Update 2016: There were 3 cottages standing behind the Roebuck pub. These were destroyed by fire in 1874. Sarah may have lived in one of these.
There are clues as to where Sarah Deacon lived. George Bull, in his first-hand examination of the scene, says her tracks extended 300 yards, 270m, from her house to the Rector’s moat. That could be up towards Froxfield, or down towards Tyrells End. There were some houses about halfway between the rectory and Tyrells End until the twentieth century. Looking at the 1764 map and the 1808 map, It seems that there’s not been much development in Hills End. The houses up the hill or down the hill from the rectory might fit the bill for 300 yards away. Sarah must have lived somewhere on HIlls End, it’s 330m from the current front gate of the rectory to the Tyrells End junction, 700m from the rectory to the nearest Froxfield House. The houses up the road are further away, but both the houses up and down the road are a bit too close, though.
Hills End 1841 census | ||||||||||
. | uninhabited | inhabited | name | gender | age | occupation | born in Beds | elsewhere | |
. | 1 | Samuel Stevenson | m | 70 | farmer | y | |||
. | Mary Godfrey | f | 70 | female servant | n | ||||
. | 1 | Mary Shing | f | 60 | lacemaker | y | |||
. | Sarah Osborn | f | 81 | lacemaker | y | ||||
. | Rebecca Stapelton | f | 65 | lacemaker | y | ||||
. | 1 | Robert Farmer | m | 60 | mason | y | |||
. | Fanny Farmer | f | 55 | y | |||||
. | 1 | Richard Blachford | m | 40 | shoemaker? | n | |||
. | Mary Blachford | f | 40 | y | |||||
. | Mary Blachford | f | 12 | y | |||||
. | 1 | James Smart | m | 65 | agricultural labourer | y | |||
. | Ann Smart | f | 45 | y | |||||
. | 1 | James Reed | m | 72 | clergyman | n | |||
. | Maria Shemeld? | f | 25 | female servant | y | ||||
. | Samuel Farmer | m | 24 | male servant | y | ||||
. | Eliza Drome? | f | 20 | female servant | y | ||||
. | 1 | William Parkes | m | 60 | army p | y | |||
. | Mary Butcher | f | 55 | lacemaker | y | ||||
. | George Allen | m | 15 | agricultural labourer | y | ||||
. | 1 | James Blunt | m | 35 | agricultural labourer | y | |||
. | Elizabeth Blunt | f | 30 | ||||||
. | 1 | 1 | Joseph Chapman | m | 30 | agricultural labourer | y | ||
. | Eliza Chapman | f | 30 | y | |||||
. | Sarah Chapman | f | 9 | y | |||||
. | Louisa Chapman | f | 7 | y | |||||
. | John Chapman | f | 5 | y | |||||
. | Ann Chapman | f | 3 | y | |||||
. | Charles Chapman | m | 1 | y | |||||
. | 1 | Jonas Chance | m | 35 | agricultural labourer | y | |||
. | Mary Chance | f | 30 | y | |||||
. | Eliza Chance | f | 12 | y | |||||
. | Mary Chance | f | 8 | y | |||||
. | 1 | James Steen? | m | 60 | agricultural labourer | y | |||
. | Martha Steen? | f | 60 | y | |||||
. | Abraham Steen? | m | 15 | y | |||||
. | Susan Steen? | f | 14 | y | |||||
. | 1 | Ann Perry | f | 80 | lacemaker | n | |||
. | George Perry | m | 15 | agricultural labourer | y | ||||
. | Adam Perry | m | 14 | agricultural labourer | y | ||||
. | 1 | 1 | William Chance | m | 30 | agricultural labourer | y | ||
. | Sarah Chance | f | 30 | y | |||||
. | James Chance | m | 11 | y | |||||
. | Elizabeth Chance | f | 8 | y | |||||
. | Emily Chance | f | 5 | y | |||||
. | William Chance | m | 1 | y | |||||
. | Thomas Chance | m | 70 | y | |||||
. | 1 | George Smart | m | 25 | agricultural labourer | y | |||
. | Mary Smart | f | 25 | n | |||||
. | Elizabeth Smart | f | 6 | y | |||||
. | James Smart | m | 5 | y | |||||
. | Joseph Smart | m | 3 | y | |||||
. | Mary Smart | f | 2 | y | |||||
. | Jane Smart | f | 0.25 | y | |||||
. | Ann Bosker | f | 15 | lacemaker | n | ||||
. | 1 | John Hostler? | m | 30 | agricultural labourer | y | |||
. | Sarah Hostler? | f | 3 | y | |||||
. | William Millard | m | 25 | agricultural labourer | y | ||||
. | Ann Millard | f | 25 | y | |||||
. | Thomas Millard | m | 0.166666666666667 | y | |||||
. | 1 | William Fleet | m | 40 | Tailor | y | |||
. | Elizabeth Fleet | f | 30 | n | |||||
. | William Fleet | m | 11 | y | |||||
. | Elizabeth Fleet | f | 8 | y | |||||
. | James Fleet | m | 5 | y | |||||
. | Francis Fleet | m | 3 | y | |||||
. | Mary Fleet | f | 1 | y | |||||
. | Frederick Biley | m | 15 | y | |||||
. | William Worker | m | 65 | agricultural labourer | y | ||||
. | 1 | John Sam | m | 55 | farmer | y | |||
. | Sarah Sam | m | 55 | y | |||||
. | George Blake | m | 15 | gardener | n | ||||
. | 1 | Maria Crick | f | 40 | charwoman | y | |||
. | Thomas Crick | m | 15 | agricultural labourer | y | ||||
. | William Crick | m | 9 | y | |||||
. | Lipporah Crick | f | 7 | y | |||||
. | 1 | Thomas Harris | m | 30 | agricultural labourer | y | |||
. | Ann Harris | f | 35 | n | |||||
. | Joseph Harris | m | 9 | y | |||||
. | William Harris | m | 8 | y | |||||
. | Ann Harris | f | 5 | y | |||||
. | Henry Harris | m | 2 | y | |||||
. | Woods Rayner | m | 15 | n | |||||
. | Geen Rayner | m | 14 | n | |||||
. | 1 | John Stopp | m | 33 | agricultural labourer | y | |||
. | Mary Stopp | f | 38 | n | |||||
. | Thomas Stopp | m | 6 | y | |||||
. | Ann Stopp | f | 4 | y | |||||
. | Louisa Stopp | f | 2 | y | |||||
. | James Stopp | m | 1 | y | |||||
. | 1 | John Smith | m | 30 | y | ||||
. | Jane Smith | f | 25 | y | |||||
. | Mary Smith | f | 8 | y | |||||
. | Joseph Smith | m | 7 | y | |||||
. | Eliza Smith | f | 5 | y | |||||
. | William Smith | m | 3 | y | |||||
. | Elizabeth Smith | f | 0.916666666666667 | y | |||||
. | 1 | Martha Pepper | f | 65 | carrier | y | |||
. | Samuel Pepper | m | 25 | agricultural labourer | y | ||||
. | 1 | Samuel Harris | m | 30 | grocer | y | |||
. | Ann Harris | f | 30 | y | |||||
. | Richard Harris | m | 3 | y | |||||
. | Susan Farmer | f | 25 | female servant | y | ||||
. | Rueben Farmer | m | 15 | sawyer | n | ||||
. | Harry Page | m | 20 | gardener | y | ||||
. | 1 | William Chapman | m | 40 | bricklayer | y | |||
. | Sarah Chapman | f | 40 | y | |||||
. | 1 | Isaac Pepper | m | 40 | carpenter | y | |||
. | Mary Pepper | f | y | ||||||
. | William Pepper | m | 15 | y | |||||
. | Abel Pepper | m | 15 | y | |||||
. | Charlotte Pepper | f | 13 | y | |||||
. | Jane Pepper | f | 11 | y | |||||
. | John Pepper | m | 8 | y | |||||
. | Ruth Pepper | f | 7 | y |