Near to the church are ten alms-houses, on the centre of the front of
which is the following inscription:
“Joseph Banks Esq. Lord of Revesby by his Will Directed the Building
of these Almshouses for Ten poor People & Endowed the Same with Fifty
pounds a year. He Departed this Life the 27th of Sept. 1727 Leaving
Joseph Banks Esq. his only Son Heir who in Pursuance of his Father’s
Will erected this Anno 1728.”
In this parish are two tumuli, each about one hundred feet diameter, and
about one hundred feet apart, which have been formerly surrounded by a
fosse. Dr. Stukeley supposes them to have been either the places of
sepulture of two British kings, or places of religious worship. {76}
A fair is held at Revesby on the second Monday after old Michaelmas day
annually.
In 1821, the parish contained 113 houses, and 572 inhabitants.