The place is called Suttone atte hone in a charter of 1281 at one time in the British Museum.

The property is partly open to the public (on Wednesday afternoons, April–October), including the 13th-century chapel of the Knights Hospitallers and a garden moated by the River Darent.

The parish of Sutton at Hone belonged to Axstane Hundred and its successor Dartford Rural District.

[2] Sutton-at-Hone Primary school, also has a very successful girls football team, who were crowned Kent schools champions in 2021, winning the tournament with an unbeaten record, they will also be competing in the southern counties cup in 2022, representing Dartford.

[5] Sutton-at-Hone is served by Farningham Road railway station with Southeastern services to London Victoria via Bromley South and to Dover Priory via Chatham & Canterbury East.