| Brasted |
| The village of Brasted is situated on the high road to Westerham, which leads through the parish westward, midway between the two ranges of the chalk and the sand hills, to the former of which this parish extends, about a mile in length. About a quarter of a mile southward of the village, the river Darent flows through the parish eastward, a little southward of which is the church, and near the foot of the chalk hill, Brasted-court lodge, within the hundred of Westerham and Eatonbridge. Near the east end of the village is Brasted place, southward from which is a large parcel of waste, rough, and woody ground, called Brasted Chart common, extending for two miles to the sand hill, below which it extends for some length into the Weald, where it has the name of Brasted Weald, in like manner as the other parishes mentioned before; where, at the southern boundary of it, is the estate, called Delaware. The whole parish, notwithstanding its great length, at no part of it exceeds a mile in width; the soil of it, above the hill, excepting near the river, is but very indifferent, being near the northern hills chalky, and near the southern hills an unfertile sand; below the latter it is a stiff clay. extract from Hasted's History of Kent published in 1797 |
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| 1174 | Births | 1 | 3 | 17 | 166 | 302 | 439 | 245 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 194 | Christenings | 3 | 8 | 73 | 88 | 21 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 30 | Marriages | 1 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 143 | Deaths | 3 | 14 | 23 | 41 | 48 | 12 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 141 | Burials | 3 | 14 | 22 | 44 | 46 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1797 | The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent - Volume III by Edward Hasted ⇒ p. 146 |
| 1839 | Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex ⇒ entry |
| 1871 | A History of The Weald of Kent with an outline of the Early History of the County, Volume I. by Robert Furley, F.S.A. ⇒ vill of p. 120; in Domesday p. 225; in Domesday p. 240; peculiar of Canterbury p. 400 |
| 1874 | A History of The Weald of Kent with an outline of the History of the County to the present time, Volume II by Robert Furley, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 44; p. 45; p. 127; p. 163; p. 166; p. 222; p. 705; p. 743; p. 801; p. 838 |
| 1882 | Kelly's Directory of Kent by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. ⇒ entry |
| 1903 | Hookers Household Almanack and Directory ⇒ entry |
| 1912 | Edenbridge by Henry L. Somers-Cocks, M.A. & V.F. Boyson ⇒ p. 82 |
| 1933 | Country Houses of Kent by Arthur Oswald ⇒ p. 65 |
| 2010 | Extracts from the Maidstone Journal (1786-1851) relating to Edenbridge, Hever, Chiddingstone, Westerham, Brasted and Hever by Lionel Cole ⇒ Journal |
| 2014 | The Diary of Alfred Chilman (1826-1902) by Alfred Chilman ⇒ Diary |
| Places and properties in Brasted - a directory of homes, farms, churches, schools, inns, and other places of interest that existed prior to 1900 has been compiled from Post Office directories, Kelly's directories, Trade directories, Census data, Ordnance survey maps and books of the period |
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