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47 48<div id="xr_td" class="xr_td"> 49<div class="xr_ap xr_pp"> 50 <span class="xr_ar" style="left:0px;top:0px;width:770px;height:1277px; background-color: #C3D2CB;"></span> 51</div> 52<div id="xr_xrc1" class="xr_ap xr_xri_ xr_xrc" style="width: 770px; height: 1277px; overflow:hidden;"> 53 <div class="xr_txt Normal_text xr_s0" style="position: absolute; left:248px; top:403px; width:474px; height:10px;"> 54 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: -13.15px;">Welcome to the community archive for Chelsfield. Here you can find a </span> 55 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 7.17px;">wealth of information about the history of the village and the surrounding </span> 56 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 27.49px;">area. </span> 57 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 68.13px;">This website is by and for people who live in Chelsfield and people with an </span> 58 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 88.45px;">interest in the history of the village and neighbouring areas. Chelsfield is in </span> 59 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 108.77px;">the south east of the London Borough of Bromley, close to the border with </span> 60 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 129.09px;">Sevenoaks.</span> 61 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 169.72px;">To get started you can look at the <a href="brief_introduction.htm" onclick="return(xr_nn());" onmousemove="xr_mo(this,0)" >brief introduction</a> to the history of </span> 62 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 190.04px;">Chelsfield, or just flick through the picture gallery, and maybe send in your </span> 63 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 210.36px;">own reminiscences.</span> 64 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 251px;">The website is small at the moment but growing all the time. It relies on </span> 65 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 271.32px;">material from people with local knowledge, so if you have a picture or an </span> 66 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 291.63px;">item you would like to put up on the website, please contact us. If you do </span> 67 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 311.95px;">want to send material, please make sure you follow the <a href="guidelines.htm" onclick="return(xr_nn());" onmousemove="xr_mo(this,0)" >simple guidelines</a>. </span> 68 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 352.59px;">This website is indebted to the work and collections of Philip Lane and </span> 69 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 372.91px;">Geoffrey Copus, who have been very generous in allowing use of their </span> 70 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 393.23px;">images and materia<span class="Normal_text xr_s2" style="">l. 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The </span> 134 <span class="xr_tl xr_s6" style="top: 38.33px;">Charter is thought to be </span> 135 <span class="xr_tl xr_s6" style="top: 55.03px;">the earliest known </span> 136 <span class="xr_tl xr_s6" style="top: 71.73px;">document apart from </span> 137 <span class="xr_tl xr_s6" style="top: 88.43px;">the Domesday Book </span> 138 <span class="xr_tl xr_s6" style="top: 105.13px;">which refers to </span> 139 <span class="xr_tl xr_s6" style="top: 121.83px;">Chelsfield. The seal </span> 140 <span class="xr_tl xr_s6" style="top: 138.53px;">depicts a knight on </span> 141 <span class="xr_tl xr_s6" style="top: 155.23px;">horseback in a helmet </span> 142 <span class="xr_tl xr_s6" style="top: 171.93px;">and shield, the Latin </span> 143 <span class="xr_tl xr_s6" style="top: 188.63px;">inscription reads âthe </span> 144 <span class="xr_tl xr_s6" style="top: 205.33px;">seal of Ernulf, Lord of </span> 145 <span class="xr_tl xr_s7" style="top: 222.03px;"><span class="xr_s6" style="">Chelsfieldâ</span><span class="xr_s8" style="">. </span></span> 146 </div> 147 </div> 148 <div id="xr_xo4"></div> 149 <div id="xr_xd4"></div> 150 <div class="xr_txt Normal_text xr_s1" style="position: absolute; left:164px; top:1103px; width:70px; height:10px;"> 151 <span class="xr_tl Normal_text xr_s1" style="top: 7.17px;">Broke Farm</span> 152 </div> 153 <div class="xr_txt Normal_text xr_s9" style="position: absolute;
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top:37px; min-width:72px;"> 190 <ul class="xr_nb4"> 191 <li><a href="places_lilleys.htm">Lilleys Farm</a> 192 </li> 193 <li class="xr_nb1"><a href="places_school.htm" onmouseover="xr_nbr(this,0);">Chelsfield School</a> 194 <ul class="xr_nb2" style="left:100%; top:0px;"> 195 <li><a href="places_school_logbooks.htm">Chelsfield School Logbooks</a> 196 </li> 197 </ul> 198 </li> 199 <li><a href="places_well_hill_mission.htm">Well Hill Mission Chapel</a> 200 </li> 201 <li><a href="places_chelsfield_station.htm">Chelsfield Station</a> 202 </li> 203 <li><a href="places_st_martins.htm">St Martin of Tours</a> 204 </li> 205 <li><a href="places_chelsfield_bakery.htm">Chelsfield Bakeries</a> 206 </li> 207 <li><a href="places_chelsfield_shops.htm">Chelsfield Shops</a> 208 </li> 209 </ul> 210 </div> 211 </div> 212 <div class="xr_ar xr_nb0"> 213 <a href="javascript:;" aria-haspopup="true" onclick="return(xr_nn());"> 214 <img class="xr_ap" src="index_htm_files/3810.png" alt="People" title="" style="left:144px;top:0px;width:74px;height:37px;"/> 215 <img class="xr_ap xr_ro xr_ro0 xr_tt3" src="index_htm_files/3821.png" alt="People" title="" onmousemove="xr_mo(this,5)" style="left:144px;top:0px;width:74px;height:37px;"/> 216 </a> 217 <div class="xr_nb2 xr_nb5 xr_smp144_-218" style="left:144px; 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