Post Office Directory 1851

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

Post Office Directory 1867

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

Kellys Directory 1870

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

Kellys Directory 1874

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

Kellys Directory 1878

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

Kelly's Directory 1882

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

Kelly's Directory of Kent 1903

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

Kelly's Directory of Kent 1913

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

Caddels Gravesend Directory 1915

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