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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.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyKent 
Ecclesiastical parishEdenbridge St. Peter And St. Paul 
HundredWesterham 
LatheSutton-at-Hone 
Poor Law unionSevenoaks 

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:


Maps

Online maps of Edenbridge are available from a number of sites:


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Kent newspapers online:


Visitations Heraldic

The Visitation of Kent, 1619 is available on the Heraldry page, as is also The Visitation of Kent, 1663-68.

DistrictSevenoaks
CountyKent
RegionSouth East
CountryEngland
Postal districtTN8
Post TownEdenbridge

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