CHISLEHURST  , an

urban district in the Sevenoaks parlia- mentary division of Kent, England, 1 r 4 m . S.E. of London, by the South-Eastern & Chatham railway . Pop . (1901) 7429 . It is situated 300 ft. above sea-level, on a common of furze and heather in the midst of picturesque country . The church of St Nicholas (Perpendicular with Early English portions, but much restored) has a tomb of the Walsingham family, who had a lease of the manor from Elizabeth; Sir Francis Walsingham, the statesman, being born here in 1536 . Another statesman of the same age, Sir Nicholas Bacon, was born here in isro . Near the church is an ancient cockpit . The mortuary chapel attached to the Roman Catholic church of St Mary was built to receive the body of Napoleon III., who died at Camden Place in 1873; and that of his son was brought hither in 1879 . Both were afterwards removed to the memorial chapel at Farnborough in Hampshire . Camden Place was built by William Camden, the antiquary, in 16og, and in 1765 gave the title of Baron Camden to Lord Chancellor Pratt . The house was the residence not only of Napoleon III., but of the empress Eugenie and of the prince imperial, who is commemorated by a memorial cross on Chislehurst Common .

The house and grounds are now occupied by a

golf club . There are many villa residences in the neighbourhood of Chislehurst .