Sources and acknowledgements
The following books have been of most use in our research:
The History of Chislehurst, EA Webb, GW Miller and J Beckwith, published in 1899 (George Allen, London), and republished in 1999 (Baron Books),
Edwardian Chislehurst, Arthur Battle (Meresborough Books, 1988),
Imperial Chislehurst, TA Bushell (Barracuda Books, 1974),
Patchwork of the History of Chislehurst, Dorothy McCall (Published privately, 1963),
Schröders: Merchants and Bankers, Richard Roberts (MacMillan, 1992)
Special thanks to all those who have provided information or advice,especially:
• Marion Allen for researching the census returns, and reviewing the proofs of the book,
• Yvonne Auld for providing information on James Cheshire, and Sir John Dewrance,
• Andrew Barton for his memories of living in Kemnal Road,
• Andrew Belsey for pointing out F Tennyson Jesse’s link to Holly Bowers,
• Jerry Bourne, Peter Kirk, David Lockstone, Michael Pinchon, and Colin Webster, for their memories of playing in Kemnal Manor grounds as children,
• Brenda Cottenden (née Drage) for information about her family at Kemnal Lodge,
• Sylvia Daniel for introducing us to Jean Percy,
• Gretta Evans, for her memories of working at Kemnal Manor during the war,
• Geoffrey Goemans for information about his father, Horace, and the family involvement with the Tiarks,
• Avril GreatRex for obtaining the 1910 photograph album of Foxbury,
• Denise Hague for passing on the maps lent to her by Cala Homes,
• Sheila Harding for letting us use her husband’s obituary, and information about their house,
• Peter Hampton of Marlowe Close for the aerial photograph,
• Wendy Henderson for providing the link between the Hawes and Honey families,
• Roy Hopper, for reviewing the book, helpful comments and additional information,
• Ann Kyne for her recollections of living at Southland,
• Jim Langlands for providing photographs and recollections about The Foxearth,
• Charlotte Laqui for photographs and newspapers clippings of Kemnal Manor,
• Dot Lawrence for the photographs of James Kemnal,
• Sarah McClements for information and images of the Ashworth family at Kemnal Wood,• Rosemary Morris, for letting us see her father's memoirs of South Laund,
• Pat Nelson for providing information about the Nelson family at Kemnal Warren,
• Anne Page, for her memories of her family, and letting us see her grandmother’s diaries, and to her daughter, Sue Symonds for making the introduction,
• Jill Parkinson for information about her great-uncle, James Kemnal,
• Jean Percy, who lived at Inglewood from 1935 to 1958, for information about the house,
• Jorn Reissner, for information about his family’s stay at Inglewood,
• Alice Sennett for making introductions to Dot Lawrence and reviewing early drafts,
• Victoria Seymour and brother Ron Burkin for providing information on Woodlands,
• Andrew Thomas, for his research and support in collecting and analysing the information we discovered,
• Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford, whose grandfather and father lived in Kemnal Road, for allowing us to review her father's papers,
• Venetia Verey, for information about her grandfather Philip Margetson of Meadowcroft, and Philip’s son Nicholas who died in the last war,
• Brian Wates for access to his father’s papers,
• The Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford, for allowing me to peruse the information on Kemnal Manor held in the College Archives, and to Jennifer Thorp, the College Archivist, for her assistance and patience,
• John Westwood, for information about Holly Bowers and Mapledene,
• Bromley Local Studies Library and Simon Finch and his dedicated staff there for a variety of documents and references, and
• Kent Archives at Maidstone for information about Foxbury.
Thank you to the following who have provided illustrations in this site or approved their use: Tony Allen, Andre Deutsch, The British Medical Journal, Bromley Libraries, Beryl Burrett, Cala Homes, Brenda Cottenden, Gretta Evans, Geoffrey Goemans, Peter Hampton, Sheila Harding, John Kennet, Eltham Society, Ann Kyne, Charlotte Laqui, Dot Lawrence, Jim Langlands, Rosemary Morris, National Portrait Gallery, Pat Nelson, New College, Oxford, Tom and Karen Page, Promap, Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford, Andrew Thomas, John Westwood, Val Yorke.