| Chevening |
| The parish of Chevening is about three miles long from north to south, and about a mile and a quarter on an average from east to west. Its northern boundary is the summit of the great ridge of chalk hills at Nockholt pound, where the soil is a chalk mixed with clay; near the foot of the hills, though on somewhat high ground, in comparison of that southward, are Chevening-house, the church and parsonage, Dunton, and Madams-court. Hence the ground descends to a more fertile foil and the river Darent, which flows through the more southern part of this parish north-eastward, near which is the hamlet of Chepsted, and The Place. At the eastern extremity of it the high roads from Sevenoke and from Wrotham, through Riverhead, divide that on the right, leads along the eastern side of this parish through the hamlet of Dunton-green, towards Farnborough, and that on the left, along the middle part of the parish by the grounds of Chepsted-place towards Westerham, southward of which is the great ridge of sand hills and the Weald, into which this parish extends. extract from Hasted's History of Kent published in 1797 |
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| 777 | Births | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 38 | 104 | 161 | 267 | 173 | |||||||||
| 245 | Christenings | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 35 | 55 | 49 | 33 | 40 | |||||||||
| 38 | Marriages | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | ||||||||||
| 1 | Deaths | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Burials | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1797 | The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent - Volume III by Edward Hasted ⇒ p. 105 |
| 1839 | Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex ⇒ entry |
| 1840 | New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen ⇒ p. 374 |
| 1871 | A History of The Weald of Kent with an outline of the Early History of the County, Volume I. by Robert Furley, F.S.A. ⇒ peculiar of Canterbury p. 400 |
| 1874 | A History of The Weald of Kent with an outline of the History of the County to the present time, Volume II by Robert Furley, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 706; p. 707; p. 801 |
| 1882 | Kelly's Directory of Kent by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. ⇒ entry |
| 1886 | Chevening Church by Canon Scott Robertson ⇒ p. 114 |
| 1886 | Chevening House by Canon Scott Robertson ⇒ p. 127 |
| 1903 | Hookers Household Almanack and Directory ⇒ entry |
| 1909 | English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex) also published as Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Lady Hope ⇒ p. 158 |
| 1914 | Highways and Byways in Kent by Walter Jerrold with Illustrations by Hugh Thomson ⇒ p. 344 |
| 1933 | Country Houses of Kent by Arthur Oswald ⇒ p. 58 |
| 2010 | Extracts from the Maidstone Journal (1786-1851) relating to Edenbridge, Hever, Chiddingstone, Westerham, Brasted and Hever by Lionel Cole ⇒ Journal |
| Places and properties in Chevening - a directory of homes, farms, churches, schools, inns, and other places of interest that existed prior to 1900 has been compiled from Post Office directories, Kelly's directories, Trade directories, Census data, Ordnance survey maps and books of the period |
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