Keston

Other current and historical names

Chestan
Ravensbourne
Heathfield Estate

Built-Up Area: Bromley
Parish/Community: Bromley, unparished area
Unitary Authority: Bromley
Region: London

Category: Populated Place
Type: Village

Latitude/Longitude: 51°21'44"N 0°1'38"E
Eastings/Northings: 541242, 164528
OS Grid: TQ412645
Mapcode Local: GBR M3.ZH6
Mapcode Global: VHHP9.F09Z

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Keston within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Keston in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Keston.-- par. and vil., Kent, in NW. of co., 3½ miles SE. of Bromley, 1487 ac., pop. 731; P.O.; in vicinity of vil. is the seat of Keston House.

Keston in the Domesday Book

A village in Helmestrei hundred, in the county of Kent.

Two manors recorded in Domesday.

1st Manor
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Archbishop of Canterbury Christ Church
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury
- Lords of the Manor in 1086: Archbishop of Canterbury; Deormann of London (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: 3 geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £15 in 1066; £8 in 1070; £25 in 1086
- Households: 46 villagers; 25 smallholders
- Plough Teams: 2 lord's ploughs; 23 men's ploughs
- Meadow: 10 acres
- Woodland: 50 pig pastures
- Churches: 2
- Mills: 3, value 16/2½
2nd Manor
- Overlord in 1066: King Edward
- Lord of the Manor in 1066: Esbiorn Bicga
- Tenant in Chief in 1086: Bishop Odo of Bayeux
- Lord of the Manor in 1086: Gilbert Maminot (subinfeudated)
- Taxable Value: ¹⁄₂ geld
- Value to Lord of the Manor: £3 in 1066; £3 in 1070; £2 in 1086
- Households: 4 villagers
- Plough Teams: 1 lord's plough; 1 men's plough
- Woodland: 5 swine render

British Place Names

Keston, Bromley

Keston is a village in Bromley, Bromley

Keston in historic gazetteers

Keston in the Domesday Book