Berry's Green
| Berry's Green | |
| Kent | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Berry's Green Road | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TQ438591 |
| Location: | 51°18’49"N, -0°3’44"E |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Westerham |
| Postcode: | TN16 |
| Dialling code: | 01959 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Bromley |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Orpington |
Berry's Green is a small hamlet in Kent, outside the edge of the swollen conurbation. It is a fairly wooded rural area with a scattering of farmland. Housing consists mainly of detached properties, mostly bungalows, with a row of local authority cottages and a static mobile home site.
History
Lord Simon de Manning, a former Lord of the Manor for Kevington and holder of the land which became Berry's Green, was a Grandson of Rudolph de Manning, Count Palatine, (who married Elgida, aunt to King Harold I of England), (Harold Harefoot); he was the royal Standard Bearer to King Richard the Lionheart, and carried the royal Standard to Jerusalem in 1190, during the First Crusade.
On early maps, the area and Berry's Green Farm are each spelt as "Bury's Green".
On the junction of Jail Lane and Berry's Hill is a small wood, with a large Second World War bomb crater. This may have been caused by a V-2 rocket as it is almost the same distance from Germany as the last known V-2, which was dropped in Kynaston Rd, Orpington. Many of the V-2s fell short of London towards the end of the war. There are also a number of smaller bomb craters scattered around the surrounding woodlands, due to its proximity to Biggin Hill Airport.
Berry's Green is home to The Old Jail, Biggin Hill, and Cherry Lodge Golf Course, which opened in 1968. The land there is approximately 600 ft. above sea level.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a sub-post office on the corner of Single Street and Jail Lane which sold provisions, such as bread, milk, sweets, and crisps. Mains sewerage was installed around 1973.