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3/7/WH/1887JULWesterham Herald July 1887 – WTJ Broughton in court on non payment of rates - £10/11/11½ owing.
3/7/2/13/7/WH/1887 JUL 1Westerham Herald – 1 Jul 1887 – Jubilee in Titsey and Tatsfield – held in the grounds of Titsey Palace on 22 June, attended by the Edenbridge band – after dark the garden was lit by Chinese lanterns.
3/7/2/24/63/7/WH/1887SEPWesterham Herald September 1887 – Fire at the White House, then occupied by Mr J Francis, but no-one in the house at the time. House – owned by G Leveson Gower – gutted and furniture destroyed – no water.
3/7/2/33/7/WH/1887OCTWesterham Herald October 1887 – Extraordinary Recovery of Stolen Horse after a year. R Leveson Gower found ‘Red Rover’ pulling a cab at Victoria Station when he returned from America. Ordered cabby to drive to Scotland Yard. Cabby had paid a dealer £18 about a week after it was stolen. Mr Gower paid for the horse which was re-instated at Titsey Place.
3/7/2/43/7/WH/1887DECWesterham Herald December 1887 – New Gospel Hall with vestry attached erected capable of seating 160 people – Mr Fagan financing. No indication of precise location. Opening took place on 30 October – free teas for parishioners during following week.
3/7/2/53/7/WH/1889 FEBWesterham Herald February 1889 – Godstone Court hears case of theft of jewellery by labourer at John Lavercombe’s house – 1 month imprisonment. Gospel Hall Sunday School Anniversary – recalls that Mr Fagan, who financed hall (Ref. 3/7/2/5) lived at Woldingham. 100 people attended 1st anniversary teas. Senior pupil Thomas Standing awarded first prize
3/7/2/6.3/7/WH/1892 JUNWesterham Herald 1 June 1892 – James Nye of the Ship in court for permitting drunkenness. Son, Thomas Nye, testified that drunk customer had not been served in the Ship. Nye had been landlord since 1880. Nalder & Collyer had given Nye notice as a result of this case. 40/= fine and 15/= costs. Local inhabitants brought a petition about the condict of the house.
3/7/2/73/7/WH/1893 AUGWesterham Herald August 1893 – Tatsfield cricket report – increase in population meant there was now a cricket club. Team was C Jackson, Charrington, Cheffins, Honey, Potter, Killick, Russell, Grantham, FW Jackson, Batchelor, Drumbell.
3/7/2/83/7/WH/1894 AUGWesterham Herald August 1894 Horses shot in Tatsfield. RSCPA case against John Lavercombe dismissed. Three ponies belonging to Mr Duddy and one belonging to Mr Berry alleged to have been ill-used, abused and tortured. 3/7/2/93/7/WH/1895 APR 20Westerham Herald 20 April 1895 – Reports on Vestry and Parish Council meetings, assessment of Tatsfield as a place. Its people are ‘here today and gone tomorrow’. One house had changed hands three times in nine months; land was cheap; disputes over ownership predicted; inhabitants “lapsed into a state of apathy as to the welfare of their locality”; six people out of 500 ratepayers at annual parish meeting. Predictions of disputes over ill-defined boundaries. ‘It is prophecised that the time will come when Tatsfield will boast of its network of railways and trams; its magnificent public buildings and rows of modern houses. At any rate, the last few years have taken effect, and the place is yearly increasing. Time and patience will prove all things.”
3/7/2/103/7/WH/1895 JUN 29Westerham Herald 29 June 1895 – Gang of Ruffians attack the Ship Harry Streets, Edwd Streets, Thos Biggs, Jas Field and Dabiel Lakey pleaded guilty to breaking windows and a rum jar belonging to Robt Henry Willmer (licensee).
3/7/2/113/7/WH/1895 DEC 14Westerham Herald 14 December 1895 – Harry Batchelor, Red House Farm shot dead accidentally at Beddlestead – acting as beater. Aged 34 had moved from Brighton 2 years before.
3/7/2/123/7/WH/1896 FEB 15Westerham Herald – 15 Feb 1896 – Fund-raising evening for National School Re-Building Fund. Names of performers and participants.
3/7/2/24/13/7/WH/1896 JUN 20Westerham Herald – 20 Jun 1896 – Weldon TJ Broughton’s letter suggesting improved postal service rather than providing telephone or telegraph connection.
3/7/2/24/23/7/WH/1896 JUL 18Westerham Herald – 18 Jul 1896 – The Tithe Question – proposal to redeem the tithe rent charges on Colegates, the Redhouse and Goddards Farm.
3/7/2/24/33/7/WH/1896 OCT 3Westerham Herald – 3 Oct 1896 – Public order offences on Tatsfield Gn and elsewhere. Alfred Packett, Samuel Walker, Robert Packett, Thos Potter and Wm Russell convicted.
3/7/2/24/43/7/WH/1898 DEC 3Westerham Herald – 3 Dec 1898 – Bazaar held in aid of the New Tatsfield Institute – Mr Broughton provided flowers from the Manor House conservatory. Also report of opening of the Institute. Substantial number of names.
3/7/2/24/73/7/WH/1899 AUGAssault on Isabel Skinner (20) daughter of Alfred Skinner assaulted on the highway close to home by man demanding money – Tatsfield Court Farm. Westerham Herald 1899
3/7/2/133/7/WH/1899 SEPJohn Alfred Stevens’ horse straying on highway in Cudham Road; advert for Drapery and Clothing Stores, Emily Road – the place to spend you hoppicking money. Westerham Herald 1899.
3/7/2/143/7/WH/1899 OCT 7Tatsfield Band of Hope accounts – AR Coleby, treasurer, Beulah Mount, Kemsley Road –Westerham Herald 7 Oct 1899
3/7/2/153/7/WH/1899 DEC 25Reprint of Westerham Herald report 25 Dec 1909 on Protection Against Fire approved at November meeting of the parish council – proposal for expenditure of £200 to set up fire brigade. Mains water supplied by Metropolitan Water Board said to be of high enough pressure for hydrants. Westmore Green pond only other source. Notice signed by Sam Joyce Thomas and Thomas Vincent.
3/7/2/163/7/WH/1900 APR 28Westerham Herald on benefit concert at the school – 28 Apr 1900
3/7/2/453/7/WH/1900 JUN 9Westerham Herald on Tatsfield carnival, school treat and drapery stores (every custmer spending £1 entitled to picture of Lord Roberts or General Buller)– 6 Jun 1900
3/7/2/46 – celebrating the victories in South Africa with procession through the streets where houses were decorated. Effigy of Kruger burned on bonfire.
3/7/WH/1900 JUN 23Westerham Herald letters about Tatsfield carnival – 23 Jun 1900
3/7/2/47 FH Keeble of the Manor House had complained of a drunken orgie, denied in a letter from Neville Russell of the Firs. H.Elliott suggests another carnival when peace is declared.3
/7/WH/1900/JUN 30Westerham Herald on bazaar to raise funds for the Sunday School – 30 Jun 1900
3/7/2/483/7/WH/1900/JUL 7Westerham Herald letters on Tatsfield carnival – H.Elliott, The Red House, denying there was disorder there; Neville Russell re-iterating his position; suggestion that FH Keeble was against the war. – 7 Jul 1900
3/7/2/493/7/WH/1900/JUL 21Westerham Herald letter on Tatsfield carnival – Keeble assertion that his grounds were wrecked and valuable property destroyed - 21 Jul 1900
3/7/2/503/7/WH/1900/NOV 24Westerham Herald letters on Tatsfield roads – Cllr E Howard Wilkins’ response to ‘Macadam’s’ letter complaining about the state of the roads – 24 Nov 1900
3/7/2/513/7/WH/1900/DEC 22Westerham Herald on Tatsfield bazaar – lists participants but does not indicate recipients of money raised – 22 Dec 1900
3/7/2/523/7/WH/1901/FEB 2Westerham Herald on inquest into Mrs Sarah Taylor Rutley, patient of Dr Sherrard 2 Feb 1901 – ‘A lady’s strange death at Oxted’ – 54-yr ols Mrs Rutley had been staying at Dr Sherrard’s house for some months suffering from nervous depression. Part of the time her daughter was also there. Mrs Sherard a reluctant witness.
3/7/2/533/7/WH/1901/FEB 9Westerham Herald on inquest into Mrs Sarah Taylor Rutley – unsound mind – Dr Sherrard declines to answer questions - connection with Mrs & Mrs Cob, Oakdene Cottage, Tatsfield, rented by the Sherrards. 9 Feb 1901 3
/7/2/53/13/7/WH/1901/FEB 9/2Westerham Herald - large congregation at memorial service for Queen Victoria – people crowded into the church more than an hour before the service - 9 Feb 1901. 3
/7/2/543/7/WH/1901/FEB 16Westerham Herald – George Beagley and others convicted of failing to cut hedges – his hedge on Rystead Lane (in the direction of Westmore Green) was of anaverage height of 12 feet and the road was prejudiced by the same. - 16 Feb 1901. 3
/7/2/553/7/WH/1901/MAR 9Westerham Herald – 60 people at noisy Annual Parish Meeting – Hayward, Batt, Parsons, Lock and Dr Sherrard elected – 9 nominations for 5 seats – West, Hirst and Taylor not re-elected - committee set up to co-operate with Cudham Parish Council to urge forward the ralway scheme - 9 Mar 1901.
3/7/2/563/7/WH/1901/APR 27Westerham Herald – John Alfred Stevens convicted of failing to give five horses proper and sufficient food – RSPCA prosecution – 27 Apr 1901.
3/7/2/573/7/WH/1901/MAY 18Westerham Herald – Emily Shepherd – former resident – succeeds as singer at Royal College of Music – 18 May 1901.
3/7/2/583/7/WH/1901/MAY 25Westerham Herald – Thomas Jackson and Francis Sawtell fined over dog licences – 25 May 1901 3/7/2/58/13/7/WH/1901/JUL 6Westerham Herald – Theft of scissors from Benjamin Crawley – 30 Jun and 6 Jul 1901.
3/7/2/58/23/7/WH/1901/JUL 20Westerham Herald – John Lavercombe testifies against Alfred Stevens over damage to fences – 20 Jul 1901.
3/7/2/593/7/WH/1901/JUL 27Westerham Herald – Parish Council has wrongly given permission for footpath changes involving John Scott between Johns Road and the Glebe and also Mr West’s property; other pieces about Sunday School outing, school treat and wedding of J. Buchan, Tatsfield builder and timber merchant and Constance Foster of Hazeldene – names other relatives – 27 Jul 1901.
3/7/2/603/7/WH/1901/AUG 17Westerham Herald – Arthur Stevens sent to prison for 14 days over damage to Mr Lock’s property – had been sent to prison previously. Accused of driving horses onto the property at night to feed. John Alfred and George Stevens accused of cruelty to a horse – working in an unfit state – lame in all four legs – 17 Aug 1901.
3/7/2/613/7/WH/1901/AUG 31Westerham Herald – Letter about footpath diversion. E Howard Wilkins lived at Richmond Lodge, Sydenham Road, Croydon. 31 Aug 1901.
3/7/2/61/13/7/WH/1901/SEP 14Westerham Herald – Sidney Rushen and Henry Hayes stole padlock from a gate in Ricketts Hill Road – 14 Sep 1901. 3
/7/2/61/23/7/WH/1901/OCT 19Westerham Herald – Thomas Wingrove in court over theft of painting equipment from John Winson and then trying to sell it in the village - two months’ hard labour – first prisoner to be held at the new police station in Horley; Ship Hill widened and would be ‘open soon’ – representatives of landowners asking for compensation for land taken, but surveyor stated land had bee given willingly and some owners said they were indebted to the Council for carrying out the improvement – 19 Oct 1901.
3/7/2/623/7/WH/1901/NOV 2Westerham Herald – Stephen Crane fined for cruelty to a horse – working it lame together with William Sherwood – RSPCA said it suffered from ringbone – Sherwood fined 10s, case against Crane dismissed – 2 Nov 1901. Percy Douglas Smith summoned for damaging a hedge belonging to Thomas Ryder of Peckham on land used for cultivating mushrooms.
3/7/2/633/7/WH/1901/DEC 28Westerham Herald – new schoolroom opened - transcript recounting overcrowding problems – 28 Dec 1901.
3/7/2/643/7/WH/1902/JAN 25Westerham Herald – Walter Henry Bridger – village baker – accused of forging cheque. Mis Cox said she drew a cheque for £1 and asked Bridger to cash it. She later discovered a cheque for £41 had been presented at her bank by millers in Maidstone who had supplied Bridger. 25 Jan 1902
3/7/WH/1902 FEB 1Westerham Herald – Walter Henry Bridger – village baker, committed for trial accused of forging cheque – was unwell in court – 1 Feb 1902
3/7/WH/1902/FEB 15Westerham Herald – Mrs Jackson, daughter of T Berry, died in South Africa. She and her husband had emigrated but had to leave their home hurriedly when Boer war broke out. She returned to Tatsfield but went back to South Africa in 1900, where they were awarded £200 compensation for Boer War losses. She died from an unknown disease, leaving two children. 15 Feb 1902.
3/7/WH/1902/FEB 22Westerham Herald – Poem casting doubt on viability of the Orpington Cudham and Tatsfield Light Railway project – satirical 16-liner by ‘T.W.’ some months before the order giving the scheme the go-ahead. The scheme failed – see 4/4/4 for a full account – 22 Feb 1902
3/7/WH/1902/MAR 8Westerham Herald – Walter Henry Bridger (29) – village baker – bound over (£50) at Guildford Assizes on cheque forgery charge – had been married seven years, established as a baker since 1898. He had purchased the goodwill of the bakery for £90 and had worked up the value of the business to £500. He had been trying to get time to pay the miller and had not expected the cheque to be presented. – 8 Mar 1902
3/7/WH/1902/MAR 8/2Westerham Herald – Edmund (18) and Alfred (11) Hayes bound over for stealing purse from Cecilia Wheatley of Tatsfield Cottage – 8 Mar 1902
3/7/WH/1902/APR 12Westerham Herald – death of Alexander D Taylor (76) – parish councillor – moved to Tatsfield in 1880s; became church warden, school manager, overseer and then Parish Councillor – account lists mourners etc 12 Apr 19023
/7/WH/1902APR 19Westerham Herald – Drunks from club attack police on Westmore Green – John Farmer charged with assault etc. and was sentenced to three months with hard labour; 40-50 people had attacked the police; protest meeting on water supply 15 Apr 1902
3/7/WH/1902/APR 26Westerham Herald – Working Men’s Club selling beer without a licence – police in plain clothes bought tickets for a concert in the Club and were then offered beer by a Mr Jupp at 2d a glass; Dr Sherrard, Club President, had apparently claims Jupp had been drunk. £2 fine and 18/6d costs. – 26 Apr 1902
3/7/WH/1902/MAY 3Westerham Herald – in memoriam poem for Alexander D Taylor – see 3/7/WH/1902/APR 12 – 3 May 1902
3/7/WH/1902/JUL 5Westerham Herald – advert for Hill Park Estate plots – Mssrs Cole & Hicks, Helena Chambers, Ealing – 5 Jul 1902
3/7/WH/1902/JUL 12Westerham Herald – Mike Peters, Lillie Whighton (/) and Emma Edwards drunk and disorderly – Edmund Hayes, dairyman of Maesmaur Road – prosecuted for living with wife and children in a cowshed – 12 Jul 1902
3/7/WH/1902/AUG 30Westerham Herald – Lt Jack Broughton – youngest son of WTJ Broughton, returns from the front – Boer War – biographical details - 30 Aug 1902
3/7/WH/1902/SEP 13Westerham Herald – Emma Edwards charged with drunkenness – PC Taverner – her appearance in six months – 10/- fine; transfer of Old Ship licence from Frederick Griffin to Thomas Vincent – Mr & Mrs Offer held party at Tangland Castle – list of attendees - 13 Sep 1902
3/7/WH/1902/DEC 6Westerham Herald – C. Field advert for transport to Croydon – light conveyance every Thursday, 1/- each way; advert for Clothing, Drapery and Boot Store, proprietor William Sutton – 6 Dec 1902
3/7/WH/1902/DEC 20Westerham Herald – Funeral of Alfred Skinner, Tatsfield Court with full list of mourners; account of entertainment by Pierrot group formed in the village – 20 Dec 1902
3/7/WH/1903/FEB 21Westerham Herald – Henry Thomas Arnold 58, committed suicide outside butcher’s shop in Emily Road – 21 Feb 1903
3/7/WH/1903/MAY 2Westerham Herald – Letters from Ernest Duddy and S.S. Nicholson (Normandale) about water supply controversy – 21 May 1903
3/7/WH/1903/JUN 20Westerham Herald – William and Sophie Rushen, Elizabeth and Ellen Potter charged with neglecting children – 20 Jun 1903
3/7/WH/1903/JUN 27Westerham Herald – Public meeting on water supply controversy – 27 Jun 1903
3/7/WH/1903/OCT 31Westerham Herald – John Stevens (9) and Reginald Sales (11) accused of vandalism of property of W.B.Davis, ex police inspector. 31 Oct 1903
3/7/WH/1902/3/Westerham Herald – summary of minor items 1902/3 -
3/7/2/653/7/WH/1910Roads – Questions in parliament 1910 – Col. Rawson, MP asked the President of the Local Government Board whether he will state how many rural parish and rural district councils have applied under Section 19 of the Public Health Amendment Act 1907 for compulsory powers to order the making up of roads which have become dangerous or are a nuisance. He was told parish councils did not have the power. Further question asked whether the minister’s attention had been called to the repeated applications and complaints … in respect of certain of the principal roads in … Tatsfield … unpassable at certain seasons of the year for passenger traffic.
3/7/2/173/7/WH 1911 MAR 25Westerham Herald on fire at Mr Lock’s stables, Rickett’s Hill – delay in getting horses for the brigade – 25 Mar 1911
3/7/2/423/7/WH/1917 JUN 16Parish Council meeting report 16 June 1917 – Westerham Herald – “unsatisfactory seed potatoes”, “rats and sparrows”, “coal supplies” and resignation of FH Keeble over chairmanship issue. He had stood to support members who opposed Mr Thomas as chairman. They has ‘rendered him their courteous homage’ so he was standing down as he ‘should be ashamed to waste time in the discussions knowing I can do more good for the parish outside’. Cllr Brown was on active service – place needed to be filled to maintain a quorum.
3/7/2/183/7/WH 1920 OCT 23Westerham Herald on call for 10mph speed limit on Ship Hill and scope for widening. 23 Oct 1920 3/7/2/433/7/WH/1920 OCT 23Westerham Herald on sanitary condition of the school & concert party in Village Hall. 23 Oct 1920 3/7/2/443/7/WH/1925 OCT 3Westerham Herald 3 Oct 1925. Includes (p5) full report on wedding of Walter Edgar Robinson (Park Farm) with full wedding list and names. Also tennis, harvest festival & football report.
3/7/2/193/7/WH/1928 JAN 7Floods after storm and snow Westerham Herald 7 Jan 1928 – Tatsfield had no mail for more than a week. Van got through from Westerham via Limpsfield. Flooding in Westerham after thaw and heavy rain. Complaint that the Croydon road was cleared from Westerham to Pilgrims Lane at the waterworks but that there had been no clearance on the Surrey side.
3/7/2/20 3/7/WH 1928 JAN 14Westerham Herald 14 Jan 1928 includes report on Col. Martyn’s plans to expand Rosedene School from preparatory to secondary school. (Poor quality image)
3/7/2/213/7/WH/1928 FEB 25Theft from Tatsfield tea-room – Westerham Herald 25 Feb 1928 – Diana Duckworth sentenced to 21 days for theft of mackintosh from Rachael Potter of the Bungalow. Arrest took place in Lancashire. (Poor quality imag)
3/7/2/223/7/WH/1928 MAR 17Tatsfield Industrial Exhibition – list of names – Westerham Herald 17 Mar 1928 – sale of crafts.
3/7/2/233/7/WH/1928 Mr Hammond in Westerham Herald 1928 re history written by the school; lecture to Westerham Arts and Crafts Society at WI hall; showed examples of fossilised chark’s teeth; school gift to Rev Popham (See Ref. 1/10/1)
3/7/2/243/7/WH/1928/2Westerham Herald – 1928 report of Mr Hammond and school history of Tatsfield refers to scale models of school house as it was in 1880 made by J Westbroook, a scholar, in 1896. Original dame school room still in use – mainly of flint standing out from additions of 1895, 1901 and 1911. See also 3/7/3/1
3/7/2/24/53/7/SC 1929 NOV 15Richard Robinson and Louisa Robinson funeral and obits – 1929 and 1952. Born in 1858 and working as a dairyman in London, Richard had taken over Park Farm in 1906. Complete list of mourners following coffin on foot from the farm to the church. Louisa was born in 1870 and died in 1952. They lived first at the White House. 1929 page also includes report of annual meeting of the Tatsfield Horticutural Fur and Feather Society with numerous names.
3/7/SC/1935 DEC 27Transcript of Sevenoaks Chronicle article on the church 27 Dec 1935
3/7/2/403/7/SC 1947Newspaper cuttings – 4 pages from 1947/8/9 – no doctor, no chemist .. street lighting … drains….. Mrs Kerrison and “squalid” Tatsfield …….. …Tatsfield Nursing Association … footpaths …. Controversy over role of Rev Goundry as district councillor …. References to Richard Church book.
3/7/2/263/7/SC/1956 JUL 27Sevenoaks Chronicle full-page feature 27 Jul 1956 “There’s always more weather in Tatsfield”. Brief history and description of Tatsfield with pictures of Harry Streets, Tom Rushen, A Gradwell, S Abraham with village sign, F Brown and Mrs Venus Field aged 91. Mentions of T.Kelly, Mrs E Mayes, Esau Beagley, Jim Beagley, Jim Elbourne, Tom Arnold, the Watsons, the Longleys, CJ Geary, E Nichols, HE Ridler, S Compton Skinner, Edie Boon, N Hodgson, Dr RV Sturton, Messrs. Hammond, Davis, Groves and Hodgson and Mrs Kerrison. Working Men’s Club 50 years old. Aerial lighthouse had gone.
3/7/2/283/7/SC/1956 JUL 27/2‘Unknown Tatsfield’ – Sevenoaks Chronicle on the church 27 Jul 1956
3/7/2/413/7/SC/1964 DEC 4Sevenoaks Chronicle 4 Dec 1964 on threat by Godstone RDC to fill in pond unless PC has firm plans that do not involve the RDC in expense.
3/7/2/393/7/SC/1966 OCT 21Cuttings – 1967 Sports Centre/1966 Esso oil drilling. Report of Parish Council discussion of apparent plans for a sports centre Sevenoaks Chronicle letters from Sheila Creasy, Margaret Price and Arthur Boyd protesting about proposed drilling.
3/7/2/293/7/SC/1975 NOV 8Old Bakery to be replaced by homes – Sevenoaks Chronicle 8 Nov 1975 – includes photo. Permission granted for a shop and five houses.
3/7/2/303/7/SC/1984Sevenoaks Chronicle cutting on marathon knitters – Doris Mitchell and Monica Russell – knitting jumpers for Ethiopia.
3/7/2/323/7/SC/1985Sevenoaks Chronicle cutting on 1985 pond face-lift under Frank Watson;
3/7/2/313/7/SC/1987 OCT 23Sevenoaks Chronicle 23/10/87 storm aftermath.
3/7/2/333/7/SC/1987 OCT 30Kent & Sussex Courier 30/10/87 storm aftermath souvenir
3/7/2/343/7/SC/1999Sevenoaks Chronicle website re Village Hall floorboard (See Ref. 2/2/14) Message written on piece of floorboard when the hall was built in 1909 discovered during renovation in 1999.
3/7/2/353/7/SC/1999/2Sevenoaks Chronicle website re Southeast in Bloom result 1999 – second place, having started in 1996. 3/7/2/363/7/SC/2000Sevenoaks Chronicle website Tatsfield football hooligans – referee quits over alleged abuse 1999/2000. 3/7/2/373/7/SC/2000/2Sevenoaks Chronicle website Old Ship review 2000 on return of the Boadellas as landlords.
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