Brasted, Kent
Historical Description
Brasted, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on the river Darenth, 4 miles WNW of Sevenoaks, and has a station on the S.E.R., 22 miles from London. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office. The parish comprises 4449 acres; population of the civil parish, 1327; of the ecclesiastical, 1129. Brasted Park is the seat of the Tipping family, and was once the retreat of Louis Napoleon. The land lies on the edge of the Weald, and has fine views. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £552 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church, interiorly, is chiefly Early English, exteriorly, of various characters. It was almost entirely rebuilt in 1880, and in 1882 the tower was repaired and the bells recast. There are Mission rooms and a Baptist chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Kent | |
| Ecclesiastical parish | Brasted St. Martin | |
| Hundred | Codsheath | |
| Lathe | Sutton-at-Hone | |
| Poor Law union | Sevenoaks |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The register dates from the year 1557.
Findmypast have the following online for Brasted, St Martin: baptisms 1557-1919, marriages 1557-1919, burials 1557-1922
Churches
Church of England
St. Martin (parish church)
The church of St. Martin, entirely rebuilt, with the exception of the tower, in 1880, is of Kentish ragstone; the tower contains 6 bells: there are tombs and monuments to the Heath and Turton families: a new organ was presented in 1905 by Frank Williams esq. of Brasted Hall, and a stained east window was erected in 1904 by Richard Durtnell esq.; the tower was restored in 1882 and the bells recast and rehung, at a cost of about £1,400: a turret clock, the gift of Mrs. Durtnell, in memory of her husband, Richard Durtnell esq. was inserted in the church tower in 1913 at a cost of £100: the church affords 550 sittings.
Civil Registration
For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Brasted from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Brasted (St. Martin))
Maps
Online maps of Brasted 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.