Sutton at Hone Lathe, 1841
15,239 inhabited houses.
618 uninhabited houses, 180 being built.
86,666 inhabitants, 42,638 males; 44,028 females.
19,612 males + 19,351 females were under 20.

In 1831 there were 12,728 houses, 72,981 inhabitants.

Contains Parishes:-Ash; Darenth; Dartford; Eynsford; Farningham; Fawkham; Hartley; Horton Kirby; Kingsdown; Longfield; Lullingstone; Ridley; Southfleet; Stone; Sutton-at-Hone; Swanscombe & Wilmington.

The Parish of Darenth, 1841.

Darenth parish & scattered village, on the river Darent. 2 1/2 miles SE by E from Dartford, sometimes called North Darenth to distinguish it from South Darenth, (a hamlet cheifly in Horton Parish). Darenth contains 2,180 acres of land, of which 388 acres are in woodland, and 57 in commons. It is principally a light flinty soil , and considered a healthy district, and in 1841, had 116 houses and 698 inhabitants, of which 9 houses & 39 inhabitants were in South Darenth. Population in 1801 = 407; in 1831 = 588. Value £3,282. The church, dedicated to St.Margaret is a small Norman edifice with nave, chancel,side aisles, a spire steeple at the west end, and three bells. It was new "Pewed" in 1737, and contains an antique font, composed of eight sides with columns alternatley circular & angular, with semi-circular arches; some of the figures appear to be chimerical (wildly fanciful, imaginary. BME), & others symbols of the sacraments, one representing King Edgar, who raised St.Dunstan to the see of Canterbury; another illustrates the saints conflicts; one St.Dunstan playing the harp; another shows the sharp encounter the saint had with the devil, in beating whom he broke his pastoral staff. There is also an ancient pisina & bason (sic) for holy water. The living is a vicarage , valued in the kings books at £9:18:11 1/2d; now £346 (1841). Dean & Chapter of Rochester patrons and appropriators, Rev.John Eveleigh incumbent. The vicarage is a good residence, a little north of the church. A neat Sunday School was erected in 1839.

Hilles St.Margarets, about 1 mile SE from the church, with the hamlets of Green Street Green, & South Darenth, appears to have been a separate parish, yet according to its ecclesiastical jurisdiction, it was only a chapel to Darenth . Notwithstanding a decree of Archbishop Peckham concerning its suppout, it soon afterwards fell to decay, & in 1557 Cardinal Pole united it to the parish of Darenth: the ruins of it are still seen in a field a little SW of the manor house: in the building are many Roman bricks, part of an arch is entirely turned with them. Thomas Chapman Esq.,is lord of St.Margarets . The principal landowners are the Dean & Chapter; Thomas Chapman; George Andrew; & Charles & William Fleet Esqs. Henry Chapman Esq., is lessee under the Dean & Chapter.

An extensive Paper manufactory is carried on in the parish.

GREEN STREET GREEN is a hamlet of straggling houses, partly in Stone parish, extending from 1-2 miles ESE from the church. GRUB STREET, consists of a few scatered houses, 2 1/4 miles SE.

SOUTH DARENTH is a hamlet principally in Horton Kirby.

CHARITIES:-Sir Thomas Smith in 1621, left the yearly sum of £4:6:8d for a distribution of bread to 5 poor persons every Sunday, in addition to the above, the surplus rents are occasionally received & distributed in clothing.

Bernard Ellis in 1713 bequeathed 12s. in addition to a like sum left by his father, & charged on the "Cock Inn" in Dartford. The property was sold in 1812, since which the payment has been discontinued.

Prominent people of the area:-

(marked 1, are at Darenth Lane End: 2, Green Street Green;
3, Grub Street;
Stephen (Artherfold) Wheelwright(3)
Susanna Bartlett, Victualler of the "Fox & Hounds".(1)
Richard Rodgers Worthington Beard, Registrar (1)
Mr.George Cates (2)
Henry Chapman, Farmer.
Thomas Chapman, Farmer at St.Margarets.
William Cripps, Maltster (2).
William Davey, Shoemaker (2).
Rev.John Eveleigh, Vicar.
William Fleet Esq., Grange.
William Hayward Esq., Downs.
Nathan Langlands, Shopkeeper.
George Mackney, Tailor & Victualler at the "Chequers".
Thomas Parkhurst, Farmer.
William Peat, Grocer & Baker (2).
William Reynolds, Victualler at the "White Hart" (2).
William Round, Farmer & Fruiterer (3)
Thomas H Saunders, Paper manufacturer.
Jas. Seager, Carpenter & Parish Clerk.
James Smith, Carpenter (2).
Richard Thorpe, Farmer (2).
John & William Ware, Blacksmiths (2)
Henry White, Market Gardener (1).