This is a transcription taken from part of the 1881 census for Brighton.

Newark Place runs between Albion Hill and Southover Street in Brighton's Hanover ward.

Birthplaces are all Sussex unless otherwise stated (with the exception of London). Only six of the heads of household in Newark Place were Brighton born, reflecting the shifting population of the time.

Today there is a building numbered 23 in Newark Place. I am not sure if this is a newer house or whether it reflects a later complete renumbering of the street.

Brighton's railway and the local brewers were both good sources of employment for the inhabitants of Newark Place in 1881. (Was there an employment connection between the two sons at number 5 and the Wine Porter at number 10? Ernest and John's mother and the Wine Porter's wife both came from Ashurst - perhaps they were related?)

The cowman at number 21 would have looked after the animals in one of Hanover's back-street dairies (probably the one at number 22). The women who described themselves as "laundresses" doubtless worked in Newark Place as well.

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THE TRANSCRIPTION (starts PRO ref RG11/piece 1082/fol 101)

A building called "Newark Place" uninhabited

1 Newark Place - Laundry uninhabited

2 Newark Place - Coach House uninhabited

3 Newark Place - Stables uninhabited

4 Newark Place - Outhouse uninhabited

Note: Relevant marriage in March quarter of 1867 (Brighton district, volume 2b, page 291): Charles BODLE and Lucy MOCKFOD [sic]
Charles and Lucy possibly appear to have died within a year of each other in Brighton: Deaths Dec 1915, Lucy BODLE age 72 Brighton 2b 278
Deaths Sep 1916, Charles BODLE age 73 Brighton 2b 240
Children's births possibly as per the following certificates (dates are quarter years): Charles Richard BODLE Jun 1868; Frances Mary BODLE, Jun 1874; Lucy Elizabeth BODLE, Sep 1876; Alice Gertrude BODLE, Sep 1880.

Note: Abel SHOULDERS and Harriett WARD
The marriage records in the GRO indexes for the Jul-Sep quarter of 1876 show there is an Abel SHOULDERS and a Harriett WARD with identical GRO reference details. This is very likely to be the same couple that lived at number 6.
GRO reference: Brighton, volume 2b, page 338 ('Sep 1876')

Note: There are possibly relevant birth details as follows: Births Jul-Sep 1875, Charles Henry BRIGGS, Brighton, vol 2b, page 218.

Notes: The GROVER family shown here have the spelling GROVES in the LDS census transcription. I believe the surname is GROVER from the following evidence.
(a)There are relevant marriage details: Marriages Jan-Mar 1872 with a Jane ELPHICK, Brighton, vol 2b, page 241 and a George William GROVER with the same details.
(b) There are also relevant birth details as follows: Births Apr-Jun 1874, Charity Harriett GROVER Brighton, vol 2b, page 216.

The IGI reveals even more.
According to the IGI, the head of the family here is George William GROVER, born 26 Nov 1852 (parents: William GROVER and Harriett HART, who married at Fletching in 1852).
George and Jane emigrated to the USA between 1889 and 1891. George died 11 Jul 1937 in Los Angeles. The IGI states George and Jane's marriage date variously as 4 Feb 1870, 1871 and 1872, but this must be 4 Feb 1872. The IGI also gives Jane ELPHICK's details as born 3 Nov 1852 (Brighton [sic], daughter of Eli Elphick and an Elizabeth KING who also married in 1852); Jane died 28 Nov 1923 in Los Angeles.
George William GROVER and Jane had 12 children in total as follows:

• Alice Jane GROVER born 20 May 1872, died 27 Jun 1952
• Charity Harriet GROVER, born 24 May 1874, died Aug 1943
• Elizabeth Frances GROVER, born 19 Jun 1876, died 9 Dec 1952
• George Alfred GROVER, born 15 Mar 1878, died 20 Apr 1954
• Charles Selwin GROVER, born 3 Jan 1881, died 23 Nov 1946
• Grace Louise GROVER born 15 May 1883, died 19 Nov 1968
• Maude Mable GROVER, born 4 Jun 1885 (with stillborn twin brother), died 6 Sep 1891
• Margaret Evelyn GROVER, born 30 Dec 1887
• Arthur John GROVER, born 15 Apr 1889 (Brighton), died 8 Dec 1903
• Ernest Elphick GROVER born 4 Dec 1891 Detroit, USA, died 2 Sep 1962
• Ethel Gladys GROVER, born 22 Mar 1893 Detroit, USA, died 26 Jan 1957 Los Angeles

Notes:
Florence E. STYLES above is probably Florence Ellen STYLES
Her birth reference is: (GRO Jan-Mar 1868, Brighton, vol 2b, page 211)
William T. STYLES above is probably William Thomas STYLES
His birth reference is: (GRO Jan-Mar 1871, Brighton, vol 2b, page 250)
Edith S. [sic] Styles above is probably Edith Lucy STYLES
Her birth reference is: (GRO Apr-Jun 1874, Brighton, vol 2b, page 210)
7-month-old Alice M. STYLES above is almost certainly Alice Maud STYLES
Her birth reference is: (GRO Oct-Dec 1880, Brighton, vol 2b, page 211)
There is a Thomas STYLES aged 52 shown in the GRO death records (Brighton, vol 2b, page 136)

Note: Ruth Kate PIRIE appears to have married in Brighton in Oct-Dec 1893. There is also a John Anderson PIRIE who married in Dec 1885, who may possibly be her elder brother, as shown. The PIRIEs had a photographic studio in North Road, Brighton, 1889-1895; and later, from 1896, Leonard had his own studios in 'High Street' until at least 1907.

Note:There was a marriage on 17 Sep 1859 of William SIMMONDS to Ellen BISH, at St Nicholas's Church, Brighton.

15 Newark Place - Washhouse uninhabited

16 Newark Place - Carpenter's Shop uninhabited

18 Newark Place continued

Notes: One year after this census was taken, there is a death shown in the GRO records of a Priscilla OWDEN aged 51, in the Jan-Mar quarter of 1882. This is probably the same person as at number 19:
Priscilla OWDEN aged 51 (Brighton, vol 2b, page 181)
Ten years later (Deaths Oct-Dec 1892), the GRO records show another death:
James OWDEN aged 72 (Brighton, vol 2b, page 161). This is probably her late husband.

20 Newark Place - Stable uninhabited

21 Newark Place continued

22 Newark Place - Dairy uninhabited

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