Acknowledgements
Information, maps and photos used in this web site have come from a number of sources.
Thanks in particular to:
Andrew Thomas, who has worked with me, and is the co-author of the book edition of this website. Walter Murton's "Reminiscences", Gerald Hurst's two books "Closed Chapters" and "O'er Moor and Fen" an original copy of "The History of Chislehurst" edited by Webb, Miller and Beckwith, "Patchwork of the History of Chislehurst" by Dorothy McCall, "Chislehurst to Sidcup" compiled by Hilary Heffernan, the photograph album from which the Mulbarton (Wyvelsfield) photographs were taken, and an original edition of the "Genealogy of the Family of Tiarks of Foxbury", researched by Charles Franklyn,
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,
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,
Alice Sennett for making introductions to Dot Lawrence and reviewing early drafts,
Victoria Seymour and brother Ron Burkin for providing information on Woodlands,
Henrietta, Duchess of Bedford, whose grandfather and father lived in Kemnal Road, for allowing us to see her father's papers,
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.
The maps after 1939 were obtained from Landmark Information Group
Thank you to you all for your contributions.
A large number of reference books and sources have been used, including:
Walter Murton's "Reminiscences", Gerald Hurst's two books "Closed Chapters" and "O'er Moor and Fen", "The History of Chislehurst" edited by Webb, Miller and Beckwith, "Patchwork of the History of Chislehurst" by Dorothy McCall, "Chislehurst to Sidcup" compiled by Hilary Heffernan, and "Genealogy of the Family of Tiarks of Foxbury", researched by Charles Franklyn.
Tony Allen