Welcome to the community archive for Chelsfield. Here you can find a
wealth of information about the history of the village and the surrounding
area.
This website is by and for people who live in Chelsfield and people with an
interest in the history of the village and neighbouring areas. Chelsfield is in
the south east of the London Borough of Bromley, close to the border with
Sevenoaks.
To get started you can look at the brief introduction to the history of
Chelsfield, or just flick through the picture gallery, and maybe send in your
own reminiscences.
The website is small at the moment but growing all the time. It relies on
material from people with local knowledge, so if you have a picture or an
item you would like to put up on the website, please contact us. If you do
want to send material, please make sure you follow the simple guidelines.
This website is indebted to the work and collections of Philip Lane and
Geoffrey Copus, who have been very generous in allowing use of their
images and material. Images from the Philip Lane Collection are available
from Philip - please contact him via our contact us page.
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line with copyright law, and also to explain how we use cookies.
Chelsfield
A Community Archive
Welcome
This is the seal of Ernulf
de Cielesfeld from a
Charter of 1143. The
Charter is thought to be
the earliest known
document apart from
the Domesday Book
which refers to
Chelsfield. The seal
depicts a knight on
horseback in a helmet
and shield, the Latin
inscription reads “the
seal of Ernulf, Lord of
Chelsfield”.
Broke Farm
The Five Bells
Images courtesy of Philip Lane
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