Historical records |
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1678 | | Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1809 | | Tunbridge Wells Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | English Homes and Villages |
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1822 | | Princess Victoria returning from a morning ride, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1839 | | Tunbridge Wells | | Tunbridge Wells Common | Colbran's Tunbridge Wells |
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1840 | History | | | Common | Colbran's Tunbridge Wells |
| The prospect from the Common is very extensive, and it commands a fine panoramic view of the town; a striking object in the foreground of which is Romanoff House, a modern building in the gothic style of architecture. It is occupied by Mr. T. R. Allfree, who has established a classical school here for the education of young gentlemen. The house makes a conspicuous and picturesque object from the London road and many parts of the common. |
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25th Aug 1849 | | From the Race-Course, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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c 1850 | | View of Tunbridge Wells from the Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1860 | History | | William Makepeace Thackeray | The Common | Tunbridge Toys |
| "I stroll over the Common and survey the beautiful purple hills around, twinkling with a thousand bright villas, which have sprung up over this charming ground since first I saw it. What an admirable scene of peace and plenty ! What a delicious air breathes over the heath, blows the cloud shadows across it, and murmurs through the full-clad trees ! Can the world show a land fairer, richer, more cheerful ? I see a portion of it when I look up from the window at which I write. But fair scene, green woods, bright terraces gleaming in sunshine, and purple clouds swollen with summer rain - nay, the very pages over which my head bends - disappear from before my eyes. They are looking backwards, back into forty years off, into a dark room, into a little house hard by on the Common here, in the Bartlemy-tide holidays. The parents have gone to town for two days; the house is all his own, his own and a grim old maidservant's, and a little boy is seated at night in the lonely drawing-room - poring over Manfroni, or the One-Handed Monk, so frightened that he scarcely dares to turn round." |
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15th Oct 1860 | | Nevill Park from the Common, Tunbridge Wells by Rock & Co., London | | The Common | Private collection |
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15th Oct 1860 | | St Helena Cottage & Rocks, Tunbridge Wells by Rock & Co., London | | The Common | Private collection |
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21st Jul 1863 | | View from Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells by Rock & Co., London | | | Private collection |
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21st Jul 1863 | | View from Mount Edgcumbe, Tunbridge Wells by Rock & Co., London | | The Common | Private collection |
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16th Nov 1863 | | View from High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells by Rock & Co., London | | | Private collection |
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c 1875 | | The Common, Tunbridge Wells by J. Newman & Co. | | | Private collection |
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10th Aug 1878 | | The Grand National Archery Meeting, Tunbridge Wells drawn by The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News | | | Private collection |
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1880 | | The Common and Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells | | The Common | Pelton's Tunbridge Wells |
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1880 | | The Common near Mount Edgecumbe, Tunbridge Wells | | The Common | Pelton's Tunbridge Wells |
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1889 | | Back of The Parade, Tunbridge Wells by Charles Reynolds & Co. | | | Private collection |
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1889 | | Kentish Hotel & The Station from The Common, Tunbridge Wells by Charles Reynolds & Co. | | | Private collection |
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1889 | | The Common, Tunbridge Wells by Charles Reynolds & Co. | | | Private collection |
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1889 | | The Cricket Ground on The Common, Tunbridge Wells by Charles Reynolds & Co. | | | Private collection |
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1889 | | Queens Grove, The Common, Tunbridge Wells by Charles Reynolds & Co. | | The Common | Private collection |
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1890 | | London Road, Tunbridge Wells photographed by H. Loof | | | Private collection |
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c 1890 | | The Common, from Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells painted by Alfred F.W. Burton | Alfred Frederick William Burton, artist | | English Homes and Villages |
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c 1890 | | Tunbridge Wells from the Common painted by Alfred F.W. Burton | Alfred Frederick William Burton, artist | | Private collection |
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c 1890 | | The Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1896 | | The Lower Cricket Ground, The Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1896 | | London Road and Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1896 | | Wellington Hotel, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1896 | | Stirling Castle Rocks, The Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1896 | | On the Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1896 | | On the Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1896 | | Wellington Hotel, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1900 | | The Common, Tunbridge Wells photographed by Valentine's series | | | Private collection |
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1900 | | Lake on the Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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c 1900 | | The Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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c 1900 | | The Common viewed from the Wellington Hotel, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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c 1900 | | St Helena, Tunbridge Wells | | The Common | Private collection |
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c 1900 | | The Common viewed from Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells | | The Common | Private collection |
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1904 | | On the Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1905 | | The Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1905 | | The Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1907 | | The Grove, Tunbridge Wells photographed by Valentine's series | | | Private collection |
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1908 | | Queens Grove, Tunbridge Wells photographed by Valentine's series | | The Common | Private collection |
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1909 | | Tunbridge Wells from the Common photographed by Valentine's series | | | Private collection |
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1909 | | Tunbridge Wells | | The Common | Private collection |
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1910 | | Sunday afternoon on the common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1910 | | Mount Ephraim & The Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1910 | | London Road, Tunbridge Wells | | The Common | Private collection |
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1910 | | The Common, Tunbridge Wells | | The Common | Private collection |
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c 1910 | | The Common, Sunday afternoon, Tunbridge Wells photographed by Valentine's series | | | Private collection |
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1911 | | Royal Tunbridge Wells from the Common photographed by Valentine's series | | | Private collection |
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1913 | | The Lake on the Common, Tunbridge Wells photographed by Stafford, Tunbridge Wells | | The Common | Private collection |
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1915 | | London Road from The Common, Tunbridge Wells painted by A.R. Quinton | | | Private collection |
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1917 | | The Common, Tunbridge Wells painted by A.R. Quinton | | | Private collection |
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1919 | | The Edge of the Common, Tunbridge Wells photographed by Judges, Hastings | | | Private collection |
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1920 | | Fir Tree Pond, The Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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c 1920 | | The Common, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |
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1922 | | The Common, Tunbridge Wells photographed by J. Welch & Sons, Portsmouth | | | Private collection |
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1931 | | The Common and Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells | | | Private collection |