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His army besieged the castle. After holding for two days the castle fell and as punishment the king had both the castle and the town of Tonbridge burnt to the ground. Before 1100, the de Clares replaced the wooden castle with a stone shell keep. This was reinforced during the thirteenth century, and in 1295 a stone wall was built around the ...
There are over 9,000 Grade I listed buildings in England. ... Tonbridge Castle: Tonbridge and Malling: Keep: Norman: 8 May 1950 1363369: Tonbridge Castle. More images ...
The districts of Kent are Ashford, Canterbury, Dartford, Dover, Folkestone and Hythe, Gravesham, Maidstone, Medway, Tonbridge and Malling, Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks, Swale and Thanet. As there are 979 Grade II* listed buildings in the county they have been split into separate lists for each district.
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.
There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the district of Tonbridge and Malling in Kent ... Hadlow Castle ...
Somerhill House (/ ˈ s ʌ m ər h ɪ l / SUM-ər-hil) is a Grade I listed Jacobean mansion situated near Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom.It was built for The 4th Earl of Clanricarde in 1611–13.
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 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]