W Baugh M 13 5 1907 M Private Chauffeur See page 1 22 closed records 3 Closed Records 16 Closed Records Closed Record 3 Closed Records 4 Closed Records 3 Closed Records 12 Closed Records
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