Research on Chislehurst’s past

The Society welcomes enquiries or information into the local history of Chislehurst. We are pleased to help where we can with individual requests for information. This service is free for our members.

For non-members, we ask either that you join The Society or make a donation of £10 towards our costs. Please makes cheques payable to The Chislehurst Society and send to: The Old Chapel, Queens Passage, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 5AP. You can also pay via PayPal, to our account thechislehurstsociety@btconnect.com

Additionally, we reserve the right to charge £5 for any images that we reproduce in digital format for you. Images can only be provided to members of the Society.

Please send any requests to localhistory@chislehurst-society.org.uk

Places

  • BonchesterMy grandmother, best friend of Ethel Laidlaw, lived with the Laidlaws for three years. More…
  • Bullers WoodIs a stained glass window by Ernest Carlos at Bullers Wood still in existence. More…
  • Camden HillMy great grandfather Henry Clutton built this house and lived there for many years in the 1800’s. More…
  • Chislehurst Caves My great-grandfather, Alfred Harland, used to own the chalk brickworks located at Chislehurst caves. More…
  • Cookham DeneAs a student at Avery Hill College, I was resident at Cookham Dene House from 1972-6 when it was in good condition, surrounded on three sides by a substantial garden of several acres. More…
  • CoopersI know that Richard Stone once had property in Chislehurst, I know not where or what type of house it was. More…
  • Cranmore PlaceDoes the building [Cranmore Place] that housed Harry Beasley’s Cranmore Museum still exist in Chislehurst? More…
  • Degema RoadBuilt by Harry Miller, who also lived there. More…
  • Denbridge WoodMy mother and father used to live in Denbridge Road, Bickley until about 10 years ago. More…
  • Elmstead GladeI lived in the “Garage Flat” attached to Elmstead Glade in Walden Road between the years 1949-1952. More…
  • Frognal HouseDo you have a copy of the contents sale catalogue of Frognal House dating from 1915? More…
  • FurzefieldMy grandmother was born in Chislehurst in 1884. I’ve just found her birth certificate and the address where she was born was Furzefield Cottage. More…
  • GreatwoodIn 1955 I was sent as a young four year old Nigerian girl to a couple called the Goslings. More…
  • HeatherbankHow would I go about finding out what the stone represents that is about 50 metres along the pathway at the bottom of Heatherbank? More…
  • Homewood, Perry Street My great grandfather was a gardener at the Homewood estate in about 1916. More…
  • High Street, Fox and HoundsDo you have a photo of the Fox and Hounds Pub in Chislehurst High Street? More…
  • InglewoodCan you confirm that there were 2 grand houses called Inglewood in Chislehurst. More…
  • Manor CottageAlice Diaper was born in Manor Cottage in 1870. Do you know where this would have been?More…
  • Manor HouseCould you please tell me if The Manor House, Chislehurst still stands?  I have a letter dated 1877 from that address. More…
  • Manor House and the Redpath familyGrace Redpath and Peter Redpath lived somewhere called “The Manor House, Chislehurst, Kent, England”. More…
  • Mead HouseI am wondering if you, or any of your members, can help me trace a family who live or lived at Mead House. More…
  • Mount Zion, Lubbock RoadI was brought up in a childrens’ home in Lubbock Road called Mount Zion. More…
  • Mount Zion, Lubbock RoadMy father and his brothers were placed in the Mount Zion home in approximately 1947. More…
  • Oak Cottage, Ashfield LaneWe have recently moved into the above property on Ashfield Lane and have begun to try to find out what we can about its history. More…
  • Rambler’s RestThe sign outside saying 1684 is complete fiction, but it maybe the oldest pub in the village.  Any clues to sources? More…
  • Red Hill FarmI was wondering if your Society has any details relating to Red Hill Farm, Burr Field. More…
  • RoselawnBeryl Wordsworth may have lived at Roselawn, Chislehurst in the early 1930s. More…
  • St Nicholas ChurchI was struck by the suprising number of very old and weathered gravestones. More…
  • SunnymeadI’m trying to uncover something of the history of the building we work in. More…
  • Thorndale, Lubbock RoadMy great-grandfather moved to England from South Africa and bought a property in Chislehurst. More…
  • WaldenI am interested in a house called “Walden” which stood where Yester Park is now situated. More…

People

  • Emma Anderdon and the Manning and Anderdon Almshouses (right) – Thomas Salt, MP married Emma Helen Mary Anderdon at Chislehurst Old Church on 24th July 1861. More…
  • Malcolm CampbellMy father, Gordon Dewey, was born at Raggleswood on 21.4.1924. More
  • Richard CarmardenYou might consider adding Richard Carmarden (d.1603), Surveyor of Customs for London,
    to your list of Chislehurst residents.
    More…
  • Cruttenden FamilyBenjamin Cruttenden moved to Chislehurst from St Leonards-on-sea, Sussex, sometime before 1878. More…
  • Heather FirbankAs one of the 3 authors of the forthcoming V and A book on Heather Firbank I read your excellent page on her brother. More…
  • Fodor FamilyWilliam Fodor is reputed to have met the Empress upon her arrival in Dover and offered her Camden Place. More…
  • Frost Family.I am looking for my family who lived at 38 Slades Drive  We were market traders & fruiterers. More…
  • Gosling FamilyIn 1955 I was sent as a young four year old Nigerian girl to a couple called the Goslings. More…
  • Griffiths family, Rectory PlaceWe received these two enquiries entirely separately three months apart. More…
  • Lance-Corporal HallettI bought a postcard and I am very interested to learn more about the author, a recently promoted to Corporal Hallett. More…
  • Captains John Hope (father and son), in the Hope Family Tomb, St Nicholas Church – Were the Hopes Captains of merchantmen or perhaps Royal Marines. More…
  • Donal MorphyDonal Morphy, as in Morphy Richards electrical manufacturers, is missing from Chislehurst Lives. More…
  • Napoleon III I listened to a talk recently about the Prince Imperial at Camden Place and was left wondering why we were so infatuated with the Napoleons. More…
  • Napoleon III -Researching the Chef de Cabinet of Napoléon III, Mocquard (1791-1864), I came across a certain Elisabeth Florence West, “ex-secrétaire de l’impératrice Eugénie” More…
  • Napoleon III – Is there any way to find out about the servants who were employed by Countess Eugenie and Napoleon whilst they were in residence at Camden Place? More…
  • Russell FamilyOne of my grandmothers was a Russell, who lived at and was married from “Golden Mead” in Mead Road. More…
  • Jan WyckaertAn inhabitant of the Water Tower, c1900. More…

Miscellaneous

  • Barkway & Clark, Burlington Parade, 62-64 High Street – Barkway & Clark were decorators merchants and sold items such as paint & wallpaper. More…
  • Chislehurst ScoutsI am in the second of the two Scout photographs, which was taken on open land close to Hawkwood House. More…
  • Chislehurst Youth Club In the late 1950’s a group of us formed a youth club assisted by a Major Oldendorf. More…
  • Collier (Scientific), Webbs WorksCollier (Scientific) started about 1957 at Webbs Works, Queens Passage, Chislehurst. More…
  • Ebcol, Webbs WorksA glass factory, believed to be the only one of its kind the county, operated within a stone’s throw of Chislehurst High Street.  More…
  • Plymouth BrethrenI am trying to find the whereabouts of an Iron Room in Chislehurst West/Prickend used as a Plymouth Brethren meeting hall from 1873-85. More…