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Tonbridge and Malling is a local government district with borough status in Kent, England. The council is based at Kings Hill . The borough also includes the towns of Tonbridge and Snodland along with numerous villages including Aylesford , West Malling and surrounding rural areas.
Tonbridge and Malling was a constituency in western Kent, in South East England, in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. It was represented for its entire creation since 1974 by members of the Conservative Party .
Platt, or St. Mary's Platt is a village and civil parish in the local government district of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. Geography, history and notable residents [ edit ]
Clare House: East Malling and Larkfield: House: 1793: 1 August 1952: 1099100: Upload Photo: Stable Block and Barns 40 Yards North of Bradbourne House East Malling and Larkfield
Tonbridge was the location of the largest cash theft in British criminal history. [23] On 22 February 2006, over £53.1 million was stolen from the Securitas cash-handling depot in Vale Road to the east of the High Street. During the following police investigation, around half of the money was recovered.
West Peckham is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. The River Bourne flows through the extreme west of the parish, and formerly powered a paper mill (Hamptons Mill) and corn mill (Oxenhoath Mill). The Wateringbury Stream rises in the parish. Oxon Hoath is the former manor house of West Peckham.
Offham is a village in the local government district of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England, five miles to the west of Maidstone. Offham has a quintain on the village green that was reported in medieval times for use in jousting. It is reputed to be the last English quintain in its original position, though it was removed for safekeeping ...
An 1896 reconstruction of Tonbridge Castle in the 13th century. Following the Norman Conquest, Richard Fitz Gilbert was granted land in Kent to guard the crossing of the River Medway. He erected a simple Motte-and-bailey castle on the site. To dig the moat and erect the motte 50,000 tonnes of earth were moved.