HAYES, a parish in the hundred of RUXLEY, lathe
of SUTTON at HONE, county of KENT, 2 miles (S.) from
Bromley, containing 429 inhabitants The living is a
discharged rectory, in the peculiar jurisdiction of the
Archbishop of Canterbury, rated in the king's books at
£6.18., and in the patronage of the Rector of Orpington
The church, dedicated to St. Mary, contains the
banners borne at the public funeral of the great Earl
of Chatham. A school was endowed, in 1693, by Mrs.
Elizabeth Lloyd, with a rent-charge of £3; the schoolroom
was built, in 1791, by the rector: it is further
supported by a small bequest from Mrs. Elizabeth
Hameson, and by voluntary contributions. A small
fair is held on Whit-Tuesday. Hayes-place, near the
church, formerly a seat of the family of Scott, was rebuilt
by the Earl of Chatham, and was the birthplace of
his son, the Right Hon. William Pitt.