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Hartley parish and small village, situated 6 miles SE by S From Dartford, contains 1,110 acres of land, of which upwards of 200 acres are in woods and plantations; it is an undulating district, with chalky soil, much covered in flints.  Mr Eveland (sic - should be Evelyn) is Lord of the Manor; but Mr Francis Treadwell is the principal landowner.  The Church, dedicated to All Saints, is a small edifice, with nave, chancel, a low pointed steeple, and one bell, nearly half a mile west of the village.  The living is a rectory, valued in the King's books at £7, now £232, in the patronage and incumbency of the Rev Edward Allen MA.  The manor soon after the conquest became part of hte possessions of the noble family of Montchensie, one of whom, Warine de Montchensie, was owner of it in the reign of King John, being then reputed one of the most valiant, prudent, and wealthy men in this kingdom.  He left a son, William, who took possession of all his father's lands; not long after which, he took part with the discontented barons, and when the King was made prisoner at the battle of Lewes, in the 48th year of his reign, and the barons had summoned a parliament in his name; he was oe of the chief of those that sat therein.  Notwithstanding, he was afterwards taken at Kenilworth, a little before the battle of Evesham, and his lands seized; yet he had soon after such favour shown him for his father's sake, that they were freely restored to him again; and in the 6th year of King Edward I, he obtained full pardon, with other favours afterwards, among which was that of frankpledge, and the courts belonging to it, in all his lands.  He was killed at the siege of Drosselan Castle, in Wales, in the 17th year of that reign; and the manor was eventually possessed by Aymer, Earl of Pembroke, who was greatly favoured and employed both by King Edward I and II, but in the 17th year of the reign of the latter, attending the Queen in France, he was murdered there, in revenge for the death of the Earl of Lancaster - this Earl being one of those who passed sentence of death upon him at Pontefract two years before.  He left no issue, though he had three wives; and it soon came into the hands of John de Hastings, who, at the coronation of Richard II, being not quite five years old, claimed to carry the golden spurs, and showing sufficient evidence of his right to do that service, it was adjudged to him, and a deputy allowed him for that purpose, by reason of his non-age.  He was afterwards unfortunately killed at a tournament at Woodstock, having married Philippa, daughter of Edmund Mortimer, Earl of March, by whom he left no issue.  Philipa having afterwards married Richard Fitazallen, Earl of Arundel, he had this manor in dowry with her.  The Earl was fined for this marriage four hundred marks (£266 13s 4d).  Some time after which, observing the dangerous tendancies of the times, and the implacable hatred of the King against him, he retired into the country, having obtained a special dispensation from all public employment; notwithstanding which the King fearing him, soon afterwards got him into his power by fair words, and then sent him to prison, and quickly after brought him to trial, and though he pleaded the King's promises and charter of pardon, the barbarous sentence of being hanged, drawn and quatered, was passed upon him; the rigour of which was somewhat softened, for he only lost his head.  In 1770 the manor passed by sale to William Glanville Evelyn esq.

Hartley Green is a hamlet, situatated about half a mile NE of the church.  There is a National School for the three parishes of Hartley, Fawkham and Longfield.

John Walter, who died in 1625, gave to two poor men long coats of russet cloth, and gowns of the same material to two poor women of this parish; a plentiful dinner was to be provided for them at Christmas (see Fawkham parish).

Benstead, Wiliam - farmer, Court Lodge

Best, George - farmer

Dean, Wiliam - wheelwright

Hayes, Robert - victualler, King's Arms

Parsons, Mrs Mary Ann

Treadwell, Francis - gentleman

Treadwell, William - victualler, Black Lion

Woodin, William - farmer

Young, Wiliam - blacksmith

Hartley is a small neat village 4 miles from Farningham east, 6 from Gravesend south west, and 6 from Dartford south east, in Dartford Union and Axton hundred, lathe of Sutton at Hone.  The church is a small edifice; there is no resident clergyman.  The area of the parish is 1,110 acres, and the population, in 1841 was 224.  In 1842 the Property Tax assessment was £1,026.  Letters through Dartford.

Mrs Bensted

Traders

George Bensted, farmer

George Best, farmer

Robert Hayes, King's Arms and shoemaker

Francis Treadwell, farmer

William Treadwell, Black Lion and parish clerk

Wiilliam Treadwell, farmer

William Wooding, farmer

William Young, blacksmith

Hartley is a small neat village, 4 miles east from Farningham, 6 from Gravesend SW, and 6 from Dartford SE, in Dartford Union and Axton Hundred, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, West Kent.  The pupulation in 1851 was 227.  The Church is a small building; the Rev Edwin (sic should be Edward) is the incumbent.  The area of the parish is 1,178 acres, and the population in 1851, was 227.  Grub Street is half a mile west, and Idley one mile SE.

Letters received through Dartford.  The nearest money order office is Meopham

Allen, Rev Edwin

Parsons, Mrs Mary

Bensted, William - farmer

Best, George - farmer

Dean, Thomas - wheelwright

Elcomb, William - parish clerk

Hayes, Robert - King's Arms and s

Treadwell, James - farmer

Treadwell, William - Black Lion and farmer

Treadwell, William - shopkeeper

Young, William - blacksmith

Letters through Dartford.  The nearest money order office is at Meopham

Hartley is a neat village, 4 miles east from Farningham, 6 miles from Gravesend SW, and 6 miles from Dartford SE.  The pupulation in 1851 was 227.  The Church is a small and neat building; the Rev Edwin (sic should be Edward) is th incumbent.  Grub Street is half a mile west, and Idley one mile SE.

Letters received through Dartford.  The nearest money order office is Meopham

Allen, Rev Edwin

Parsons, Mrs Mary

Bensted, William - farmer

Best, George - farmer

Dean, Thomas - wheelwright

Elcomb, William - parish clerk

Hayes, Robert - King's Arms

Treadwell, James - farmer

Treadwell, William - Black Lion and farmer

Treadwell, William - shopkeeper

Young, William - blacksmith

Hartley is a parish and small village, in the western division of the county, Dartford Union and County Court district, Axton hundred, lathe of Sutton at Hone, rural deanery, archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester, 24 miles south-east from London, 2 south from Meopham Railway Station, 4 east from Farningham, 6 south-west from Gravesend and 6 south-east from Dartford.  The church of All Saints', which was restored in 1862, is a small building, and has nave, chancel, porch, and 2 bells.  The register dates from 1712.  The living is a rectory, annual value £340, with 12 acres of glebe, in the gift of, and held by, the Rev Edward Allen MA of Braesnose College, Oxford; the Rev William Whitton Allen MA of Trinity College, Oxford, is the curate.  There is a national school at Hartley Green.   Grub Street is half a mile west, and Idley one mile south-east.  The area of the parish is 1,178 acres, and the population in 1861 was 244.  Parish Clerk - William Elcombe.  Letters through Dartford, which is the nearest money order office.  

National School: Miss Maria Jones, mistress.

Rev Edward Allen MA, rector

Rev William Whitton Allen, MA, curate

Mr John Wear

Commercial

William Allen, farmer, Hartley Court

William Benstead, farmer

George Best, farmer

Elvey Cooper, blacksmith

Henry Cooper, Black Lion and shopkeeper

Thomas Dean, wheelwright

William Elcombe, shoemaker

William Marshall, King's Arms

James Thomas Smith, farmer

William Treadwell, farmer

The soil is light and stony with chief crops grain and pulse.  The gross estimated rental is £1,909 and total rateable value £1,698.  Letters go via Dartford, which is alos the nearest money order office.

Residents

Rev William Whitton Allen, rector

William Allen, farmer and hop grower, Hartley Court

Henry Benstead, farmer and hop grower

William Benstead, farmer and hop grower

George Best, farmer and hop grower

Elvey Cooper, blacksmith

Henry Cooper, Black Lion and shopkeeper

Thomas Dean, wheelwright

William Elcomb, shoemaker and parish clerk

Thomas Gambrill, farmer and hop grower

Miss Annie Marshall, King's Arms

James Thomas Smith, farmer and hop grower

The soil is light and stony with chief crops grain and pulse.  The gross estimated rental is £1,909 and total rateable value £1,698.  Letters go via Dartford, which is alos the nearest money order office.

Residents

Rev William Whitton Allen, rector

William Allen, farmer and hop grower, Hartley Court

Henry Benstead, farmer and hop grower

William Benstead, farmer and hop grower

George Best, farmer and hop grower

Elvey Cooper, blacksmith

Henry Cooper, Black Lion and shopkeeper

Thomas Dean, wheelwright

William Elcomb, shoemaker and parish clerk

William Lane, general dealer

Col George Palmer Evelyn, Hartley Wood Farm

Thomas Gambrill, farmer and hop grower

James Thomas Smith, farmer and hop grower

The soil is light and stony with chief crops grain and pulse.  The gross estimated rental is £1,909 and total rateable value £2,252.  Letters go via Dartford, which is alos the nearest money order office.

Residents

Rev William Whitton Allen, rector

William Allen, farmer and hop grower, Hartley Court

Henry Benstead, farmer and hop grower

William Benstead, farmer and hop grower

George Best, farmer and hop grower

Philip Binches

Elvey Cooper, blacksmith

Thomas Coulson, farm bailiff to J T Smith

Thomas Dean, wheelwright

William Elcomb, shoemaker and parish clerk

William Lane, general dealer

Col George Palmer Evelyn, Hartley Wood Farm

Thomas Gambrill, farmer and hop grower

James Thomas Smith, farmer and hop grower

George Charles Wansbury, Black Lion and grocer

Hartley is a parish and village in the western division of the county, Dartford Union and county court district, Axton hundred, lathe of Sutton at Hone, rural deanery of Cobham, archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester, 24 miles from London, 2 south-west from Meopham Railway Station, 6 south from Gravesend and 6 south-east from Dartford.  The church of All Saints', built in the c12th century, is a small building of flint and rubble, with buttresses of brick, consisting of a chancel, nave, south porch, vestry and a wooden belfry with a small spire on the western gable, containing 2 bells.  North of the nave is a small and narrow Norman window, high set, in the south another, the west window is perpendicular, on the north of the chancel is a low side window of the lancet period.  The register of baptisms and marriages dates from the year 1713, burials from 1712.  The living is a rectory, annual value £340, with 12 acres of glebe, in the gift of, and held by, the Rev William Whitton Allen MA .  Colonel George Palmer Evelyn JP of Hartley Manor, who is lord of the manor and James Thomas Smith esq are the principal landowners.  The soil is light and stony; subsoil chalk.  The chief crops are grain and pulse.  The area is 1,211 acres ; rateable value £2,654; and the population in 1881 was 254.  Grubb Street is half a mile west and Idley 1 mile south-east.  Parish Clerk - William Elcombe.  Letters through Dartford, which is the nearest money order office; telegraph office at Fawkham Station.

National School, Hartley Green: Miss Mary Nettleingham, mistress.

Rev William Whitton Allen MA, rector

Philip Binckes

Col George Palmer Evelyn JP, Hartley Manor

Lt-Col Joseph Hartley LLD DL JP, The Old Downs

James Thomas Smith

Elvey Cooper, blacksmith

Thomas Coulson, farm bailiff to James Thomas Smith esq

Thomas Dean, wheelwright

William Elcombe, shoemaker

Thomas Gambrill, farmer and hop grower

James Thomas Smith, farmer and hop grower

George Charles Wansbury, Black Lion and Grocer

Hartley is a parish and village, 24 miles from London, 1 south from Fawkham Railway Station, 6 south fro Gravesend and 6 south east from Dartford, in the North Western division of the county, Axton hundred, lathe of Sutton at Hone, Dartford Union, Petty Sessional Division, and County Court District, rural deanery of Cobham, archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester.  The church of All Saints, erected in the 12th century, is a small building of chancel, nave, south porch, vestry and a wooden belfry with a small spire on the western gable, containing 2 bells; north of the nave is a small and narrow Norman window, high set, and on the south another; the west window is early decorated, on the south south of the chancel is an ancient lepers' window, there are 105 sittings.  The register of baptisms and marriages dates from the year 1713; burials from 1712.  The living is a rectory, average yearly value from tithe rentcharge £279, net income £230 with 13 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of and held sice 1870 by the Rev William Whitton Allen MA of Trinity College, Oxford.  Hartley Manor is the property of Frederick Dallas Barnes esq JP of Bickley, who is lord of the Manor, and with James Thomas Smith esq the principal landowner.  The soil is light and stony; subsoil, chalk.  The chief crops are grain and pulse.  The air and climate is very bracing and dry, situation ranging from 300 to 400 feet above sea level, country undulating and wooded.  The area is 1,211 acres; rateable value £4,166.  The population in 1881 was 254.

Grubb Street is half a mile west and Idley 1 mile south east.

Parish Clerk: Elvey Cooper

Wall letter box cleared at 5.30 pm; no collection on Sundays.  Letters through Dartford arrive 9 am.  The nearest post, money order and telegraph office is at Longfield.

National School (mixed), Hartley Green, built in 1840 for 54 children; average attendance 52; Miss Emily Jane Hillyear, mistress.

Allen, Rev William Whitton MA - rector

Barnes, Frederick Dallas JP - Hartley Manor

Barnes, Henry Kendall

Bradley, Charles William

Hartley, Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph LLD, DL, JP - The Old Downs

Smith, James Thomas

Tait, Adam - Hartley Court

Allen, William Frederick - farmer and market gardener

Cooper, Elvey - blacksmith

Coulson, Thomas - farm bailiff to James Thomas Smith esq

Dean, Thomas - wheelwright

Wansbury, George Charles - Black Lion PH and grocer

Hartley is a parish and village, 24 miles from London, 1 south-by-east from Fawkham Station on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, 6 south from Gravesend and 6 south-east from Dartford, in the north-western division of the county, Axton hundred, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, Dartford union, petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Cobham and archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester.  The Church of All Saints, erected in the 12th century, has remains of Norman and Early Decorated work, and a belfry with 2 bells.  In 1892 the west wall and the belfry were entirely rebuilt at a cost of £500.  In 1899 a memorial window was erected to Adam Tate, a director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company, by his brother directors, as well as an inscribed brass tablet in the chancel.  There are 105 sittings.  The register of baptisms and marriages dates from the year 1713; burials from 1712.  The living is a rectory, net income £200, with 13 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Sir William Chance baronet, and held since 1902 by the Rev Charles Gerard Winstanley Bancks MA of St Johns College, Cambridge.  Sir William Chance baronet is lord of the manor and the principal landowner.  The soil is light gravel and loam; subsoil, chalk.  The chief crops are grain and pulse.  The air and climate are very bracing and dry, situation ranging from 300 to 400 feet above sea level, and wooded.  The area is 1,210 acres; rateable value £4,965.  Population in 1901, 275.

Parish Clerk, Philip Letchford

Letters through Longfield S.O. are delivered at 9am.  Wall letter box cleared at 7.50 am and 5.30pm.  No collection on Sundays.  The nearest post, money order and telegraph office is at Longfield, a mile distant.

National School (mixed), Hartley Green, built in 1840 and enlarged in 1893, for 84 children.  Average attendance, 57.  Mrs F A Cromar, mistress.  

Police Station, Alfred Kemsley, constable in charge.

Carrier - Henry Outred to Gravesend on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.

Rev Charles Gerard Winstanley BANCKS MA (rector), Rectory

Edward Robert DAUN, The Old Downs

Archibald E DOBBS, Hartley Manor

James Jones Gibbs DUNCANSON, Hartley Court

Tom MABE, Bay Lodge

Edward E TOWNLEY, Hartley House

Commercial

Joseph W APPS, farm bailiff to Sir William Chance baronet

George CHEESMAN, gamekeeper to J J G Duncanson esq

Elvey COOPER, blacksmith

Edward COULSON, farm bailiff to Sir William Chance baronet

Alfred William CROMAR, assistant rate and tax collector

Thomas GOODWIN, thatcher

Henry OUTRED, carrier

THORNTON AND GLOVER, farmers, New House Farm

George Charles WANSBURY, Black Lion, public house, grocer and draper

Hartley is a parish and village, 24 miles from London, 1 south-by-east from Fawkham Station on the South Eastern and Chatham Railway, 6 south from Gravesend and 6 south-east from Dartford, in the north-western division of the county, Axton hundred, lathe of Sutton-at-Hone, Dartford union, petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Cobham and archdeaconry and diocese of Rochester.  The Church of All Saints, erected in the 12th century, has remains of Norman and Early Decorated work, and a belfry with 2 bells.  In 1892 the west wall and the belfry were entirely rebuilt at a cost of £500.  In 1899 a memorial window was erected to Adam Tate, a director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company, by his brother directors, as well as an inscribed brass tablet in the chancel.  There are 105 sittings.  The register of baptisms and marriages dates from the year 1713; burials from 1712.  The living is a rectory, net income £200, with 13 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Messrs Small Owners Ltd, and held since 1902 by the Rev Charles Gerard Winstanley Bancks MA of St Johns College, Cambridge.  Messrs Small Owners Limited are lords of the manor and the principal landowners.  The soil is light gravel and loam; subsoil, chalk.  The chief crops are grain, fruit and pulse.  The air and climate are very bracing and dry, situation ranging from 300 to 400 feet above sea level, and wooded.  The area is 1,211 acres; rateable value £5,066.  Population in 1911, 278.

Parish Clerk, Philip Letchford

Letters through Longfield, Kent are delivered at 8am.  Wall letter box cleared at 8.40 am and 6.35pm; Sunday 9.35am.  The nearest post, money order and telegraph office is at Longfield, a mile distant.

Public Elementary School (mixed), Hartley Green, built in 1840 and enlarged in 1893, was rebuilt in 1908, for 70 children.  Average attendance, 66.  Miss E R Bragger, mistress.  The school is within the district of the Dartford Rural School Attendance Committee.

Carrier to Dartford on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, starting from Hartley Green at 9am, T Blake.

Private Residents

Rev Charles Gerard Winstanley BANCKS MA (rector), Rectory

Charles EADE

Robert W EMMET, Fairby

Frederick A FLINT, Bundoran

Eustace HARE, Hartley House

Lionel Wormer HARRIS, Hartley Manor

Major Arthur HILDEBRAND BR RE, Hartley Court

Tom MABE, Bay Lodge

Walter ROBSON, Grafton House

Thomas RODWELL

Charles James SAYER

Commercial

William BRAYBROOK, builder

Alfred William CROMAR, assistant rate and tax collector

William John EVERITT, blacksmith

Henry GLOVER, farmer

Clifford Warner NAIRN, carpenter

George PEAKE, shopkeeper

Small Owners Limited (Robert Bleakley, farm manager), Fairby Farm

Joseph THORNTON, farmer New House Farm

Emily WANSBURY (Mrs), Black Lion Public House

Hartley - Post Town, Dartford.  Distance from Gravesend - 6 miles

Balchin J, Ye Red house

Bancks Rev O.G.W.The Rectory

Bragger Miss, Schoolmistress

Braybrook, Wm, Builder, etc.

Brittain G. H., American Poultry farm

Copus Capt. D, Willow Lodge

Cromar Mrs P, Merton house school

Crump R. S, The Grange

Davis-Cook Miss, Middle farm

Dennis P. & Sons, Fruit farmers

Eade C, The Gables

Elphick P.O., Annlea

Emmet R. W, Fairby

English T, The Black Lion

Flint -, Bundoran

Green H. G, Hartley Green

Harris F. C, Farmer, Hartley Wood Corner

Harris Lionel W, The Manor, Hartley

Hill E de  Vere, Home for the Blind

Humphrey A., Elmhurst

Johnson Geo, Glenhome

Locke E., Hartley Hole

Lockwood W, The Stocks

Mabe Tom, Bay Lodge

Nairn C. W, The Elms

Parrott H., Dairyman

Peeke Geo, The Score, Hartley Green

Richardson Miss, Poultry farmer, Fairby

Robson Walter, Grafton House

Rodwell Thomas, Haverstock Drive

Sedgewick -, Church Road

Sinnocks R, Himalaya

Slater A, Hartley Poultry farm

Small Owners' Fairby stores

Smith G, Shoemaker, Deravona Cottage

Stevenson R. A., Ashleigh

Stewart James, Hartley green

Symons Headley, Arnott's bungalow

Taite Bros, Hartley house

Thornton Joseph, Farmer

Tripe Ernest, Hartley House

Tristram Major A, The Old Downs

Wells T. W, Church Road

Welsh Dr. F. D, Hartley Green

Woods W. G. & H.O, Fruit Growers

Private Residents

Balchin, James - The Red House

Bancks, Rev Charles Gerard Winstanley MA - Rector, Rectory

Bourdillon, Mrs - June Hill

Brett, Major Fred - Hartley Court

Cohen, Lieut-Col J Waley CMG DSO - The Old Downs

Daniel, William Henry - Hartley Manor (TN Longfield 12)

Davies-Cooke, Miss - Middle Farm

Day, Ralph E - New House (TN Ash 2X)

Elphick, Miss

Evans, Charles Bond - Grafton House

Gable, William B - Greenways, Manor Drive

Howarth, William J CBE MD - Hartley Grange

Jones, Fred - Homecare

Kirke, Miss F E E - Braeside, Manor Drive

McIntyre, Mrs - Bay Lodge

Rodwell, Mrs Thomas

Snow, John - Bundoran

Speir, Ronald F - Hartley House

Tate, Frank - Amphion

Tate, Tom Fleetwood - Brendon

Tiffin, Charles E - The Firs, Manor Drive

Welch, Frederick Day - Hartley Green

Commercial

Braybrook, William - Builder

Brown, James - poultry farmer, Woodlands

Campkin, M J and D J - fruit growers & poultry farmers, Cherry Orchard

Cromar, Alfred William - rate and tax collector

Cromar, Florence (Mrs) - private school

Day, George - farmer, New House Farm

English, Charles - Black Lion PH

English, Charles - grocer

French, Charles - chimney sweep

Glover, Henry - farmer

Goodwin, Thomas - thatcher

Gray, D T R - grocer, Fairby Stores

Harris, Frederick Charles - fruit grower

Hartley Agricultural Cooperative Society Limited - Appledore

Harwood, J W - poultry farmer, Manor Drive

Howarth, William J CBE MD DPH - physician & surgeon, Hartley Grange (TN Longfield 15)

Munn, George J - decorator, Orchard Cottage

Nairn, Clifford Warner - carpenter and assistant overseer

Parrett, Henry - dairyman

Price, Georgina (Miss) - private boys' and girls' school

Small Owners Limited - landowners, farmers, market gardeners & fruit growers, Fairby Farm

Symons, Headley - poultry farmer

Tate Brothers - fruit growers