Place:


Tonbridge  Kent

 

In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Tonbridge like this:

Tunbridge.-- town and par. with ry. sta. (Tunbridge Junction), Kent, on river Medway, 29½ miles SE. of London by rail - par., 15,378 ac., pop. 35,919; town, 1200 ac., pop. 9317; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks, 2 newspapers. Tunbridge is a quiet country town, surrounded by hop gardens; it has the ruins of a castle, a handsome parish church, a richly endowed grammar school (at which Sir Sidney Smith was educated), a new public hall, and a manufactory of Tunbridge ware.

Tonbridge through time

Click here for graphs and data of how Tonbridge and Malling has changed over two centuries. For statistics for historical units named after Tonbridge go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tonbridge, in Tonbridge and Malling and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1024

Date accessed: 28th March 2024


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