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''This article is about the village in North Kent, England. For the South Kent village of the same name see Hartley, Cranbrook. For other uses, see Hartley (disambiguation).'' Hartley is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks district of Kent, England. It is located around 4.5 miles (7 km) southwest of Gravesend and just south of Longfield in the neighbouring borough of Dartford. ==History== The village of Hartley is recorded as ''Erelei'' in the Domesday Book of 1086.〔(The Domesday Book Online - Hartley, Kent )〕 with a population of 15 families and 3 slaves.〔(Hartley-Kent: History of Hartley )〕 The name Hartley means "place in the wood where the deer are". The parish church of All Saints dates from the early 12th century, although it probably replaced an earlier Anglo-Saxon building.〔(Parish of Fawkham and Hartley - All Saints Church: Abrief History )〕 On 28 January 1554, during Wyatt's Rebellion against Queen Mary, a rebel force of about 500 men led by Henry Isley clashed with a similar-sized loyal force led by Lord Abergavenny and Sir Robert Southwell, at Wrotham Hill. After a running battle over about four miles, the rebels made their last stand at Hartley Wood, where they were defeated.〔James D Taylor (2006), (The Shadow of the White Rose: Edward Courtenay, Earl of Devon, 1526-1556 ) (pp.89-90)〕 By 1872, there were 47 houses in Hartley with a population of 244. Some local farms specialised in hop growing.〔(A Vision of Britain - Hartley Kent )〕 A National School was built in the village in 1841; it was rebuilt in 1960 on a new site. The opening nearby of Longfield railway station in 1872 began the evolution of the village from an agricultural to a commuter community. Just before World War I, two agricultural estates were purchased by a property developer and sold off in small plots for new houses and bungalows. Major housing developments at New Ash Green in the 1960s and Wellfield in the 1970s continued the trend.〔(Hartley Parish Council - History )〕 The parish was part of Axstane Hundred and later Dartford Rural District. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hartley, Kent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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