Shalfleet Census 1881

R.G.11 1187

District 6

Census taken 3 April 1881 - Enumerator: Mr Thomas Hollis

I have transcribed most of this District with the exception of the part covering Newtown village.

Shalfleet Parish (part of). Part of the ecclesiastical district of Newtown. Bounded on the east by the parish of Carisbrooke, on the west by the parish of Calbourne, on the north by the parish of Northwood and on the south by the high road from Shalfleet Bridge to the parish boundary at Lower Watchingwell. Comprising the whole of Porchfield, Bunts Hill, Colemans Farm and Durrants. The remaining part of No 6 District not in the above ecclesiastical district is as follows. All that portion of the parish lying to the south of the high road from Shalfleet Bridge to the parish boundary at Lower Watchingwell. Comprising Upper Watchingwell Farm and Cottages, Lower Watchingwell Farm and Cottages and Dinglers.

Note: Uncertainties in italics, invalidities marked with * and shown at foot of table.

    Name and Surname of each person Relation to Head Marriage Condition Age Male Age Female Rank, Profession or Occupation Where Born
                 
1 Cottage Leah Arnold Head W   70   Whitwell
    Mary Jane Arnold Daur Unmar   39 Dressmaker Calbourne
    Adelaide Ford Neice     11 Scholar Calbourne
    John Samuel Ford Nephew   3     Shalfleet
                 
2 Sportsmans Rest Isaac Arnold Head Mar 59   Bricklayer and Licenced Victualler Calbourne
    Fanny Arnold Wife Mar   58   Calbourne
    Sam Arnold Son   18   Bricklayer Shalfleet
    Isabelia Arnold Daur     13 Scholar Shalfleet
                 
3 Cottage Edward Peckham Head Mar 57   General Labourer Ningwood
    Roda Peckham Wife Mar   50 Charwoman Pulborough, Sussex
    Mary A Peckham Daur     13 Scholar Yarmouth
    Arthur J Breach Gdson   4   Scholar Newport
                 
4 Bethel Cottage Benjamin Ford Head Mar 68   Labourer Northwood
    Emma Ford Wife Mar   57   Northwood
                 
5 Cottage Benjamin Ridditt Head Mar 38   Labourer Porchfield
    Elizabeth Ridditt Wife Mar   31   Porchfield
    William Ridditt Son   6   Scholar Porchfield
    Mary F Ridditt Daur     7 Scholar Porchfield
    Fanny M Ridditt Daur     3   Porchfield
    Louisa Ridditt Daur     11m   Porchfield
    Joseph Ridditt Brother Unm 38   Bricklayer Porchfield
                 
6 Grocers Shop Luke Saunders Head Mar 53   Labourer Carisbrooke
    Hannah Saunders Wife Mar   53   Northwood
    Henry Riddett Lodger Unm 47   Labourer Shalfleet
                 
7 Portsfield House Henry E Mew Head Widr 48   Builder and Dairyman Shalfleet
    Gertrude M Mew Daur Unm   17   Shalfleet
    Edward Mew Son   15   Builders Apprentice Shalfleet
    Eva M Mew Daur     12 Scholar Shalfleet
    William Henry Mew Son   10   Scholar Shalfleet
    Alice M Mew Daur     6 Scholar Shalfleet
    Elizabeth West Lodger Unm   21 Governess Whippingham
                 
8 Homesteads Mary Gosling Head Unm   38 Governess Elmstead, Essex
    Marguerite F Gibson Pupil     9 Scholar West Cowes
    Gertrude M Gibson Pupil     8 Scholar West Cowes
    Louisa C Gibson Pupil     8 Scholar West Cowes
    Sybil Gibson Pupil     6 Scholar West Cowes
                 
9 Cottage Catherine Dore Head W   80 Annuitant Halsam, Nottingham
                 
10 Cottage Moses Grist Head Mar 56   Farmer Arreton
    Eliza Grist Wife Mar   64   Carisbrooke
    Bessie Howard Grandaur     16   Porchfield
                 
11 Cottage Robert Atkins Head Mar 57   Labourer Shalfleet
                 
12 Cottage James H Ford Head Mar 28   Labourer Shalfleet
    Martha L Ford Wife Mar   29   London
    William J Ford Son   3     East End
    Agnes R Ford Daur     7m   Calbourne
                 
13 Cottage Jacob Hayward Head Mar 40   General Labourer Locks Green
    Angelina Hayward Wife Mar   31   Gunville, Carisbrooke
    Simeon Hayward Son Unm 13   Farm Servant Porchfield
    George Hayward Son   11   Scholar Porchfield
    Agnes Hayward Daur     9 Scholar Porchfield
    Lydia Hayward Daur     1   Porchfield
                 
14 Bunts Hill Thomas Croad Head Mar 32   General Labourer Northwood
    Lucy Croad Wife Mar   36   Shalfleet
    George H Croad Son   9   Scholar Northwood
    Alfred J Croad Son   7   Scholar Northwood
    Charles E Croad Son   4     Shalfleet
    William J Croad Son   2     Shalfleet
    Roland Croad Son   2m     Shalfleet
    Joseph Morey Gd Father Widr 75   General Labourer Calbourne
                 
15 Cottage David Holbrook Head Mar 55   Lobourer Chale
    Ann Holbrook Wife Mar   53   Carisbrooke
    Caroline A Holbrook Daur Unm   16   Shalfleet
    John Denness Gd Father Widr 80   Dairyman Godshill
                 
16 Cottage Absent on Sunday night            
                 
17 Cottage William Jolliffe Head Mar 50   General Labourer Calbourne
    Harriet Jolliffe Wife Mar   58   Chale
                 
18 Cottage Walter Holbrook Head Mar 19   General Labourer Porchfield
    Eliza M Holbrook Wife Mar   18   Porchfield
    Walter E Holbrook Son   3m     Porchfield
                 
19 Cottage William Holbrook Head Mar 52   General Labourer Porchfield
    Maria Holbrook Wife Mar   50   Porchfield
    Harry Holbrook * Son Unm 28     Porchfield
    Edwin Holbrook Son Unm 13   Farm Labourer Porchfield
                 
20 Cottage Barnabas Downer Head Mar 63   Farm Labourer Chillerton
    Eliza Downer Wife Mar   65   Shorwell
                 
21 Cottage Jonathan Punch Head Mar 63   Shoemaker Shalfleet
    Eliza Punch Wife Mar   61 Laundress Carisbrooke
    Emily Punch Daur Unm   22 Laundress Carisbrooke
    John Punch Son Unm 18   Bricklayer Shalfleet
                 
22 Cottage Joseph Walls Head Mar 64   Dairyman Newchurch
    Caroline Walls Wife Mar   59 Laundress Northwood
    Herbert J Hayward Nephew   12   Scholar St Georges East, London
                 
23 Cottage