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Tonbridge (/ ˈ t ʌ n b r ɪ dʒ / TUN-brij) [2] (historic spelling Tunbridge) is a market town in Kent, England, [1] on the River Medway, 4 miles (6 km) north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, 12 miles (19 km) south west of Maidstone and 29 miles (47 km) south east of London.
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.
The dining room and swimming pool were given a Design Award by Tonbridge Civic Society in 2009. [37] As a working school, Somerhill House is not normally open to the public. It has been open as part of Heritage Open Days. Somerhill House was open in 2006, [38] and also in 2010. [39] The grounds of Somerhill contain 152 acres (62 ha) of land. [3]
Tonbridge Priory was established in 1124 by Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare, who held Tonbridge Castle. [1] He was buried in the priory following his death in 1136. [2] In 1191, [3] a Papal bull was issued by Pope Celestine III. The priory was granted two cartloads of wood daily and the right of pannage for 80 pigs. [1]
Hadlow is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent, England. It is situated in the Medway valley, north-east of Tonbridge and south-west of Maidstone. The Saxon name for the settlement was Haeselholte (in the Textus Roffensis). The Domesday Book records it as Haslow and in the Middle Ages it became Hadloe and ...
The manufacturers of Tunbridge ware were cottage industries, and they were no more than nine in Tunbridge Wells and one in Tonbridge. The number declined in the 1880s; competent craftsmen were hard to find, and public tastes changed. After the death of Thomas Barton in 1903 the only surviving firm was Boyce, Brown and Kemp, which closed in 1927.
The building was originally commissioned as a chapel for the Independent Congregationalists and was referred to as the "Independent Chapel". [1] [2] It was built in red brick and completed on 19 March 1791. [3]
This page is a list of these buildings in the district of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent. Tonbridge and Malling. Name Location Type Completed [note 1] Date designated