A stone bench, 'Wilberforce seat', commemorating the event, now marks the spot and bears the inscription from his diary "Just above a steep descent into the vale of Keston, I resolved to give notice ... in the House of Commons of my intention to bring forward the abolition of the Slave Trade."

Soane's house burnt down, and was rebuilt in 1823-6 for John Ward in a Grecian style by Decimus Burton.

[7] Its archive is at the Keston Centre for Religion Politics and Society at Baylor University, Texas, so the parish's name has spread surprisingly far.

[3] This area was more heavily developed in the 20th century, and it now effectively forms a suburban continuation of Locksbottom and Bromley Common.

Its most famous past resident is former prime minister Margaret Thatcher who with her late husband Denis raised their children, Mark and Carol.

[citation needed] Others residents include Rolling Stone, Bill Wyman, Arsenal and England footballer, Kenny Sansom, founder of Direct Line, Peter Wood and some of the YouTube stars KSI, Miniminter, Vikkstar123 and Zerkaa, who are part of the YouTube supergroup SIDEMEN .

[citation needed], Nobel Prize winner for medicine Sir John Vane, chef Gary Rhodes, founder of Pimlico Plumbers Charlie Mullins, Tennis Player and TV Presenter Annabelle Croft.

When Frederick Rogers bought 143 acres (58 hectares) of land from the Earl of Derby on 9 January 1923 for £6000, it was for the purpose of developing Keston Park.

The drive ran up the line of Forest Ridge, curving back around the stables to the left to come out in front of the south side of the house.

An unfenced road is shown on early maps on the line of the present Forest Drive, and this was probably the main link between Keston Lodge and Holwood House.

Jesmond Cottage, now renamed Bushwood at 30 Forest Drive, is older than the rest of the houses on the Park.

The Ravensbourne is 11 miles (18 kilometres) in length and flows through the London Boroughs of Bromley, Lewisham and Greenwich.

[12][13] A small private church dedicated to St. Audrey was built by Lord Sackville Cecil, son of the Marquess of Salisbury, on the site of Olive's Mill in 1889.