In 1800, Edward Hasted noted that it was spelt Gillested. It was a manor in the parish of Stockbury, the manor-house was owned by 'John de Savage', (grandson of 'Ralph de Savage', who was with King Richard I at the siege of Acon, France).
Later, the house was passed to Sir William Jumper (commissioner of his Majesty's navy at Plymouth). His son, William Jumper, (esquire) and his wife Jane.
After William died, the wife sold it in 1757, to the Rev. Pierce Dixon, master of the mathematicalfree school at Rochester.
By 1800, another family relative of the 'Jumper's owned the house now called 'Hill Green House'.[1]
^Hasted, Edward (1800). "Parishes". The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent. 5. Institute of Historical Research: 572–585. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
