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The Tonbridge of Yesterday
by
Arthur H. Neve
published by Tonbridge Free Press, Ltd in 1933
Content
Frontispiece - p. 1
Contents - p. 3
Illustrations - p. 5
Preface - p. 7
Ch I - Introduction - p. 9
Ch II - The Birth of Modern Tonbridge - p. 16
Ch III - The Town in the Eighteenth Century - p. 21
Ch IV - The Ways of the Law - p. 27
Ch V - A Wave of Prosperity - p. 36
Ch VI - The First Tonbridge Bank - p. 45
Ch VII - The Woodgates and The Childrens - p. 52
Ch VIII - The Beeching Family - p. 60
Ch IX - Coaching Days - p. 66
Ch X - The Days of the Reform Bill - p. 77
Ch XI - Changes in the Poor Law - p. 83
Ch XII - The Town lighted by Gas - p. 95
Ch XIII - The Vicissitudes of the Medway Company - p. 103
Ch XIV - Pre-Railway Tonbridge - p. 114
Ch XV - The Coming of the Railway - p. 122
Ch XVI - An Insanitory Town - p. 131
Ch XVII - The Water Works and the Burial Board - p. 142
Ch XVIII - The Sewer Committee - p. 151
Ch XIX - The Gorham Family - p. 163
Ch XX - A Couple of True Stories - p. 170
Ch XXI - The Joys and Sorrows of John Mercer - p. 177
Ch XXII - Tonbridge gets a Newspaper - p. 185
Ch XXIII - Some Tonbridge Characters - p. 198
Ch XXIV - The Early Days of the Local Board - p. 209
Ch XXV - Ecclesiastical Memories - p. 223
Ch XXVI - The Parish Registers - p. 239
Ch XXVII - The Free Churches - p. 248
Ch XXVIII - New Main Drainage, Fire Brigade and Police Force - p. 263
Ch XXIX - Free Library and New Bridge - p. 278
Ch XXX - Old Landmarks Disappear - p. 291
Ch XXXI - Scholastic Tonbridge - p. 302
Ch XXXII - A New Vicar and a Royal Visit - p. 316
Ch XXXIII - High Street Improvements - p. 323
Ch XXXIV - The Busy Nineties - p. 334
Ch XXXV - The Purchase of the Castle - p. 347
Ch XXXVI - Tonbridge Charities - p. 354
Ch XXXVII - Tonbridge Weather Notes - p. 359
Miscellaneous Notes - p. 363
Conclusion - p. 367
Appendix I - Tonbridge and The Civil War - p. 369
Appendix II - John King - p. 377
Appendix III - Who was Who - p. 393
Index - p. 405
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Illustration
Plan of Tunbridge - circa 1750 - facing p. 20
The Market Place prior to 1798 - facing p. 22
Example of a Timber-built House, pre 1740 - facing p. 26
The Bridge of 1775 - facing p. 38
Old Cottages, previously Deakins Almshouses - facing p. 53
Old Bakery, pulled down in 1928 - facing p. 114
The Old Ivy House - facing p. 118
Plan of South Tunbridge - circa 1850 - facing p. 126
The First Railway Station (1842 to 1868) - facing p. 128
Old Hanover House, Dry Hill - facing p. 212
The Last of the Priory - facing p. 302
The Original School Building - facing p. 304
Bulleys - facing p. 324
Castle Gateway (North) - facing p. 350
The New Watergate on the site of the Old Horsewash - facing p. 352
Petleys Almshouses, High Street - facing p. 356
Thomas Beeching, William Blair, Frank East & Edward Eastland - facing p. 394
William Gale, John Gorham, Charles Hardinge & George Padgham - facing p. 398
Bobby Woodman - facing p. 402
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Letter A index
Acton, Eliza (Cookery Book) - p.365
Annison, R. W. - p.46
Annison, R. W. - p.393
Art Loan Exhibition - p.345
Ashburnham Road - p.34
Ashworth, Mr. - p.32
Austen, Jane - p.23
Austen, Rev. George - p.23
Austen, Rev. George - p.394
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