Sundridge |
The village of Sundridge is situated on the high road leading to Westerham, which crosses the middle of this parish, as does the river Darent, in a double stream, a little to the northward of it; hence the ground rises still further northward for near a mile and a half to the great ridge of chalk hills, where it is little more than a mile in width; midway to the foot of these hills, is the seat of Combebank, the hamlet of Oveney's green, and the seat of Overden, the residence of the dowager Lady Stanhope. Just below the village, southward, is the seat not many years since belonging to Tho. Mompesson, esq. who lies buried in the church yard, under a monument, with his brother Henry, who was murdered by robbers in France; it is now the residence of Edward Peach, esq. who is related to the Mompesons by his mother, wife of the Rev. Mr. Peach, rector of Titsey, in Surrey. Mr. Peach married, in 1790, Mrs. Elizabeth Leathes, widow of the reverend Edward Leathes, rector of Rodeham, in Norfolk. Near the above seat is the church, and close by it the ancient site of Sundridge-place, on which is now only a farm-house; and about a half a mile eastward the manor of Dryhill, formerly the eftate of the Ifleys, and now of Mr. Woodgate of Summerhill. Southward from hence the parish extends three miles to the great ridge of sand hills, about midway to which is Brook's-place, near which there is on each side both coppice woods, and much rough ground, and the land becomes very poor. On the top of the hills is the hamlet, called Ide-hill. These hills separate the upland district from that below it, called the Weald, the part above them being distinguished by the name of Sundridge Upland, as that below it is by the name of Sundridge Weald, in the same manner as the other parishes are in the same situation. Near the foot of these hills, in the Weald, is the estate of Hendon, where the soil becomes a stiff clay and a strong tillage land. extract from Hasted's History of Kent published in 1797 |
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1323 | Births | 13 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 167 | 288 | 533 | 267 | 11 | |||||||||
151 | Christenings | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 68 | 39 | 10 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
30 | Marriages | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
137 | Deaths | 4 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 26 | 36 | 23 | 5 | |||||||||||
133 | Burials | 4 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 26 | 34 | 21 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
Books and other documents | |
Published | Title, author and references |
1797 | The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent - Volume III by Edward Hasted ⇒ p. 126 |
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. ⇒ Domesday p. 226; 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. 474; p. 617; p. 630; p. 723 |
1882 | Kelly's Directory of Kent by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. ⇒ entry |
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. 156; p. 162 |
1914 | Highways and Byways in Kent by Walter Jerrold with Illustrations by Hugh Thomson ⇒ p. 345 |
1923 | Monumental Inscriptions by Leland Lewis Duncan, M.V.O., O.B.E., F.S.A. ⇒ Inscriptions |
1933 | Country Houses of Kent by Arthur Oswald ⇒ p. 26 |
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 Sundridge - 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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