CHELSFIELD is a small village and parish, two miles from Orpington,
eight from Sevenoaks, and seven miles and a half from Bromley. The population in
1851 was 878.The church of St Margaret is a neat edifice. The
living is a rectory in the gift of All Souls' College, Oxford; the Rev. Follett
Baugh, M.A., is the incumbent,
POST-OFFICE. - Miss Sarah Hills, Receiver. Letters arrive from Bromley, via
Chislehurst, which is also the nearest Money Order Office.
GENTRY.
Baugh, Rev. Follett, M.A. | Waring, William, Esq., Woodlands
TRADERS.
Beale, Thomas, national school
Booker, Henry, Bopeep
Brooks, Edward, shopkeeper
Dunnall, George, beer retailer
Fox, William B. L., farmer
Gallaway, Thomas, Queen's Head
Groves, Thomas, farmer
Harris, James, farmer
Hickmott, Richard, farmer
Hills, Miss Sarah, shopkeeper
Hills, William, farmer
Hills, Ann, schoolmistress
Huffard, George, tailor
Jones, William, Five Bells
Morgan, William, farmer
Parrell, William, farmer
Phillips, George, farmer
Phillips, George, jun., farmer
Rock, Philip, veterinary surgeon
Spain, B., farmer
Springett, Thomas, shopkeeper
Staples, George, shoemaker
Stockwin, Mrs. Sarah, Bull's Head
Stone, Thomas, farmer
Thompson, Henry, shopkeeper
Verrells, Thomas, harness maker