| East Grinstead |
 East Grinstead High Street in 1909 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The soil is generally poor, but the scenery is beautifully wild, open, and extensive. The town is situated, on a considerable eminence, near the borders of Surrey, on the road from Brighton through Lewes, to the metropolis. It is irregularly built, but contains some good modern houses, and respectable inns. It is paved but not lighted, and is supplied with water from wells. The river Medway rises at Turner's Hill, and flows through Forest Row, and onwards to Tunbridge. Several mineral springs are within the boundaries of the parish, but they have been but little noticed, and but seldom used for medical purposes. extract from Horsfield's The County of Sussex published in 1835 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Grinstead is a market town in the East Grinstead division of Sussex, in the hundred of East Grinstead, rape of Pevensey, rural deanery of East Grinstead, archdeaconry of Lewes and diocese of Chichester. East Grinstead was a borough by prescription and returned two members to Parliament from 1307 in the reign of Edward II until the passing of the Reform Act of 1832 in the reign of William IV, when it was disenfranchised. East Grinstead is 30 miles south of London
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| East Grinstead historical notes has been derived from the same sources to highlight East Grinstead's key events in chronological order | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1800 to 1825 |
1825 to 1850 |
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| 11596 | Births | 4 | 12 | 121 | 201 | 337 | 235 | 332 | 502 | 922 | 1416 | 2524 | 2511 | 2410 | 56 | 10 | 3 | |||
| 4848 | Christenings | 1 | 107 | 204 | 331 | 232 | 326 | 465 | 659 | 781 | 915 | 525 | 281 | 20 | 1 | |||||
| 896 | Marriages | 29 | 69 | 69 | 49 | 41 | 83 | 131 | 149 | 139 | 96 | 28 | 6 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| 654 | Deaths | 1 | 26 | 51 | 56 | 32 | 26 | 56 | 45 | 56 | 97 | 70 | 87 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 1 | |||
| 600 | Burials | 26 | 46 | 53 | 32 | 27 | 63 | 43 | 58 | 92 | 69 | 71 | 16 | 4 | ||||||
| Books and other documents | |
| Published | Title, author and references |
| 1766 | The History of Tunbridge Wells by Thomas Benge Burr ⇒ p. 268 |
| 1829 | Biography of Richard Kidder (including his autobiography) by Stephen Hyde Cassan, M.A. F.S.A. ⇒ p. 102 |
| 1835 | The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 385 |
| 1839 | Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex ⇒ entry |
| 1840 | New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen ⇒ p. 295 |
| 1849 | Historical and Architectural Notices of the Iron Works of the County of Sussex by Mark Antony Lower ⇒ p. 209 |
| 1857 | The Chantry of Brambletye, and Sedition in Sussex, temp. Elizabeth, 1579 by William Durrant Cooper, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 139 |
| 1868 | Notes on East Grinstead by J. C. Stenning ⇒ p. 132 |
| 1868 | School Inquiry Commision Vol XI South-East Division by C. I. Elton and H. A. Giffard ⇒ p. 226 |
| 1870 | A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume I. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. ⇒ p. 154 |
| 1882 | Kelly's Directory of Sussex 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. 188 |
| 1904 | Highways and Byways in Sussex by E.V. Lucas ⇒ p. 227 |
| 1906 | Sussex by Wilfred Ball ⇒ Painting |
| 1906 | The History of East Grinstead by Wallace Henry Hills ⇒ Frontispiece p. ii |
| 1909 | English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex) also published as Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Lady Hope ⇒ p. 130 |
| 1927 | The Sussex Highlands ⇒ p. 64 |
| 1939 | Lost Mills Around East Grinstead by Ernest Straker, F.S.A. ⇒ p. 383 |
| 1939 | East Grinstead's Architecture by R.T. Mason ⇒ p. 759 |
| 2004 | The Manor of Duddleswell by Colin J Hobbs ⇒ Manor records |
| 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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 Frampost - 1773 |  Ruins of East Grinstead Church - 1773 |  East Grinstead Church - 1781 |  The Old Church - 1782 |  East Grinstead - 1786 |  Blackwell Hollow - 1795 |  J.M. Neale and family, Sackville College - 1855 | |
 Sackville College - 1860 |  East Grinstead Toll - 1864 |  Opening Day, The 2nd Railway Station - 1st Oct 1866 |  London Road - 1890 |  High Street - c 1895 |  East Grinstead Fair - 21st Apr 1896 |  The Water Rats Swimming Club - 1898 | |
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| Places and properties in East Grinstead - 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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