Hever

On the western border of the county of Kent, about four miles north-west of Penshurst, stand the remains of Hover Castle, the ancient seat of a family of that name, but more endeared to memory as the residence of the ill-fated Anne Boleyn. This Castle was erected by William de Hever, a Norman baron, who, under Edward III., obtained the King's license to " embattle his manor-house," as well as to have liberty of free warren within this demesne. His two daughters and co-heiresses conveyed it in marriage to the families of Cobham and Brocas: the former, who had acquired the whole by purchase, afterwards sold the entire estate to Sir Geoffrey Boleyn, a wealthy mercer of London, lord-mayor of that city in the thirty-seventh year of Henry VI., and great grandfather to Anne Boleyn, the unfortunate queen of Henry VIII. and mother of queen Elizabeth.......... extract from Hever Castle and Queen Anne Boleyn published in 1833

Hever 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
1052	Births					14	9	5	1	19	151	263	315	268	6	1
175	Christenings					13	9	5		6	39	72	21	10
66	Marriages					2	6			4	30	20	2		2
18	Deaths					1	2	7				6	1	1
12	Burials					1	2	6				1	1	1

Books and other documents

The History of Tunbridge Wells by Thomas Benge Burr in 1766 - Page 188

The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent - Volume III by Edward Hasted in 1797 - Page 190

Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Paul Amsinck and Letitia Byrne in 1810 - Page 70

Guide of Tunbridge Wells in 1830 - Page 123

Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Calverley Estate by John Britton, F.S.A. in 1832 - Page 139

Hever Castle and Queen Anne Boleyn in 1833 - Page 97

Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex in 1839

New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen in 1840 - Page 259

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

Pelton's Illustrated Guide to Tunbridge Wells by J. Radford Thomson, M.A. in 1883 - Page 158

Hookers Household Almanack and Directory in 1903

Historic Hever - The Church by John Eastman, Parish Clerk in 1905

English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex) by Lady Hope in 1909 - Page 149

Highways and Byways in Kent by Walter Jerrold with Illustrations by Hugh Thomson in 1914 - Page 336

St. Peter's Church, Hever, Kent by Denis Foster (Rector 1945-57) in 1951 - Page 1

Hever Parish Registers by Lionel Cole in 2010

Extracts from the Maidstone Journal by Lionel Cole in 2010

People of note	Boleyn, Anne (1501 - 1536) Henry VIII's second wife

Hever pictures	Nicholas Heath - Rector 1531	Ann Boleyn 1533	Hever Castle 1809	Hever Castle 1824	Hever Castle 1829	West View, Hever Castle 1904	The Church and Village 1905
	The Church 1905	The Church from the East End 1905	Cottage 1907	Entrance Hall, Hever Castle 1909	Pergola, Italian Garden, Hever Castle 1910	Italian Garden, Hever Castle 1910	The Courtyard, Hever Castle 1910