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The Common Tunbridge Wells

Books and other documents
Published	Title, author and references
1830	Guide of Tunbridge Wells ⇒ p. 42
1860	Tunbridge Toys - Roundabout Papers No VII by William Makepeace Thackeray ⇒ p. 383
1883	Pelton's Illustrated Guide to Tunbridge Wells by J. Radford Thomson, M.A. ⇒ p. 79
1885	Southborough - Its Chalybeate Springs, Climate and Attractions as a Health Resort by E. Paget Thurstan, M.D., B.A., M.R.C.S., L.S.A. ⇒ p. 63

Places in The Common

Mount Edgecombe Cottage

Historical records

1678		Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1809		Tunbridge Wells Common, Tunbridge Wells			English Homes and Villages

1822		Princess Victoria returning from a morning ride, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1839		Tunbridge Wells		Tunbridge Wells Common	Colbran's Tunbridge Wells

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.

25^th Aug 1849		From the Race-Course, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

c 1850		View of Tunbridge Wells from the Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

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."

15^th Oct 1860		Nevill Park from the Common, Tunbridge Wells by Rock & Co., London		The Common	Private collection

15^th Oct 1860		St Helena Cottage & Rocks, Tunbridge Wells by Rock & Co., London		The Common	Private collection

21^st Jul 1863		View from Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells by Rock & Co., London			Private collection

21^st Jul 1863		View from Mount Edgcumbe, Tunbridge Wells by Rock & Co., London		The Common	Private collection

16^th Nov 1863		View from High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells by Rock & Co., London			Private collection

c 1875		The Common, Tunbridge Wells by J. Newman & Co.			Private collection

10^th Aug 1878		The Grand National Archery Meeting, Tunbridge Wells drawn by The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News			Private collection

1880		The Common and Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells		The Common	Pelton's Tunbridge Wells

1880		The Common near Mount Edgecumbe, Tunbridge Wells		The Common	Pelton's Tunbridge Wells

1889		Back of The Parade, Tunbridge Wells by Charles Reynolds & Co.			Private collection

1889		Kentish Hotel & The Station from The Common, Tunbridge Wells by Charles Reynolds & Co.			Private collection

1889		The Common, Tunbridge Wells by Charles Reynolds & Co.			Private collection

1889		The Cricket Ground on The Common, Tunbridge Wells by Charles Reynolds & Co.			Private collection

1889		Queens Grove, The Common, Tunbridge Wells by Charles Reynolds & Co.		The Common	Private collection

1890		London Road, Tunbridge Wells photographed by H. Loof			Private collection

c 1890		The Common, from Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells painted by Alfred F.W. Burton	Alfred Frederick William Burton, artist		English Homes and Villages

c 1890		Tunbridge Wells from the Common painted by Alfred F.W. Burton	Alfred Frederick William Burton, artist		Private collection

c 1890		The Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1896		The Lower Cricket Ground, The Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1896		London Road and Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1896		Wellington Hotel, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1896		Stirling Castle Rocks, The Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1896		On the Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1896		On the Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1896		Wellington Hotel, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1900		The Common, Tunbridge Wells photographed by Valentine's series			Private collection

1900		Lake on the Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

c 1900		The Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

c 1900		The Common viewed from the Wellington Hotel, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

c 1900		St Helena, Tunbridge Wells		The Common	Private collection

c 1900		The Common viewed from Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells		The Common	Private collection

1904		On the Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1905		The Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1905		The Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1907		The Grove, Tunbridge Wells photographed by Valentine's series			Private collection

1908		Queens Grove, Tunbridge Wells photographed by Valentine's series		The Common	Private collection

1909		Tunbridge Wells from the Common photographed by Valentine's series			Private collection

1909		Tunbridge Wells		The Common	Private collection

1910		Sunday afternoon on the common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1910		Mount Ephraim & The Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1910		London Road, Tunbridge Wells		The Common	Private collection

1910		The Common, Tunbridge Wells		The Common	Private collection

c 1910		The Common, Sunday afternoon, Tunbridge Wells photographed by Valentine's series			Private collection

1911		Royal Tunbridge Wells from the Common photographed by Valentine's series			Private collection

1913		The Lake on the Common, Tunbridge Wells photographed by Stafford, Tunbridge Wells		The Common	Private collection

1915		London Road from The Common, Tunbridge Wells painted by A.R. Quinton			Private collection

1917		The Common, Tunbridge Wells painted by A.R. Quinton			Private collection

1919		The Edge of the Common, Tunbridge Wells photographed by Judges, Hastings			Private collection

1920		Fir Tree Pond, The Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

c 1920		The Common, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

1922		The Common, Tunbridge Wells photographed by J. Welch & Sons, Portsmouth			Private collection

1931		The Common and Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells			Private collection

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