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Encyclopedia Britannica



CHISLEHURST

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 247 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CHA-CHR
CHISLEHURST , an urban
district
  in the Sevenoaks parlia-
mentary division of Kent, England, 1 r 4 m. S.E. of London, by the
South
 -Eastern & Chatham railway. Pop. (1901) 7429. It is situated 300 ft. above sea-level, on a common of furze and heather in the midst of picturesque country. The church of St Nicholas (Perpendicular with Early English portions, but much restored) has a tomb of the Walsingham family, who had a lease of the manor from Elizabeth; Sir Francis Walsingham,
the statesman, being born here in 1536. Another statesman of the same age, Sir Nicholas Bacon, was born here in isro. Near the church is an ancient cockpit. The
mortuary
  chapel attached to the Roman Catholic church of St Mary was built to receive the
body
  of
Napoleon
  III., who died at Camden Place in 1873; and that of his son was brought hither in 1879. Both were afterwards removed to the memorial chapel at Farnborough in
Hampshire
 . Camden Place was built by William Camden, the antiquary, in 16og, and in 1765 gave the title of Baron Camden to Lord Chancellor
Pratt
 . The
house
  was the residence not only of
Napoleon
  III., but of the empress Eugenie and of the prince imperial, who is commemorated by a memorial
cross
  on Chislehurst Common. The
house
  and grounds are now occupied by a golf club. There are many villa residences in the neighbourhood of Chislehurst.


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