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Chislehurst West (now High
Street), Chislehurst, 1897
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By
the end of the 19th century, Chislehurst was
well on the way to becoming a town.
Chislehurst West (historic-ally Prickend or
Pricking) had ceased to be a peripheral hamlet
and was becoming the main commercial centre.
Soon to be renamed the High Street, it is
shown here decorated for Queen Victoria's
diamond jubilee.
The new Police Station (1892) can be seen
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A Reader comments:
My great great grandparents, Henry and Eliza
Marsh, were from Chislehurst. In the 1861, 1871
and 1891 census, Henry and his family are recorded
as living at Prickend/High Street next to the
Fox & Hounds pub, his occupation being master
baker. Through your wonderful website I've been
able to visit the area my ancestors came from
and see how things would have looked for them
in the late 1800s, early 1900s.
Carole Galley, Auckland,
New Zealand
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Bickley
Arms Hotel,
Chislehurst, c. 1870 |
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Double's
Butchers,
65 High Street,
Chislehurst, c. 1930 |
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Water
Tower,
Summer Hill,
Chislehurst, c. 1960 |
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