| Bidborough |
| This parish is situated both pleasant and healthy, it is but of small extent, and is incircled on three sides by the parish of Tunbridge, and on the fourth by Speldhurst; it lies mostly on high ground, the soil is in the higher parts a sand covering the quarry rock stone. The low lands extend westward along the stream by Barden furnace to Pound's bridge, which separates this parish from that of Tunbridge, and here the soil is of clay and very, wet, but the whole of it is rather an unfertile soil. The high road from Tunbridge town towards the Wells, runs along the eastern side of this parish, close to the west side of which is the seat and grounds of Bounds, the residence of the Countess dowager of Darnley; adjoining is the hamlet of Southborough, which is within the parish of Tunbridge. extract from Hasted's History of Kent published in 1798 |
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| 385 | Births | 5 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 92 | 117 | 91 | 39 | |||||||||||
| 144 | Christenings | 5 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 56 | 34 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 33 | Marriages | 4 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | Deaths | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Burials | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1798 | The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent - Volume V by Edward Hasted ⇒ p. 272 |
| 1810 | Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Paul Amsinck and Letitia Byrne ⇒ p. 39 |
| 1814 | An Historical, Topographical and Descriptive Account of the Weald of Kent by T. D. W. Dearn ⇒ p. 23 |
| 1840 | New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen ⇒ p. 301 |
| 1874 | A History of The Weald of Kent with an outline of the History of the County to the present time, Volume II by Robert Furley, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 12; p. 703 |
| 1882 | Kelly's Directory of Kent by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. ⇒ entry |
| 1883 | Pelton's Illustrated Guide to Tunbridge Wells by J. Radford Thomson, M.A. ⇒ p. 133 |
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 Bounds - 1809 |  Bidborough Church - 1809 |  Bidborough Church - 1904 |  Interior of Bidborough Church - c 1910 |  Bidborough Ridge - 1915 |  The Parish Church - c 1950 | ||
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