Note: On the Kentish Weald; church destroyed by lightning in 1672; laborers rioted here in 1830; famous for its cricketers; Hemstead House was owned by the Guldeford family, 1388-1718; Lord Guldeford Dudley was husband of Lady Jane Grey, both executed in 1554; Hemstead House has been an exclusive school for girls since 1924; the Forest of Hemstead is N of the village.