The Weald - Town history, bibliography and topography

Hildenborough

Hildenburgh is a large dlstrict, comprehending all the north-west part of the lowy of Tunbridge, and containing within it the manors of Hilden, Dachurst, Martin abbey, Lamport, Nizell, Hadloe, and the district of Hollenden, the small manor of Leigh, alias Hildenborough, in Leigh, and the manor of Penshurst Halymote; over all this district the honor of Otford has jurisdiction, the high Steward of which, by his deputy, holding annually a court leet in this borough, for the election of a constable, horsholder; &c. Thus this district is under the jurisdiction of two different manors, which, strange as it may appear, is not at all uncommon. There are many instances where the military and civil jurisdiction of manors (if I may be allowed to make that distinction) are separated; the land or house holding of one manor by heriot, relief, rent, &c. and the occupier of the same land or house amenable, by reason of his resciancy, to a second manor at its court leet, the reason of which is too obvious to need explanation.
extract from Hasted's History of Kent published in 1798

Hildenborough directory of homes, farms, churches, schools, inns, and other places of interest that existed prior to 1900 has been compiled from Census data, Ordnance survey maps and books of the period

Parish & other records

Before
1500

1500
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1550

1550
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1600

1600
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1650

1650
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1700

1700
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1725

1725
to
1750

1750
to
1775

1775
to
1800

1800
to
1825

1825
to
1850

1850
to
1875

1875
to
1900

1900
to
1925

1925
to
1950

1950
to
1975

1975
to
2000

After
2000

295

Births

146

107

Christenings

Marriages

Deaths

Burials

Books and other documents

Kelly's Directory of Kent by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1882

Highways and Byways in Kent by Walter Jerrold with Illustrations by Hugh Thomson in 1914 - Page 321

Hildenborough pictures	Waggoners at work c 1915	The Old Barn Teahouse 1950