[2] High-up Goresley Wood occupies about half of the parish, which rises gradually in the south-west.

A Roman Britain collective burial mound (tumulus) is at a point in the north-centre of this forested area.

[4] A pub trades in Bishopsbourne, The Mermaid Inn, which was built in 1861 and previously called the Lion's Head.

[5] In 1844 an excavation at Bourne Park in the civil parish (and always in the village's boundaries) revealed Iron Age remains.

[8] Photographic pioneer Joseph Bancroft Reade was rector from 1863 until his death in 1870, and is buried at St Mary's.