Rosherville, Kent

Historical Description

Rosherville, a chapelry in Northfleet parish, Kent, adjacent to Gravesend, with stations on the L.C. & D.R. and S.E.R., 27 miles from London. It includes the hamlet of Lower Perry Street, was constituted in 1853, and belongs to the Rosher family-hence the name. Post town, Gravesend. Population, 1721. Numerous good residences stand on a considerable eminence overlooking chalk cliffs, the river Thames, and the low lands of Essex. Rosherville Gardens, formed out of an old chalk pit, occupy about 20 acres, and are laid. out in gardens, terraces, and promenades. There are numerous attractions, including a small theatre, a large hall, dancing platform, conservatory, .and maze. The Victoria Company's steamers call at Rosherville pier from London. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Rochester; gross value, £300 with residence. The church is a handsome modern edifice in the Transition style, and is noted for the beauty of the stone carving with which it is adorned.

Maps

Online maps of Rosherville are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:

• Kent & Sussex Courier
• Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
• Dover Express
• Kentish Gazette
• Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
• Kentish Chronicle
• Maidstone Telegraph

Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.