Riverhead, Kent
Historical Description
Riverhead, a village and a chapelry in Sevenoaks parish, Kent The village stands 1 mile WNW of Sevenoaks station on the L.C. & D.R. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Sevenoaks. The chapelry is also a liberty. Population of the ecclesiastical district, 905. Montreal Park is the seat of Earl Amherst, and stands amid fine grounds. Bradbourne Hall was built in 1730, and occupies the site of a previous mansion which was visited by Queen Elizabeth. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Canterbury; net value, £40 with residence. Patron, the Rector of Sevenoaks. The church was built in 1831, is in the Pointed style, and has a small spire.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Kent | |
Civil parish | Sevenoaks | |
Hundred | Codsheath | |
Lathe | Sutton-at-Hone | |
Poor Law union | Sevenoaks |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Riverhead from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Riverhead)
Maps
Online maps of Riverhead 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.