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The Tonbridge of Yesterday by Arthur H. Neve

published by Tonbridge Free Press, Ltd in 1933

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

Index - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U W Acton, Eliza (Cookery Book) 365   Annison, R. W. 46, 393   Art Loan Exhibition 345   Ashburnham Road 34   Ashworth, Mr. 32   Austen, Jane 23   Austen, Rev. George 23, 394

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