Knockholt, Kent

Historical Description

Knockholt, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on high ground, 2 miles from Halstead station on th& S.E.R., and 5 NW of Sevenoaks, and has a post, money order,. and telegraph office under Sevenoaks. It is situated about 750 feet above sea-level, is much frequented by visitors in the summer, and is supplied with water by the Kent Water Company from their well near Orpington station. Acreage of parish, 1700; population, 872. A clump of very old trees, called the Knockholt Beeches, is on a lofty hill, and is visible at great distances around. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £240 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is an ancient structure of chalk and flint, and has a brick tower. There are Wesleyan, Bible Christian, and Calvinistic chapels.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

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 Knockholt from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Nockholt)

Maps

Online maps of Knockholt 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.