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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 54 NE 21 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Tonbridge |
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Summary
Medieval Borough
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5907 4662 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ54NE |
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| Parish: | TONBRIDGE, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- TOWN (TOWN, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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TQ 5907 4662. Tunbridge. (1) Tonbridge is first mentioned in 1241 as represented as a borough and vill by its own jury at the eyre. (2) The town was simply part of the outer defences of the castle [see TQ 54 NE 2 & 3]. (3)
<1> OS 10,000 1980 (OS Card Reference). SKE48238.
<2> M.W. Beresford and H.P.R. Finberg, 1973, English medieval boroughs : a hand-list, Page Nos. 131 (Bibliographic reference). SKE6331.
<3> Beresford, M.W. New Towns of the Middge Ages. London 1967, 457 (OS Card Reference). SKE37636.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 10,000 1980. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: M.W. Beresford and H.P.R. Finberg. 1973. English medieval boroughs : a hand-list. Page Nos. 131. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Beresford, M.W. New Towns of the Middge Ages. London 1967, 457. |
