Edenbridge, Kent
Historical Description
Edenbridge, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on the river Eden, 8 miles W of Tunbridge, and has stations on the L.B. & S.C.R. and S.E.R., 30 miles from London. There is a head post office. The parish comprises .5329 acres; population of the civil parish, 2266; of the ecclesiastical, 2184. The southern district is hilly, and formerly had iron mines. Several chalybeate springs occur, and one saline. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £198 with residence. The church has some Norman portions, but is chiefly Early and Later English, and it has a western steeple and a brass of 1458, and has been restored. There are Congregational and Baptist chapels, an Oddfellows' hall, and stock markets are held every second and fourth Monday.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Kent | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Edenbridge St. Peter And St. Paul | |
Hundred | Westerham | |
Lathe | Sutton-at-Hone | |
Poor Law union | Sevenoaks |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Findmypast have the following online for Edenbridge, SS Peter & Paul: baptisms 1548-1919, marriages 1549-1899, burials 1547-1900
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Edenbridge from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Edenbridge (St. Peter And St. Paul))
Maps
Online maps of Edenbridge are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:
- Kent & Sussex Courier
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald
- Dover Express
- Kentish Gazette
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald
- Kentish Chronicle
- Maidstone Telegraph
Visitations Heraldic
The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.