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Around 7,000 years ago, sea levels rise across Europe forming the English Channel. Water levels continue to rise along the Kent coastline.

In May 1958 the Caves re-open again! James Geary Gardner, owner of the Chislehurst Caves, takes the lease.

World War II forces the Caves to close and three years later, on 21 September 1941, the Vicarage above is badly damaged.

Canon Michael Pryor is appointed to Holy Trinity and pays considerable attention to the Caves. He sets about revitalising them.

This advert appears in Keble’s Gazette in 1885 and is the first mention of smugglers being associated with the Caves.

John Norwood opens the Caves as a show place. He gives them the fanciful name of ‘The Vortigern Cave’ and claims they date to 454AD.

Bryan House was put up for auction and Francis Forster, heir to a substantial estate in Northumberland, purchases it as his new family home.

A large building is constructed on our site. It is owned and occupied by Mrs Margaret Bryan who runs a Boarding School for Young Ladies.

In the early 1700s, chalk mining begins on the site. Chalk is an important mineral and is used in the production of quicklime and bricks.