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The tour takes you around the village, house by house.

The full details of the occupants of all the premises are from the census returns for Kelvedon Hatch 1871. Published by permission of the Public Record Office - RG10/1643.

Returns for the rest of England can be found on the Ancestry.co.uk web site.
1871 England Census

Key: First name; Surname; relationship to head of household; status; age; employment; place of birth.

Links to the special topics for the 1870s listed below can be found at the start of the tour page:
Farming
Law and Order
Leisure
Health and Wealth
Education
Parish Officials

HOUSE. 27     1881 map of area
Probably the oldest house in the parish: built in the 15th century. At the beginning of the century it was occupied by the Smith family who farmed the surrounding 3 acres, and who were also hay carters. The Porter family moved to the house in the 1850s. They were agricultural labourers and wood men employed by the Kelvedon Hall Estate.

William PORTER Head M 74 Woodman Doddinghurst
Sarah PORTER Wife M 59 Navestock
James PORTER Son UnM 34 Agricultural Labourer Doddinghurst
Sarah PORTER Daughter UnM 30 Doddinghurst
David PORTER Son UnM 29 Agricultural Labourer Doddinghurst
Jacob PORTER Son UnM 27 Agricultural Labourer Doddinghurst
Rachel PORTER Daughter UnM 19 Doddinghurst
William PORTER Grand son UnM 14 Agricultural Labourer Doddinghurst

HOUSE. 28     1881 map of area
This house, which was built in the 17th century as the servant quarters for Brizes, had been occupied by the Keating family since at least 1826. John Keating was a tea and tobacco trader. After his death in 1835, his wife Elizabeth, son Richard, who was a surveyor, and daughter Anna, remained living in the house. Some of their income was from the rents of various cottages they owned in the village.

Elizabeth KEATING Head Widow 71 House Owner Kelvedon Hatch
Anna KEATING Daughter UnM 48 Annuitant Kelvedon Hatch
John KEATING R Son UnM 44 Surveyor Kelvedon Hatch
Ellen RAINBIRD Servant UnM 14 General Domestic Servant Doddinghurst

BRIZES. 29     1881 map of area
The land comprising Brizes was granted by the Lord of the Manor in the 15th century. The present house was built in the 1720s. John Royds had inherited the land after the death of Louisa Dolby in 1868. Royds then began to purchase surrounding land including Dodds Farm and part of the adjacent parish of Doddinghurst.

John ROYDS Head M 67 Land owner St Pancras
Maria ROYDS Wife M 56 Glasgow
Eliza NEWLYN Servant UnM 36 Housekeeper Southampton
Maria RANDELL Servant UnM 27 Housemaid Checkerel
Sophia ATKINSON Servant UnM 35 Laundrymaid Saffron Walden
Ellen SAWKINS Servant UnM 17 Kitchenmaid Kelvedon Hatch
Emma ALLEN Servant UnM 24 Housemaid Norton Heath
Anne HAIGH Servant UnM 23 Dairymaid Holloway
Francis WONSHEY Servant UnM 31 Lady's Maid Brockenhurst
William GOULD Servant UnM 28 Butler Little Tey
Robert GREGORY Servant UnM 25 Footman Moreton
Duke ? PEARCE Servant UnM 23 Head groom Checkerel
Edward HOUNSELL Servant UnM 21 Undergroom Langton Heiring

OLD CROWN HOUSE. 30     1881 map of area
Farmhouse dating from at least the 18th century. The house, garden, orchard, farm yard, out-buildings and land consisted of a total of 17 acres. The 1871 occupier, Samuel Archer, had been the builder in Kelvedon Hatch for at least 30 years. The house may also have been used as a school. In the 1890s the house was extended and rebuilt by the new owner, John Newman F.R.I.B.A.. Mr Newman gave his architectural services free of charge and designed the new St.Nicholas' Church.

Archer SAMUEL Head M 51 Bricklayer employ 1 man Blackmore
Amy SAMUEL Wife M 57 High Ongar
Annie NOAKES Lodger Widow 56 School mistress (18 scholars) Writtle

COTTAGE. 31     1881 map of area
Cottage belonging to Old Crown House lands. Occupied by an agricultural labouring family.

John FIRBANK Head M 76 Agricultural Labourer Kelvedon Hatch
Elizabeth FIRBANK Wife M 73 Laundress Mountnessing

COTTAGES. 32     1881 map of area
Seven cottages which were part of the Kelvedon Hall Estate. Occupied by several working class families.

Mary BEADLE Head Widow 70 Infirm Kelvedon Hatch
Ann HIGHFIELD Daughter Widow 41 Charwoman Doddinghurst
George BEADLE Son UnM 33 Agricultural Labourer Doddinghurst
Henry HIGHFIELD Grand son UnM 6 Scholar Kelvedon Hatch

James THOMAS Head M 43 Agricultural Labourer Navestock
Rebecca THOMAS Wife M 50 Kelvedon Hatch
Stephen THOMAS Son UnM 15 Pupil Teacher Kelvedon Hatch
Anne THOMAS E Daughter UnM 12 Scholar Kelvedon Hatch
Thomas RAINBIRD Brother UnM 44 Carpenter Kelvedon Hatch

John PORTER Head M 39 Agricultural Labourer Doddinghurst
Sophia PORTER Wife M 40 Navestock
Samuel PORTER Son UnM 14 Agricultural Labourer Kelvedon Hatch
James PORTER Son UnM 13 Agricultural Labourer Kelvedon Hatch
Frederick PORTER Son UnM 12 Agricultural Labourer Kelvedon Hatch
John PORTER Son UnM 11 Scholar Kelvedon Hatch
Thomas PORTER Son UnM 8 Scholar Kelvedon Hatch
Sarah PORTER Daughter UnM 6 Scholar Kelvedon Hatch
William PORTER Son UnM 3 Kelvedon Hatch
Frank PORTER Son UnM 2 Kelvedon Hatch

Richard RAINBIRD Head M 64 Carpenter Kelvedon Hatch
Elizabeth RAINBIRD Wife M 57 High Ongar
Elizabeth PORTER Daughter Widow 38 Kelvedon Hatch
Mary Ann RAINBIRD Daughter UnM 20 Subject to Fits Kelvedon Hatch
Richard PORTER Grand son UnM 1 South Weald

Thomas QUILTER Head M 26 Agricultural Labourer Stondon
Charlotte QUILTER Wife M 24 Doddinghurst
William QUILTER Son UnM 5 Kelvedon Hatch
James QUILTER Son UnM 1 Kelvedon Hatch

Susan MAYO Head Widow 43 Worker in the fields Doddinghurst
William MAYO Son UnM 18 Agricultural Labourer Kelvedon Hatch
Henry MAYO Son UnM 15 General Servant Kelvedon Hatch
William BULL Brother UnM 40 Agricultural Labourer Doddinghurst

Elizabeth RILEY Head Widow 60 Worker in the fields Doddinghurst
Charles BULL Brother M 39 Agricultural Labourer Doddinghurst
Georgi REEVE Lodger UnM 32 Agricultural Labourer Dunmow

Thomas CHAPPELL Head Widower 58 Blacksmith Thundersley
George CHAPPELL Son UnM 23 Blacksmith Doddinghurst
Ann SMITH Servant Widow 47 Housekeeper Doddinghurst

Joseph PETTITT Head M 39 Miller out of employ Moreton
Elizabeth PETTITT Wife M 52 Stanford Rivers
Emma FAULKNER Step daughter UnM 15 Stanford Rivers
Maria WILSON Sister in law UnM 59 Dressmaker Stanford Rivers

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