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William Waring

1818–1904

Landowner. Principal landowner of Chelsfield, a village four miles east of Down. Owned Chelsfield and Hewitts, two of the four estates in the parish. Justice of the peace.

Sources

Burke’s landed gentry 1939

Heinecke 1985

Post Office directory of the six home counties 1862.

Bibliography

Burke’s landed gentry: A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain and Ireland enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank but unvisited with heritable honours. Burke’s genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry. By John Burke et al. 1st–18th edition. London: Henry Colburn [and others]. 1833–1969.

Heinecke, P. M. 1985. The parish of Chelsfield. Bromley Local History 7: 62–8.

Post Office directory of the six home counties: Post Office directory of the six home counties, viz., Essex, Herts, Kent, Middlesex, Surrey and Sussex. London: W. Kelly & Co. 1845–78.

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