Listing
Listed WARBLETON DALLINGTON1.5208 PadghamTQ 61 NE 9/741II2.Partly in the former Battle Rural District (now Rother District). L-shapedC17 or earlier house. Two storeys and attic in gable end. Four windows.Ground floor red brick, above tile-hung. Half-hipped tiled roof. Casement windows. Tiled veranda to west wing.
Occupants
1841 Census
1851 Census
| Name | Age | Rel | Occupation | Born |
| John Bishopp | 49 | Head | Farming Bailiff | 1839 Great Chart, Kent |
| Sarah Bishopp | 43 | Wife | 1808 Salehurst, Ssx | |
| Matilda Bishopp | 42 | Daughter | 1838 Salehurst, Ssx | |
| Fanny Dove Bishopp | 11 | Daughter | 1840 Salehurst, Ssx | |
| Ann Elizabeth Bishopp | 10 | Daughter | 1841 Salehurst, Ssx |
1861 Census
| Name | Age | Rel | Occupation | Born |
| Herbert Wrenn | 30 | Head | Farmer 200 acres | 1831 Catsfield |
| Frances Wrenn | 31 | Wife | 1830 Ashburnham | |
| John Wrenn | 4 | Son | 1857 Catsfield | |
| James Wrenn | 2 | Son | 1859 Battle | |
| Herbert F Wrenn | 1 | Son | 1860 Battle | |
| Emily Gurr | 18 | Servant | general house servant | 1843 Warbleton |
1871 Census
1881 Census
1891 Census Folio: 85 Page: 2 Schedule: 10 Padgham
| Name | Age | Rel | Occupation | Born |
| BURGESS John | 32 | Head | Farmer(Employer) | |
| BURGESS Emma C | 31 | Wife | Warbleton | |
| BURGESS Clifford J | 3 | Son | Dallington | |
| BURGESS Thomas S | 1 | Son | Dallington | |
| BURGESS Eva E | 6m | Dau | Dallington | |
| WINCHESTER Mildred A | 14 | Servant | General house servant | Dallington |
| CROFT Henry T | 37 | Boarder | Agricultural Laborer | Dallington |
1901 Census
1911 Census
1921 Census
1939 Register
| George H Pile | 17th December 1881 | 57 | M | Married | Master Tailor Business In France Temp Retired |
| Doris A Pile | 22nd July 1896 | 43 | F | Married | House – Keeper Unpaid |
| Joan V Pile | 2nd August 1920 | 19 | F | Single | Assistant Housekeeper Unpaid |
| Jacqueline P Pile | 27th July 1922 | 17 | F | Single | Assistant Housekeeper Unpaid |
| Donald Alan Pile | 12th August 1931 | 8 | M | Single | At School |
Comments & queries previously posted on the website):
- January 18, 2013 Gregory Enoch Padgham “I am interested to know if anyone has any information regarding whether any persons by the name of Padgham still live on Padgham Lane, or in Dallington, as well as whether anyone knows how the lane came to acquire the name Padgham. I assume it may be the fact that there is a farm by the name of Padgham on the lane. I will also look to “Six Miles From Everywhere”.
- January 19, 2013 pauline ridley:
The lane was originally called Blue Kiln Lane (reference to a brick kiln that existed in the 18th century) but is now generally known as Padgham Lane after Padgham Farm – there are now several separate dwellings with this name at this location. The farm is referred to as Padgham Farm or just Padgham at least as far back as 1794, and originally formed part of the Herrings estate which seems to have passed to the Ashburnham estate early in the 19th century. If you go to the National Archives website and search for Padgham you’ll find various references to tenancy agreements etc ( the actual documents are held at East Sussex Record office in Lewes [Update 2018 now moved to The Keep http://www.thekeep.info/]).It may originally have been named for a family but if so they don’t appear to have lived in the village for at least 200 years. Most Padghams in the 1841-1911 census records come from Kent or the Kent Sussex borders – though Adelaide Jane Guest born in Dallington married James Padgham in Tonbridge in 1866, the family didn’t live here. The occupants of Padgham in this period are Wilmshurst(1841), Bishopp (1851), Wrenn (1861-81) and Burgess (1891-1911). Hope some of this is useful to you Best wishes Pauline” - Gregory Padgham: “Pauline, Your information was most helpful. My wife, daughter and I will make sure to come to Dallington when we visit England in a year or two. Padgham is a relatively rare name-most spellings differ from that exact spelling. I have family in England and will have to contact them to see what they know about Dallington. Thank you very much.Greg”
- September 2016 Nigel Draper “Hi Pauline, I’m interested to see that you have Blue Kiln Lane as an earlier name for Padgham Lane. My father told me that the section of South Lane running from Cinder Hill Cottage to Downs Farm (and so past where my parents lived at Saltley Farm) was correctly called Blue Cow Lane which in turn was a corruption of Blue Kiln Lane. I believe he only learned this during their later years in Dallington and I don’t know the source or its accuracy.”
Dallington History 