| Eridge |
| Eridge is a village half way between Crowborough and Tunbridge Wells. Eridge contains Eridge Green which is an ecclesiastical parish formed on 5th February 1856 from the civil parishes of Frant and Rotherfield.and it is in the Rye division of Sussex, in the hundred of Rotherfield, rape of Pevensey, the rural deaconry of Etchingham, the archdeaconry of Hastings and the diocese of Chichester. Eridge also contains Eridge Park and Eridge Castle - the seat of the Marquess of Abergavenny. Eridge is 38 miles south of London. The population of Eridge in 1871 was 694; in 1881 was 754; in 1891 was 530; in 1901 was 770; in 1911 was 756; 1921 was 712; in 1932 was 679 Eridge is derived from its original form as 'Eagle's ridge'. |
| Eridge historical notes has been derived from the same sources to highlight Eridge's key events in chronological order |
| Parish & other records | Before 1500 |
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1550 to 1600 |
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1650 to 1700 |
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1725 to 1750 |
1750 to 1775 |
1775 to 1800 |
1800 to 1825 |
1825 to 1850 |
1850 to 1875 |
1875 to 1900 |
1900 to 1925 |
1925 to 1950 |
1950 to 1975 |
1975 to 2000 |
After 2000 |
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| 325 | Births | 1 | 5 | 13 | 168 | 115 | 23 | |||||||||||||
| 310 | Christenings | 199 | 110 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 74 | Marriages | 1 | 41 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Deaths | 2 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Burials | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1810 | Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Paul Amsinck and Letitia Byrne ⇒ p. 21 |
| 1830 | Guide of Tunbridge Wells ⇒ p. 70 |
| 1832 | Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Calverley Estate by John Britton, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 109 |
| 1840 | New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen ⇒ p. 151 |
| 1870 | A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume I. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 191 |
| 1883 | Pelton's Illustrated Guide to Tunbridge Wells by J. Radford Thomson, M.A. ⇒ p. 139 |
| 1885 | Cobbett's Rural Rides by William Cobbett ⇒ p. 285 |
| 1909 | English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex) also published as Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Lady Hope ⇒ p. 4 |
| 1927 | The Sussex Highlands ⇒ p. 38 |
| 1928 | Rotherfield - The Story of some Wealden Manors by Catharine Pullein ⇒ p. 308 |
| 1931 | Wealden Iron by Ernest Straker ⇒ p. 257 |
| 1947 | Frant - A Parish History by Henry S. Eeles ⇒ p. 100 |
| Eridge Maps | |||||||
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| Places and properties in Eridge - 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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