Sevenoaks

Description: Part of highway between Britains Lime Kiln and road from Sevenoaks town to hamlet called Dibden, from the Lime Kiln, south-eastward, beside fields of Sir Charles Farnaby, baronet, called the Four Fields, thence through Kippington Head at its west side, along front of mansion house of Sir C. Farnaby called Kippington Place, thence through gate in south-west corner of the said Mead, to the road from Sevenoaks to Dibden at coppice of of Sir C. Farnaby called the Ash Plantation, 325 rods [1,787½ yards] long, 10 feet wide, to be diverted, by Sir C. Farnaby, to new line from north-west corner of Wheatfield in Clenches Lane, southward, through Wheatfield, the Meadow and the Bean Field, belonging to Sir C. Farnaby, to road from Sevenoaks to Dibden, nearly opposite lane to Sevenoaks Common, 103 rods [566½ yards] long, 15 feet wide. Part of Clenches Lane, leading from Dibden to the said Lime Kiln, from the gate across the said lane next to Dibden, by house called Clenches, to north-west corner of Wheatfield, 123 rods [676½ yards] long, 8 feet wide, to be diverted as above. Part of bridle way called Brands Lane, from west end of field of Sir C. Farnaby called the Lower Crownfield, along south-east side of Kippington Mead, by right side of new-made pond in the said Mead, to gate at south-west corner of the said Mead, 96 rods [528 yards] long, 6 feet wide, to be diverted as above. [The papers for these diversions are missing]. Writ ad quod damnum, 25 June, 5 George III [1765]. Inquisition at Kippington Place, Sevenoaks, 15 July 1765. These documents are enrolled in the Order Book [Q/SO. W10.pp.161-165].

Date: 01/01/1765 - 31/12/1765

Last import: September 11, 2017