It was once called
Warne. At the time of the
Domesday Survey, the parish and manor of Warden was controlled by the Manor of
Milton. In King
Edward I's reign (1272 to 1307), it was owned by the Savage family. In 1295, John le Savage obtained a charter of
free warren for his lands in the manor. In 1376, Sir Richard at Leese
MP became owner of the manor; he was
High Sheriff of Kent in 1367. When he died in 1394, the manor passed to his widow Dionisia. In 1727, it was sold to Sir Thomas Stevens (who was a
High Sheriff of Surrey in 1726). After he died it passed to Thomas West (Sir Thomas's son), and then to James West (husband of Thomas West's sister Sarah). James was the son of
Thomas West. He was recorder of St. Alban's, Secretary to the Treasury, and a Fellow of the
Royal Society and of the
Society of Antiquaries of London. ==Cliff erosion==