Sources of Information

There are a number of websites where you can find information about Sutton at Hone and Hawley without having to pay a subscription.

Parish Registers of St John the Baptist Church – these are now available online via Medway CityArk, which holds the archives of the Diocese of Rochester.

Baptisms: 1607 – 1914 (baptisms from 1914 have recently been removed from the website to protect privacy).

Marriages: 1608 – 1957 (marriages from 1940 may have recently been removed from the website to protect privacy)

Burials: 1607 – 1979

Monumental Inscriptions – the Kent Archaeology Society has a partial list of Monumental Inscriptions available online

Maps – the National Library of Scotland has recently digitised a series of Ordinance Survey Maps from the 1st editions until the 1960s.  They have included the 6in to the mile series and so provide a good overview about the development of the villages from 1895 to 1950.  To search by County, you should click on Kent IX SE and  Kent IX SW.

Old Maps Online is also worth looking at, as it pulls maps from online libraries and archives globally, and it is simple to search by place name.

History – Edward Hasted, who was a noted 18th century Kent Historian, lived at St John’s Jerusalem, and wrote The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. British History Online has the entry for Sutton at Hone and Hawley available online.

Historical Directories – the University of Leicester have made their collection of Directories available online and you can search it to find references to Sutton at Hone and Hawley.

2 thoughts on “Sources of Information

  1. Darren Port

    Hi, hope you are well. Sorry to disturb you but I’m trying to locate where my father was born. His birth certificate states it was ‘The bungalow, 225 Farningham Road’ in 1931. I cant seem to locate the road on any contemporary map. Have you any advice? I presume ita probably now the dual carriageway but even a map of 1932 doesn’t make it clear. Ant guidance greatly appreciated. Kind regards

    Darren

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    1. admin Post author

      Hi Darren,
      An interesting question, and I know how hard it can be to trace addresses, it can make you appreciate post codes. As well as 225 Farningham Road, does it say Farningham or Sutton at Hone or even Swanley? The road from Farningham roundabout to Sutton at Hone is known as Farningham Road in some old maps I have seen in the 1930s but by the mid 1960s it is known as Dartford Road. There are some bungalows still around by Franks Lane but I am not sure what the numbers would be. I have a colleague who may be able to help

      Regards

      Sarah

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