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Lisa continues her travels around historic South East London, this time visiting Scadbury Park, Chislehurst, and the ruins of Scadbury Manor. Sponsor us on Patreon!
Scadbury is most associated with the Walsingham family who may have come originally from Little Walsingham in Norfolk. Thomas Walsingham (a wealthy vintner from the City of London) purchased the manor in 1424, a sale that was to connect the Walsingham family with Chislehurst for more than 200 years. Scadbury was purchased as a country retreat whilst he and his wife Katherine still retained their London home in the parish of St Katherine's. The manor was inherited in 1459 by Thomas' son, Thomas II, and then his son James, who was Sheriff of Kent in 1497.
Other members of the Walsingham family who resided at the Manor include Sir Edmund Walsingham, Lieutenant of the Tower at time of Henry VIII: his brother William Walsingham, who held Foots Cray manor for a time and was the father of Francis Walsingham, Secretary of State to Queen Elizabeth, who founded the Elizabethan secret service and was probably born at Scadbury; and Thomas Walsingham IV, who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth at Scadbury in 1597 (as pictured on the Village Sign on Royal Parade, Chislehurst). Thomas was a friend and patron of the poet and playwright, Christopher Marlowe. Marlowe was also probably a spy or courier for Thomas' uncle Francis.
Originally owned by the De Scatheburys and then the Walsinghams, adn then later the Townshend family, the most famous of whom was Thomas Townshend, the 1st Viscount of Sydney, after whom both Sydney, Nova Scotia and Sydney, Australia, were named. Scadbury Manor, located within the 300 acred Scadbury Park, is is today remembered by the ruins of a 1930s reproduction Tudor building, built on the foundations of the Walsingham Manor, which had itself been built on the ruins of a previous building.
Scadbury Park was purchased by the London Borough of Bromley in 1983 and opened to the public as a Local Nature Reserve in 1985. Its 300 acres of countryside are made up of extensive pasture and woodland around which runs a network of paths for public access. The mixed woodland, which covers nearly half of the estate, includes the remnants of ancient oaks that would have formed part of a Royal Hunting Forest. Today these ancient trees grow alongside a variety of others including ash, alder, hazel, sweet chestnut, sycamore and birch.
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Scadbury Park Nature Reserve - Chislehurst
#FrielonFriday: Series 3! Discover more about the ancient manor of Scadbury Reserve, its Royal connection and why it's now at risk. All bets are off..learn about the link between 'Bettenson' and an old gambling debt!
With Joanna Friel Heritage Rep for the Chislehurst Society and filmed by Clare Herriot
Please excuse the sound of what sounds like Joanna in a wind tunnel!
CHISLEHURST GHOST HUNTING
GHOST HUNT SCADBURY MANOR
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Quiet moment at Scadbury Moat
Scadbury Moated Manor Orpington
Volunteer Michael Meekums describes Orpington and District Archaeological Societies work at Scadbury Moated Manor and other sites.
Part of the series Bromley's Volunteering Stories, made by volunteers from Community Links Bromley, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Places to see in ( Chislehurst - UK )
Places to see in ( Chislehurst - UK )
Chislehurst is an affluent suburban district in south east London, England and a part of the London Borough of Bromley. It borders the London Boroughs of Bexley and Greenwich, and lies east of Bromley and south west of Sidcup. It is 10.5 miles (16.9 km) south east of Charing Cross.
The name Chislehurst is derived from the Saxon words cisel 'gravel', and hyrst 'wooded hill'. Camden Place (now Chislehurst Golf Club, 51° 24′ 40.05″N 0° 3′ 55.69″E ) takes its name from the antiquary William Camden, who lived in the former house on the site from c.1609 until his death in 1623. The present house was built shortly before 1717, and was given a number of additions in the late 18th and very early 19th centuries by the architect George Dance the younger.
Chislehurst Common (and nearby St Paul's Cray Common) were saved from development in 1888 following campaigns by local residents. They were a popular destination for bank holiday trips in the early 20th century, and now provide a valuable green space. Nearby Petts Wood, Hawkwood and Scadbury have also been preserved as open spaces following local campaigns.
The Chislehurst civil parish formed an urban district of Kent from 1894 to 1934. In 1934 it became part of the Chislehurst and Sidcup Urban District, which was split in 1965 between the London boroughs of Bromley and Bexley. Chislehurst is home to the Derwent House, designed by William Willett.
Chislehurst is regarded as an affluent area and one of the most expensive places to live in South East London. Chislehurst West may be found by going towards Mottingham and this area includes the biggest of the ponds and the High Street which has many pubs and restaurants. Chislehurst West was previously known as Pricking and Prickend.
A local attraction is Chislehurst Caves. The caves are considered to be of very ancient origin. They were originally used to mine flint and chalk. During World War II, thousands of people used them nightly as an air raid shelter. There is even a chapel. One child was born in the caves during World War II, and was given a middle name of 'Cavena'. The caves have also been used as a venue for live music; Jimi Hendrix, the Who and the Rolling Stones have all played there. Chislehurst is one of the starting points for the Green Chain Walk, linking to places such as Crystal Palace, Erith, the Thames Barrier and Thamesmead.
( Chislehurst - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting Chislehurst . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Chislehurst - UK
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Chislehurst Walkabout
Strolling up the high street past the pond, through the woods, along Royal Parade, running in Scadbury, to the caves and back; Clare Herriot and The Urban Snapper film their very own 'Chislehurst Walkabout'.
Read about the making of this film:
Mudskiing
Sinead and Lissies adventures in Scadbury park :)
Scadbury Moated Manor
Scadbury Manor is a medieval moated manor house site in Chislehurst, Kent currently being excavated by the Orpington and District Archaeological Society (ODAS). It is situated in Scadbury Park Local Nature Reserve in the London Borough of Bromley.
Scadbury is usually associated with the Walsingham family who may have come originally from Little Walsingham in Norfolk. The first clear mention of the name occurs in 1424 when Thomas Walsingham (d.1457), a wealthy vintner from the City of London, bought the manor from a certain Thomas Dale. We do not know to what extent Thomas Walsingham actually resided at Scadbury, because he also maintained a house at St. Katherine’s by the Tower where he and his wife Katherine were buried. Fortunately we have Thomas’s will dated 15th March 1456, which besides his Scadbury house also mentions “Sr Thomas Sutton my prest atte Scatbury”, implying that there was a private chapel there.
Scadbury Park
Recorded by GoPro Hero 6 Black with Karma Drone & Grip.
Moated Hell
short film based in an old moated manor
Five Arches (footscray meadows)
Flamingo park - Sidcup
Brief video and drone survey (excuse the poor quality that day) of Flamingo Park in Sidcup (South East London) to support a Planning Application for the creation of a community football stadium (CRAY Wanderers FC).
Antokol Chislehurst
#FrielonFriday: Antokol - Discover a poignant local history story of the First World War; the special caring role played by what is now a care home for the Polish community.
Featuring Joanna Friel, Heritage Rep for the Chislehurst Society and filmed by Clare Herriot.
The Kindness Cafe, Chislehurst
Britain's first kindness cafe; a place to say hello and celebrate our older generation.
My personal crusade in life is to celebrate and bring our older generation to the forefront of society. I recently began a blog; FabulousOldies.com, and gained 300,000 views in 7 days.
This inspired me to create a wall of kindness in my local village, Chislehurst. Late one night I did a Duncsy; an art installation on an empty shop to create the worlds first Kindness Cafe.
My idea was to celebrate our wonderful older generation with a huge wall of 150 photographs of our fabulous oldies, along with coloured writing. I put this art up at 2am and it looked so beautiful, even the police stopped and said 'wow, this is fantastic, we will come and see it in the morning'.
I wanted to bring colour and joy to an average high street and most importantly get people to stop and think how wonderful our older generation are. My crusade is to help bring our fabulous, often very lonely, older people to the forefront of society. These are our real superstars.
So my pop up art looked striking, I was keen to see it the following morning and to see people's reactions, however ....DISASTER. The landlord of the empty shop was not amused, so at 8 am he ordered for my art to be ripped down.
I was so sad that my idea to create happiness and colour was destroyed in minutes.
20 local oldies from Chislehurst were pictured on the shop, some have gone to heaven and their pictures were torn up.
I was trying to bring some goodness to our high street and promote our pretty village of Chislehurst. I still hope my mission to promote kindness to others will go on, especially to our fabulous oldies.
Here is the first Kindness Cafe that sadly lasted just 6 hours.
By Duncan Raban
6 7 15 footscray meadows 6 00am to 7 30am water
6-7-15 footscray meadows 6-00am to 7-30am (water). Hope you like it enjoy...
Alan Watts - Chislehurst
#FrielonFriday: Alan Watts - Learn about the little cottage in Holbrook Lane that was birthplace of a significant philosophical teacher; a leader of the Californian flower power movement born here in Chislehurst.
Featuring Joanna Friel, Heritage Rep for the Chislehurst Society and filmed by Clare Herriot.
Camden Place Chislehurst
#FrielonFriday: Series Two, Episode Three. Camden Place - learn about the grade 2 * listed jewel in Chislehurst's crown; why should Camden Town residents be pleased with their link to our village and who were the French Posh and Becks of the 1870's!
Filmed on a windy day!
Featuring Joanna Friel, Heritage Rep for the Chislehurst Society and filmed by Clare Herriot.
Pauls Cray Hill Park
A mix of heath, dell and woodland. Views across to Swanley, Orpington St Mary Station, Cottmandene, etc
Our lady of Walshingham, UK, 3rd July 2016, Goan community
Every year first Sunday of July from 1:30pm healing Mass followed by adoration at 4pm with a tea break from 3-4pm