Keston, Kent

Description
Keston, a parish in Kent, 1 1/4 mile from Hayes station on the S.E.R. It contains on its NW border two villages, includes in its centre an open high common with a fine view, and is within the jurisdiction of the metropolitan police. It has a post and money order office under Beckenham; telegraph office, Bromley Common. Acreage, 1479; population, 746. Keston Lodge, Forest Lodge, Holwood, Hollydale, and Heathfield are chief residences. Holwood was the seat of William Pitt. A Roman camp was on Holwood Hill, and many Roman relics have been found. (See HOLWOOD HILL.) The living is a rectory in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £150 with residence. Patron, the Archbishop of Canterbury. The church is small. It was restored and enlarged in 1880. There are Congregational and Wesleyan chapels. There is a private chapel belonging to Lord Sackville Cecil. Adjoining this chapel is a building containing a reading-room, Jgymnasium, and baths.