A Brief History of Scadbury

Scadbury Manor lies on the eastern edge of Chislehurst, at the top of a slope overlooking the valley of the River Cray. Its name is Anglo Saxon and could mean a shady hill, which is how it would have been seen from the Cray valley. The words that make up the name, Scead and burgh, can be interpreted in several ways.
Archaeological investigations seem to show that Scadbury was settled sometime in the first half of the thirteenth century.