Luxted is a hamlet in the

London Borough of Bromley The London Borough of Bromley () is the southeasternmost of the London boroughs that make up Greater London, bordering the ceremonial county of Kent, which most of Bromley was part of before 1965. The borough's population is an estimated 332,336 ...

, located to the south of

Downe Downe, formerly Down, () is a village in Greater London, England, located within the London Borough of Bromley but beyond the London urban sprawl. Downe is south west of Orpington and south east of Charing Cross. Downe lies on a hill, and ...

. The area is rural, noted for its abundance of woods and grasslands.Willey, Russ. ''Chambers London Gazetter'', p 307-308. It is a part of the largest ward in Greater London, the

Darwin (ward) Darwin is a ward of the London Borough of Bromley, named after Charles Darwin, who lived and worked in the ward for 40 years. Geography It is the largest ward in Greater London, covering a very rural area including Downe, Cudham, Leaves Green, Lu ...

, which also includes

Cudham Cudham is a village in Greater London, England, located within the London Borough of Bromley and beyond London's urban sprawl. It is located on the Greater London border with Kent, bordering the Sevenoaks District. Cudham lies south of Orpington ...

Leaves Green Leaves Green is a village in Greater London within the London Borough of Bromley. The village lies on the Bromley to Westerham road ( A233), adjacent to the north-western perimeter of Biggin Hill Airport. It is some south of Bromley and north ...

Single Street Single Street is a hamlet in the London Borough of Bromley in Greater London, located between Luxted and Berry's Green,Willey, Russ. ''Chambers London Gazetter'', p 443. and centred around a street of the same name. The first record of a settl ...

Berry's Green Berry's Green a small hamlet in the London Borough of Bromley in Greater London, UK. 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 author ...

, and

Westerham Westerham is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located 3.4 miles east of Oxted and 6 miles west of Sevenoaks, adjacent to the Kent border with both Greater London and Surrey. It is recorded as early as t ...

Hill.

Partial History

Lord Simon de

Manning Manning (a.k.a. Mannion, Manning) is a family name. Origin and meaning Manning is from an old Norse word — manningi — meaning a brave or valiant man; and one of the first forms of the name was Mannin; another cartography was Mannyg ...

, a former Lord of the Manor for

Kevington, London Kevington, sometimes spelt Kevingtown, is a hamlet in southeast London, England, located in the London Borough of Bromley. It lies between St Mary Cray/ Derry Downs and Crockenhill in the London Green Belt. History The name is thought to ref ...

, (which included Luxted and

), and grandson to Rudolf de Manning, (

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, (who married Elgida, aunt to King Harold 1, (

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), of England; he was the royal

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to King

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. He carried the royal Standard to Jerusalem, in 1190, during the

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.In England, the forms Earl

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, and Palatine Earldom, are preferred.

References

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