This website was created and maintained by Richard Gilbert who sadly passed in May 2023. He invested a huge amount of time and effort into gathering the information presented here and creating this portal to share it with others who may be interested. The site will remain up to honour his commitment. Anyone interested in sharing information on the families listed here or who have enquiries or just want to get in touch, please contact me, his son, David Gilbert at gilberd3@gmail.com. Thank you for visiting.

This document is being created as a comprehensive record of the Gilbert family that flourished in the 1700s and 1800s in the area of Waldron, East Sussex, and later in Eastbourne. It also looks at the connections with other families over four centuries, although it does not engage in serious research into other families. Having said that, Richard Gilbert (1894-1988) put a lot of effort into researching the family of his mother Ellen I.Gilbert, whose maiden name was Morris, and the results of those efforts deserve reproducing in this record; so the Morris entry is very extensive.

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The main family surnames that appear in this record are as follows. Click on a name to link to the relevant page.

ADAMS, BERRY, BOYS, BRAY, CARRICK, CHEESE, CLEMENTSON, DOWLEY, ERREY, FELLINGHAM, FOYSTER, FULLER, GILBERT, GORRINGE, GRACE, GREEN, HASSELL, HEDGECOTT, HEWITT, HOOPER, INGLE, JENNINGS, KYTE, LENEY, MANN, MARCHANT, MORRIS, NORELIUS, PACK, PLUMMER, PURSGLOVE, RAY, ROGERS, RUMNEY, SHOOSMITH, SODDY, STURT, TITE, VERRALL, VINALL, WALL, WALLER, WILLE, WIMBLE.

Houses, businesses and other locations described on this website. Click on an address to see more details about it.

EASTBOURNE LOCATIONS;
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E.Morris & Son, Ironmonger's shop, Seaside Road (Morris family)
John Grace's Chapel, Seaside Road (Grace, Gilbert families)
Gilberts Bakery, Seaside Road (Gilbert family)
Cavendish Place Chapel, Cavendish Place (Gilbert family)
Houses in Ceylon Place and Pevensey Road (Gilbert family)
"Herstmonceux Lodge", 47 Terminus Road (Gilbert family)
"Lulworth", 15 The Avenue (Gilbert family)
"Baylands", 5 Old Orchard Road (Gilbert family)
"Dakota", 97 Enys Road (Adams family)
22 Upper Avenue (Gilbert family)
101 Enys Road (Gilbert family)
List of properties (mostly in Eastbourne) acquired as investments by the Gilbert family

LEWES LOCATIONS;
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E.Morris & Son, Iron Foundry, Cliffe, Lewes (Morris family)
Jireh Chapel, Lewes (Morris family)
"Ryders Wells", Wellingham, Lewes (Morris family)
Tabernacle Chapel, Lewes (Morris, Wille, Wimble families)
Timberyard, South Street, Lewes (Wille family)

OTHER SUSSEX LOCATIONS;
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"Fernhurst", London Road, Uckfield (Morris family)
Five Ash Down Chapel, Uckfield (Morris, Gilbert families)
The Harecombe housing estate, Crowborough (Gilbert family)
Heathfield Chapel, Punnetts Town (Gilbert family)
Little Saperton, Heathfield (Gilbert family)
"Rosebank", Boreham Street (Gilbert family)
"Ryderswells", London Road, Uckfield (Gilbert family)
"Ryderswell Cottage", Vines Cross, Horam (Gilbert family)
Tanners Manor, Lions Green, Waldron (Hassell family)
Tickerage Mill, Framfield (Gilbert family)
Farm at Waldron, Furnace Lane, Horam (Gilbert family)
Warbill-in-Tun pub, Warbleton (Gilbert family)