Links to articles on Hartley's history are set out under general subject headings below.
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Church
Rectors & Churchwardens 1287 to date
Churchwardens' Accounts 1745-1817
Monumental Inscriptions 1748 - 1888**
Picture of Church 1806**
Church Improvements 1860-1954**
Description 1863
Miscellaneous documents 1115 - 1826

Courts & Justice
Monte Canisio v Blundum & ors 1232
Assize Court Records 1288 - 1325
Middleton v White 1560
Walter v Walter 1657
William Lovegrove Transportation 1791
George Mills Transportation 1801

General
Battle of Hartley 1554
Elections
and constituencies
Geology of Hartley
Hartley & Longfield New Town 1944
Old Clubs and Societies
Hartley and District in World War 1

Government
Dartford Rural District Council Minutes 1899-1944
George Palmer Evelyn, lord of the manor
Jane Foote Maxton, last known lord of the manor
Transfer to Sevenoaks District, 1972

Land and Buildings
Feet of Fines (land transfers) 1311 - 1768
Maps of Hartley 1769 - 2003
Payne and Trapps (Wellfield
Estate etc) 1905
Valuation Office Survey 1910
The
Prize House 1912 (Johns, Johns Close)
The Old Houses of Hartley
Hartley - place names
Planning Applications 1921-date
Woodland
in 1949

Organisations & Work
Farming
Fire Brigade
Longfield Telephone Exchange (1907 - date)
Postal Services
Railways
Roads and Cars
Water and Sewerage

People
Census 1841,
1851,
1861,
1871,
1881,
1891, 1901,
1911
Population of Hartley since 1086
Taxpayers 1373 - 1666
Baptisms, marriages & burials 1712 - 1923
Register
of population 1939
Monumental Inscriptions 1748 - 1888**
Directories 1851 - 1915
Poll Books 1790 - 1859
Emigration 1830 - 1913
Electoral Registers 1884 - 1913

Wills and Documents
>Index to over 100 wills (1450-1950)
Hundred Rolls 1279
Description of Hartley Manor 1392