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Huggates [als Huggetts] Furnace Hadlow Down Mayfield

Books and other documents
Published	Title, author and references
1927	The Sussex Highlands ⇒ p. 52
1928	Rotherfield - The Story of some Wealden Manors by Catharine Pullein ⇒ p. 279
1931	Wealden Iron by Ernest Straker ⇒ p. 387

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c 1520	History			Huggates [als Huggetts] Furnace	Our Village
	Hugget's Furnace - This is the name of an old farmstead remote among green meadows beside the beginnings of the Ouse in the valley between Rotherfield and Hadlow Down, though the blast furnaces have been long extinct, the hammers silent and the slag heaps buried under woodland growth or furrowed field. In this beautiful spot when Henry VIII was king the first English iron cannon was cast as Holinshed records by Ralph Hogg or Huggett, a notable iron-master of Buxted. Hogg built himself a house in Buxted Park, known from his rebus on its front as the 'Hogg House' to this day, but his works were here [Hugget's Furnace], and here his foreman Jack Johnson, lived. Both are commemorated in the old rhyme: "Master Huggett and his man John They did cast the first cannon." Near the old timbered farmhouse is the mill with its iron wheel. Across the road is the 'hammer pond' with fragments of its ancient sluices which in Tudor times provided the motive power for what was one of the most important gun foundries in England from Our Village, written and published by The Rotherfield History Research Group in 1979

c 1795		Part of the 1 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1795 by William Gardner and Thomas Gream		Huggetts Furnace Farm

6^th Jun 1841	Census	Nicholas Martin, M, Head, age 62, born Sussex; occupation Farmer	Nicholas Martin	Huggetts Furnace	1841 Census Mayfield, Sussex
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Jane Martin, F, [Daughter], age 28, born Sussex	Jane Martin
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Charles Martin, M, [Son], age 21, born Sussex	Charles Martin
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Ansley Martin, F, [Daughter], age 19, born Sussex	Ansley Martin
6^th Jun 1841	Census	William Martin, M, [Son], age 25, born Sussex	William Martin
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Alfred Martin, M, [Son], age 19, born Sussex	Alfred Martin
6^th Jun 1841	Census	John Buss, M, Head, age 55 to 59, born Sussex; occupation Independent	John Buss, independent
6^th Jun 1841	Census	John Buss, M, [Son], age 21, born Sussex	John Buss
6^th Jun 1841	Census	George Carter, M, age 3, born Sussex	George Carter
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Samuel Parker, M, age 21, born Sussex; occupation Servant	Samuel Parker
6^th Jun 1841	Census	George Parker, M, age 19, born Sussex; occupation Servant	George Parker
6^th Jun 1841	Census	Mary Hoath, F, age 14, born Sussex; occupation Servant	Mary (Hoath) Allcorn [Card]

30^th Mar 1851	Census	Head, widowed, employs 5 people; occupation Farmer	Nicholas Martin	Huggates Furnace	1851 Census Mayfield, Sussex
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Jane Martin
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Edith Martin
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Daughter	Ansley Martin
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Lodger; occupation Retired farmer	John Buss, independent
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation Farm servant	George Martin
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Servant; occupation Farm servant	John Martin
30^th Mar 1851	Census	Grand-daughter; occupation Scholar	Sarah Wickens

1867	Directory entry	Alcorn Fredk., farmer, Huggott's furnace		Huggott's furnace	Post Office Directory

1874	Directory entry	Allcorn Frdk. farmer, Huggett's furnace		Huggett's furnace	Post Office Directory

c 1875		Part of the 6 inch to 1 mile map of Sussex produced in 1875 by Ordnance Survey		Huggets Furnace

3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Fred Allcam, M, Head, married, age 28, born Rotherfield, employs 7 men and 1 boy; occupation Farmer	Frederick Alchorne	Huggets Furnace	1881 Census Mayfield, Sussex
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Frances Mary Allcam, F, Wife, married, age 28, born Frant	Frances Mary Allcorn [Allcorn]
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Annie Julia Allcam, F, Daughter, age 4, born Mayfield	Annie Julia Alchorne
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Frank John Allcam, M, Son, age 3, born Mayfield	Frank John Alchorne
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Carrie Elizabeth Allcam, F, Daughter, age 6 m, born Mayfield	Carry Elizabeth Alchorne
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Eliz. Pollard, F, Servant, single, age 22, born Westfield; occupation Domestic servant	Elizabeth Pollard
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Martha Turner, F, Servant, age 15, born Robertsbridge; occupation Nurse	Martha Turner
3^rd Apr 1881	Census	Thomas Luthman, M, Servant, single, age 24, born Burwash; occupation Farm Servant	Thomas Luthman

1882	Directory entry	Allcorn Frdk, farmer, Huggett's furnace		Huggett's furnace	Kelly's Directory

5^th Apr 1891	Census	Fred Allcorn, M, Head, married, age 38, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Farmer	Frederick Alchorne	Huggets Furnace	1891 Census Mayfield, Sussex
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Frances M Allcorn, F, Wife, married, age 38, born Rotherfield, Sussex	Frances Mary Allcorn [Allcorn]
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Annie J Allcorn, F, Daughter, single, age 14, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Assistant	Annie Julia Alchorne
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Frank J Allcorn, M, Son, age 13, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Scholar	Frank John Alchorne
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Maud M Allcorn, F, Daughter, age 8, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Scholar	Maud Mary Alchorne
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Lily J Allcorn, F, Daughter, age 5, born Mayfield, Sussex	Lily Jane Alchorne
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Rose Edith Allcorn, F, Daughter, age 2, born Mayfield, Sussex	Rose Edith Allcorn
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Infant Allcorn, M, Son, age 5 months, born Mayfield, Sussex	Charles Allcorn
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Elizabeth J Dadswell, F, Servant, single, age 16, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation General Domestic Servant	Elizabeth Jane Dadswell
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Harriet M King, F, Nurse, widowed, age 74, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Nurse	Harriet M King
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Samuel Sands, M, Servant, widowed, age 73, born Rotherfield, Sussex; occupation Stockman	Samuel Sands
5^th Apr 1891	Census	William T Hobden, M, Servant, single, age 17, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Milkman	William Thomas Hobden
5^th Apr 1891	Census	Nelson Fuller, M, Servant, single, age 20, born Mayfield, Sussex; occupation Farm Servant	Nelson Fuller

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