Ashburnham Past

Extracts from the Ashburnham Archive that give an insight into Ashburnham Place as the major employer in the village during the Victorian era.

From ‘Farmer Labour and Team Journal’ Ashburnham Estate accounts book (ASH/2014)

Garden labourers:

“For wasps caught up to the 21st of June 1896 at 1d each

James Payne                 2 ½ doz                        2/6

Albert Davis                  7 doz                            7/-

James Harmer               5 doz                            5/-

H Ransome                   5 doz & 10                     5/10

F Morris                       4 doz                            4/-

F Hobden                     1 doz                            1/-

D Taylor                      4 doz                            4/-

Charles Harmer             5 doz                            5/-

Levi Winchester            5 doz                            5/-

George Roberts             2 doz                            2/-

Total                                                         £2.1.4”

Ashburnham Place Servants as at July 1810 (ASH/2604)

Phills Hodgson	Ann Ridley	Elizb Darcy
Nathl Jones	Thos Mytton	Walter Maltman
Thos Jewell	Joseph Carpenter	Geo Young
Robt Barnsby	Henry Edwards	Willm Stewart
Chas Stewart	Jas Harlot	David Davies
Fred Arnold	Maria Hookes	Mary Stephenson
Elizabh Rookes	Ruth Watson	Mary Bird
Sarah Crookford	Elizth Badwell	Elizth Watkins

Ashburnham Place Servants as at December 1881 (ASH/2611)

Mrs Cornwell	cook & housekeeper	£60pa
Emma Crawford	2nd housemaid	£16pa
Jane Thomas	3rd housemaid	£12pa
Harriet Anderson	stillroom maid	£21pa
Mary Ann Beckett	kitchen maid	£16pa
Susan Tester	scullery maid	£9pa
Emma Tester	dairy maid	£20pa
Elizabeth Martin	1st laundry maid	£21pa
Edith Wyeth	2nd laundry maid	£12pa
Edward Hodgson	clerk	£10pa
Edwin Jones	house steward	£85pa
Alfred Moore	1st footman	£32pa
Henry Mepham	2nd footman	£28pa
George Slatter	hall boy	£15pa
William Parrott	coachman	£40pa
Henry Davies	groom	£35pa

A list of poor persons who are having Copper Broth from the House July 10th 1878 (ASH/3414)

Names

Beeny, Edgar

Creasey, George

Cramp, Moses

Foord, George

Haselden, John

Howe, Mr

Hobden, John Junr

Hobden, John Senr

Hutchison, Mrs

Isted, Thomas

Isted, James

Isted, James

Keeley, James

Champion, George

Scotcher, Stephen

Veness, Thomas

Vidler, James

Winchester, S

Winchester, Mrs

Winchester, Henry Junr

Winchester, Mark

Almshouse women

Mrs Sutton

Mrs Hobday

Horace Creasy

Mrs S Winchester

Mrs Maxton

Mrs Hunnisett

Mrs Mitchell

Residence

Forge

Brown Bread Street

Thornden

Pigknowl

ditto

Ninfield

Furnace

Megshole

Pontsgreen

Pound Gate

Forge

Brays Hill

Pontsgreen

Thornden

Linghams

Thornden

Linghams

Creep Lodge

Thornden

Coomb Hill

Penhurst



Old Kennels

Furnace

Ninfield

Creep Lodge

Nursery

Ninfield

Burnt Barnes

Remarks

has a cow kept

carter

carter

broth & milk

broth & milk

broth & milk

ditto

accruing to children

broth & milk

milk

ditto

ditto for twins

nourishment from House

ditto

ditto

ditto & wine

Christmas Beef List 1889 (ASH/3415)

(This is a list of estate employees, their addresses, the amount of beef they were to be given and from which supplier, as a Christmas present from their employer, Bertram, the 5th Earl of Ashburnham.)

Farm Labourers Mark Unsted Albert Sutton boy Alfred Hutchison George Hutchison George Creasey Alfred Harmer James Isted James Isted Junr Charles Hobden William Howe Richard Howe boy George Eastland James Kemp George Champion Walter Hobden Thomas Haiselden Edgar Beeney John Anderson David Beeney James Beeney Edwin Hobden James Tedham James Howe George Champion Junr Thomas Sutton Charles Haiselden Thomas Howe Henry French boy George Creasey Jr boy Mark Winchester boy Richard Cramp Charles Mercer Sydney Carter Henry Saunders boy Edward Boorman Thomas Boorman Henry Boorman George Farmer Charles Buss Charles Buss Junr Stephen Pankhurst John Isted Thomas Isted James Pettit James Vidler Estate Labourers Vince Lade & wife James Harmer & son Richard Howe Thomas Hook Thomas Hook Junr Joseph Barden William Beale Henry Winchester William Mercer Henry Hook Stephen French Frederick Adams Richard Drury & wife James Drury William Hobday William Veness James Hobday William Winchester Senr John Winchester Mark Winchester David Winchester John Veness Levi Winchester Levi Winchester Junr William Hobday Henry Hobday Alfred Barden Albert Hobday William Creasey Mark Winchester Thomas Winchester William Winchester Junr James Barden Senr Horace Barden Seth Barden William Barden Henry Barden James Barden Edward Stonestreet James Stonestreet Henry Sinden William Erry George Piper William Ralph Edwin Ralph Garden Labourers Nicholas James Ransome Henry Payne James Noakes Nathan & wife Roberts George Isted James Hoad Thomas Taylor David Clark Charles Hobden Frank Morris Frank Mitchell Charles Creasey James Creasey James Junr Hoad Henry Sawyard George Adams & wife George Sutton George French & wife Wesley Avan Edward Hobden & wife William Howe Thomas Isted & wife George Creasey George Geering Charles Hobden Richard Billings Thomas Isted	Slaughterhouse Marlpits Pontsgreen Ditto Brownbread Street Thornden Burntbarns Ditto Agmerhurst Old Kennels Ditto Blue Doors Burntbarns Ditto Compasses Old School Forge Pontsgreen Forge Ditto Ditto Compasses Old Kennels Burntbarns Marlpits Pigknole Old Kennels Stephen French Brownbread Street Ditto Netherfield Place Ditto Ditto Ditto Egypt Ditto Ditto Netherfield Place Ditto Ditto Pontsgreen Brays Hill Ditto Cold Harbour Pound New Building Nursery Kennels Furnace Forge Pontsgreen Furnace Comb Hill Netherfield Place Furnace Stephens Crouch Kennels Netherfield Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Thornden Ditto Penhurst Cottages Ditto Ditto Tower Lodge Ditto Thornden Furnace Olivers Hill Thornden Brownbread Street Ditto Ditto Pontsgreen Furnace Ditto Ditto Ditto Forge Ditto Lodginghouse Ditto Forest Ditto Ditto Deer Park Ditto The Gardens Brays Hill Ditto South Lodge Comb Hill Pound Compasses Henley Bridge Freckley Forge Pound Lodginghouse Nursery Ditto Compasses Marlpits Stephens Crouch Marlpits Battle Lodge Old Kennels Pound Nursery Woods Corner Brownbread Street Thornden Pound	Pricket Lbs 3 1 ½ 1 ½ 3 1 ½ 3 1 ½ 1 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 2 2 2 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 5 5 3 2 ½ 2 ½ 1 ½ 1 2 ½ 1 ½ 2 ½ 1 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 2 3 2 2 2 ½ 2 ½ 4 3 2 2 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 1 ½ 1 ½ 2 ½ 2 2 ½ 4 2 ½ 4 2 ½ 4 2 ½ 4 2 2 ½ 2	Sutton Lbs 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 ½ 2 2 2 2 ½ 1 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½	Noakes Lbs 3 1 ½ 1 ½ 3 1 ½ 1 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 2 2 ½ 2 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 2 ½	Mann Lbs 3 2 1 ½ 1 2 ½ 2 1 ½ 2 ½ 4 2 ½ 2 2 ½ 2 ½ 2 ½ 1 ½ 2 ½
		---- 161 ----	---- 36 ½ ----	---- 34 ----	---- 36 ----

From ‘Survey of the Sussex Estate Belonging to the Earl of Ashburnham’ by E Driver 1830 (ASH/1173)

The Almshouses

“Near the foregoing are the Almshouses for six widows – comprising six neat, newly erected dwellings, all brick built and tiled containing two rooms with a lean to washhouse to each - a bakehouse behind the houses for the joint occupation of the tenants who reside therein rent free and have an annual allowance of firewood. There is a cowshed, timber built and thatched.”

Almshouses, Ashburnham

Sussex County Magazine 1928

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