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

Chevening directory of homes, farms, churches, schools, inns, and other places of interest that existed prior to 1900 has been compiled from Census data, Ordnance survey maps and books of the period

Parish & other records		Before 1500	1500 to 1550	1550 to 1600	1600 to 1650	1650 to 1700	1700 to 1725	1725 to 1750	1750 to 1775	1775 to 1800	1800 to 1825	1825 to 1850	1850 to 1875	1875 to 1900	1900 to 1925	1925 to 1950	1950 to 1975	1975 to 2000	After 2000
640	Births						2	1	6	19	81	120	247	164
121	Christenings						2	1	6	17	35	25	11	24
58	Marriages			2	2				4	12	14	10	12				2
0	Deaths
0	Burials

Books and other documents

The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent - Volume III by Edward Hasted in 1797 - Page 105

Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex in 1839

New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen in 1840 - Page 374

Kelly's Directory of Kent by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1882

Chevening Church by Canon Scott Robertson in 1886 - Page 114

Chevening House by Canon Scott Robertson in 1886 - Page 127

Hookers Household Almanack and Directory in 1903

English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex) by Lady Hope in 1909 - Page 158

Highways and Byways in Kent by Walter Jerrold with Illustrations by Hugh Thomson in 1914 - Page 344

Country Houses of Kent by Arthur Oswald in 1933 - Page 58

Extracts from the Maidstone Journal by Lionel Cole in 2010

Chevening pictures	Chevening Place 1830	Chevening Church 1909	Chevening 1909	Chevening 1910	St Botolphs Church 1912	Chevening - the south front across the lake c 1930	Chevening - looking down on the north front c 1930
	Chevening - 18th century wrought-iron gate c 1930	Chevening - the tapestry room c 1930	Chevening - the great staircase c 1930