| Penshurst |
 Penshurst Place in 1908 |
| The beautiful old castle and Park of Penshurst have long been celebrated in history, and so much has been said of their many past associations that it seems unnecessary, and almost impertinent once more to draw attention to the many points of interest connected with them. The actual sketch of life at Penshurst, and of those royal and noble persons who dwelt within its walls during the last six centuries, I venture to take partly from the little book which has been published by the Hon. Mary Sidney. "The most remarkable feature of the original house is the Great Hall, of which the steep gabled roof attracts our attention outside in the court, and which, inside, with its lofty open, oak-timbered roof, the spars of which rest on grotesquely carved human figures, and the decorated Kentish tracery of its windows, has come down to us almost unaltered." extract from Lady Hope's English Homes and Villages published in 1909 |
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| 2407 | Births | 1 | 8 | 24 | 39 | 60 | 17 | 24 | 26 | 103 | 316 | 598 | 822 | 355 | 14 | |||||
| 494 | Christenings | 8 | 23 | 42 | 11 | 21 | 23 | 68 | 115 | 126 | 55 | 2 | ||||||||
| 52 | Marriages | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| 68 | Deaths | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 42 | Burials | 1 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1766 | The History of Tunbridge Wells by Thomas Benge Burr ⇒ p. 169 |
| 1797 | The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent - Volume III by Edward Hasted ⇒ p. 227 |
| 1797 | The Tunbridge Wells Guide by J. Sprange ⇒ p. 148 |
| 1810 | Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Paul Amsinck and Letitia Byrne ⇒ p. 61 |
| 1814 | An Historical, Topographical and Descriptive Account of the Weald of Kent by T. D. W. Dearn ⇒ p. 191 |
| 1830 | Guide of Tunbridge Wells ⇒ p. 107 |
| 1832 | Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Calverley Estate by John Britton, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 130 |
| 1839 | Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex ⇒ entry |
| 1840 | New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen ⇒ p. 233 |
| 1858 | Cowden and its Neighborhood by Robert Willis Blencowe ⇒ p. 118 |
| 1871 | A History of The Weald of Kent with an outline of the Early History of the County, Volume I. by Robert Furley, F.S.A. ⇒ peculiar of Canterbury p. 440 |
| 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. 17; Survey of 1521 p. 429; p. 517; p. 718; p. 743; p. 840 |
| 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. 145 |
| 1901 | The Sidneys of Penshurst by Philip Sidney ⇒ Book |
| 1909 | English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex) also published as Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Lady Hope ⇒ p. 169 |
| 1914 | Highways and Byways in Kent by Walter Jerrold with Illustrations by Hugh Thomson ⇒ p. 326 |
| 1933 | Country Houses of Kent by Arthur Oswald ⇒ p. 28 |
| 2010 | Extracts from the Maidstone Journal (1786-1851) relating to Edenbridge, Hever, Chiddingstone, Westerham, Brasted and Hever by Lionel Cole ⇒ Journal |
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 Penshurst Place - 1747 |  Penshurst Place - 1799 |  Penshurst Church - 1809 |  Penshurst Place - 1809 |  Penshurst Place - 1809 |  Penshurst Place - 1809 |  House at Pounds Bridge - 1809 | |
 South Park - 1809 |  Penshurst Place - 1816 |  Penshurst - 1820 |  Penshurst Place - 1827 |  Penshurst - Second Entrance Gateway - 1840 |  Penshurst Place - 1889 |  Penshurst - c 1890 | |
| Places and properties in Penshurst - 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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