In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hayes like this:
HAYES, a village and a parish in Bromley district, Kent. The village stands 2 miles S of Bromley r. station, and 2½ E of the boundary with Surrey; and has a post-office under Bromley, London SE. The parish comprises 1,272 acres. Real property, £4,055. Pop., 598. Houses, 117. The property is subdivided. ...
Hayes Place, adjacent to the church, was the seat of the Earl of Chatham, and the birth-place of his son, William Pitt. Hayes Common is a piece of land S of the village; and Pickhurst and Langley Park are a mile W. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £275.* Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is early English; was restored and extended in 1856, with re-placement of a spire, in 1862, at a cost of £2,500; and contains several ancient brasses and a few monuments There are an endowed school, and charities £12.
Hayes through time
Hayes is now part of Bromley district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bromley has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hayes itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hayes, in Bromley and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3246
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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