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Bickley Manor Hotel

Bickley Manor Hotel

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Formally the West Kent Country Club, The Manor at Bickley was established as a fine dining restaurant with accommodation in 1966 by Mr Joseph Mourat. Mr Mourat was a larger than life character who owned successful restaurants in the West End and the City, having the aspiration that The Manor at Bickley become the premium drinking and dining destination for local residents.

Set within 6 acres of gardens and impressive function rooms, the early days at The Manor quickly saw it become a sought after venue that attracted some of history’s most glamorous and famous faces along with local residents that saw it as the place to come. Our Vision for The Manor again today.

It still remains in the same family and the mission for The Manor includes a restoration and expansion plan that will modernise this wonderful building but pay homage to its prestigious past, giving justice to the memory of Mr Mourat and his vision.

We have made a great start! The newly refurbished restaurant, bar, function rooms along with some of the bedrooms are just a few of the new changes here at The Manor at Bickley along with a new management and culinary team.
1911 Census

Albert Ernest Brown Head 1875 36 Male Married Licensed Victualler Portbury, Somerset, England Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
Marie Evelyn Smyth Brown Wife 1883 28 Female Married 6 Assisting in the busines Moseley, Warwickshire, England Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
Lorna Marie Brown Daughter 1907 4 Female Single Transvaal Hindenburg Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
Betty Mary Brown Daughter 1908 3 Female Single Chislehurst, Kent, England Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
Walter Thomas Watson Brown Son 1910 1 Male Single Chislehurst, Kent, England Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
Anne Brown Mother 1837 74 Female Widowed Bath, Somerset, England Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
Hans Eberhard Wilhelm Wilsdorf Boarder 1881 30 Single Watch merchant Kulmbach, Bavaria Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
Amy Elizabeth Bonham Servant 1888 23 Female Single Nurse childrens Deanshanger, Northamptonshire, England Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
Emily Frances Bonham Servant 1886 25 Female Single Nurse childrens Deanshanger, Northamptonshire, England Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
Alice Hannah Dahlgren Servant 1888 23 Female Single Nurse Sick London, England Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
Margaret Welle Servant 1884 27 Female Single Housemaid Hotel Glasgow Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
William Arthur Bowerman Servant 1880 31 Single Barman Hotel Oxford, Oxfordshire, England Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
Walter Andrews Servant 1889 22 Male Single Potman Hotel Lewisham, Kent, England Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
William Moon Servant 1888 23 Single Poultryman and Gardener Heathfield, Sussex, England Bickley Hotel, Chislehurst Road, Chislehurst
1939 Register

10 Elmhurst Lodge Bickley Park Rd 61 1 Eugene N Howes Male 27/04/1898 Married Caretaker Handyman 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Elisabeth B Howes Eugene F Howes
11 Elmhurst Lodge Bickley Park Rd 61 2 Elisabeth B Howes Female 16/07/1897 Married Unpaid Domestic Duties 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Eugene N Howes Eugene F Howes
12 Elmhurst Lodge Bickley Park Rd 61 3 Eugene F Howes Male 28/09/1919 Single Process Engraving 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Eugene N Howes Elisabeth B Howes  
13 This record is officially closed.            
14 Elmhurst Lodge Bickley Park Rd 61 5 Arthur S Kemp Male 28/12/1896 Married Garage Proprietor 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Alice M Kemp 
15 Elmhurst Lodge Bickley Park Rd 61 6 Alice M Kemp Female 23/10/1896 Married Unpaid Domestic Duties 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Arthur S Kemp 
16 Elmhurst Lodge Bickley Park Rd 61 7 Derrek S Kemp Male 25/11/1925 Single At School 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
17 Elmhurst Lodge Bickley Park Rd 61 8 Jeanette Kemp Female 29/01/1931 Single At School 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
18 This record is officially closed.            
19 Elmhurst Cottage Bickley Park Road 62 1 Ernest W Lewis Male 22/03/1893 Married Resident Secretary British Branch Sun Life Insurance Co Of Canad 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Mary G Lewis 
20 Elmhurst Cottage Bickley Park Road 62 2 Mary G Lewis Female 10/04/1891 Married Unpaid Domestic Duties 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Ernest W Lewis 
21 ?? 14 Bickley Park Rd 63 1 Catherine Stanbridge Female 11/05/1858 Single Private Means 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
22 ?? 14 Bickley Park Rd 63 2 Ethel M Barton Female 13/01/1889 Single Companion Help 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
23 The Ems 14 Bickley Park Rd 64 1 Alice M Hibberd Female 18/10/1892 Married Unpaid Domestic Duties 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
24 The Ems 14 Bickley Park Rd 65 1 Harold E Ince Male 24/07/1897 Married Electrical Wireman 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Gladys Ince 
25 The Ems 14 Bickley Park Rd 65 2 Gladys Ince Female 10/03/1902 Married Unpaid Domestic Duties 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Harold E Ince 
26 The Ems 14 Bickley Park Rd 66 1 Thomas Arthur Male 14/04/1872 Divorced Naval Architect and Marine Surveyor (Retired) 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
27 The Ems 14 Bickley Park Rd 66 2 Edith M O Palmer Female 20/08/1909 Single Cook General 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
28 The Ems 14 Bickley Park Rd 67 1 Norah I Winnall Female 09/07/1872 Widow Private Means 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
29 The Ems 14 Bickley Park Rd 67 2 Anne F Vearonelly Female 17/04/1889 Widow Domestic Servant 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
30 Elmcote 14 Bickley Park Rd 68 1 Arthur W Topping Male 11/08/1876 Married Joint Managing Director Wholesale Chemists & Druggist 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Estella A Topping Graham W Topping
31 Elmcote 14 Bickley Park Rd 68 2 Estella A Topping Female 12/04/1883 Married Unpaid Domestic Duties 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Arthur W Topping Graham W Topping
32 Elmcote 14 Bickley Park Rd 68 3 Graham W Topping Male 10/06/1915 Single Aircraft Draughtsman 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Arthur W Topping Estella A Topping  
33 This record is officially closed.            
34 Hindelins 14 Birkley Park Rd 69 1 Hugh R D Musselwhite Male 10/10/1910 Single Technical Assistant Reinforced Present Concrete Sheiralist (A R?? 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
35 This record is officially closed.            
37 Meneball Hotel Bickley Park Rd 72 1 Arthur Harrison Male 26/07/1868 Widow Hotel Proprietor and Poultry Farmer 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
38 Meneball Hotel Bickley Park Rd 72 2 Ida M Jones Female 08/07/1893 Single Hotel Manageress 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
39 Meneball Hotel Bickley Park Rd 72 3 Susannah E Hambleton Female 31/05/1869 Widow Unpaid Domestic Duties 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
40 Meneball Hotel Bickley Park Rd 72 4 Adolf C Hodgstraten Male 02/09/1880 Single Locomotive Engineer 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
41 Meneball Hotel Bickley Park Rd 72 5 John Peile Male 02/03/1878 Single Translator of French 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1    
42 Meneball Hotel Bickley Park Rd 72 6 Lindley R E Fayle Male 31/07/1903 Married Capt Royal Engineers, Amt-Inspector Dept Engineer's Signal Stores 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Cicely R A Fayle 
43 Meneball Hotel Bickley Park Rd 72 7 Cicely R A Fayle Female 20/06/1902 Married Unpaid Domestic Duties 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 Lindley R E Fayle 
44 Meneball Hotel Bickley Park Rd 72 8 Dora Glanville Female 24/09/1887 Married Private Means 1939 Bromley Kent England CJLW 42.1 
1940 Kelleys

Thornet Wood Road, BICKLEY, BROMLEY.
From Blackbrooks lane.
Map A A 25.

West Kent Hotel & Country Club       ( F. H. Howes. propr )


Taken from the 1965 Electoral Register

THORNET WOOD ROAD 

2302 Bowman, Dorothy Lindas Cottage 
2303 Bowman, Douglas Lindas Cottage 
2304 Ryan, Leonard H. -J Graylings 
2305 Ryan, May L. Graylings 
2306 Ryan, Valerie M. Graylings 
2307 Daveson, Dorothy A. Peacehaven 
2308 Daveson, Harry A. -J Peacehaven 
2309 Tappin, Charles W. -J Thornet Wood Lodge 
2310 Tappin, Lillian A. Thornet Wood Lodge 
2311 Woodd, Daphne F. High Gables 
2312 Woodd, Graydon C. -J High Gables 
2313 Wall, Joseph R. Light Oaks 
2314 Wall, Louisa N. Light Oaks 
2315 Jacobs, Martha L. Jalemar 
2316 McCartney, Isabella P. Wyndham 
2317 Ellice-Clark, Sheila G. Tree Tops 
2318 Bromley, Albert O. -J Elmhurst 
2319 Bromley, Marjorie E. Elmhurst 
2320 Pittendrigh, Lenus Woodridge 
2321 Pittendrigh, Rosalie E. Woodridge 

West Kent Hotel 

2322 Cade, Bernard 
2323 De-Casembroot, Audrey 
2324 De-Casembroot, Stewart 
2325 Hellstrom, Dougal 
2326 Ryrie, Iris 
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