| Southborough |
 Southborough Common in 1905 |
| The Borough of South, alias Southborough, is a district comprehending the southern part of the lowy of Tunbridge, in which the manor of that name first claims our attention. It was antiently part of the possssions of the great family of Clare, earls of Gloucester, and lords of the castle and manor of Tunbridge, from whom, in like manner it passed to the Audleys and Staffords, in which last name it continued till Edwward Stafford, duke of Buckingham, being found guilty of high treason, anno 13 king Henry VIII forfeited this manor, among the rest of his possions to the crown, after which an act passed for his attainder, and the king in the 14th year of his reign, granted to Sir Thomas More, the manor of South, late Edward, duke of Buckingham's, to hold in capite by knight's service. … extract from Hasted's History of Kent published in 1798 |
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| 1895 | Births | 4 | 65 | 250 | 855 | 694 | 25 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 364 | Christenings | 25 | 133 | 186 | 20 | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | Marriages | 1 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 32 | Deaths | 1 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | Burials | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1766 | The History of Tunbridge Wells by Thomas Benge Burr ⇒ p. 33 |
| 1830 | Guide of Tunbridge Wells ⇒ p. 99 |
| 1832 | Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Calverley Estate by John Britton, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 122 |
| 1839 | Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex ⇒ entry |
| 1840 | New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen ⇒ p. 296 |
| 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. ⇒ Resort of the Cavaliers p. 725 |
| 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 |
| 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. ⇒ Book |
| Places and properties in Southborough - a directory of homes, farms, churches, schools, inns, and other places of interest that existed prior to 1900 has been compiled from Post Office directories, Kelly's directories, Trade directories, Census data, Ordnance survey maps and books of the period |
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