Lesson 2 - Learning objectives
We know how to browse through the records in a database to pick out interesting information.
We can search a database for a named person.

What sort of information is on the census form? What questions were people asked?

Look through the records. What sort of jobs did people do?

1841: Guston Frith. The 'Y' in the last column is a 'Yes', meaning 'born in Kent'.

Find the records of the Prescott family. How is their household different to today's typical family?

The Prescotts owned much of the land in the village. This cottage belonged to the family.

The Prescott ancestors are buried in the churchyard.

These are the 1746 parish
accounts signed by John
Prescott. Foxes, hedgehogs
and sparrows were a problem
for the farmers. Anyone who
caught them could claim a
bounty. The rate for a dozen
sparrows’ heads was two pence!

In 1841, Mary Eastes, a widow for many years, farmed at Guston Court. Her memorial in the church says that she lived “a long and useful life”.

Her home is still a working farm. Its main income comes from milk and cereal farming.