Kevington, London
It is located north east of Orpington and south west of Swanley and is adjacent to the Greater London border with Kent, in the Metropolitan green belt.[1] Lord Simon de Manning, a former Lord of the Manor for Kevington, London, (which included Single Street, Luxted, Cudham, Downe, and Berry's Green), and grandson to Rudolf de Manning, (who married Elgida, aunt to King Harold 1, Harold Harefoot), of England); he was the royal Standard Bearer to King Richard the Lionheart.In the Middle Ages the area formed part of Kevington manor and was in the hands of the Manning and Onslow (surname) families.[1] In the mid 1700s the Onslows sold part of their lands to the Dutch financial merchant Herman Behrens, who employed Sir Robert Taylor to build him Kevington Hall in 1769.[1] The Hall was used to billet Canadian troops during the Second World War and was later used as a primary school; it now functions as a conference and events space.