A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
SOUTHBOROUGH, a village and a chapelry in Tunbridge parish, Kent. The village stands 2 miles N of Tunbridge-Wells r. station; was formerly the chief abode of visitors to the mineral waters of that town; and has a post-office under Tunbridge-Wells. The chapelry was constituted in 1831. Real property, £14,184. Pop., 2,038. Houses, 424. The property is much subdivided. S. Park, S. Hall, S. Lodge, Great Bounds Parks, Bentham Hill, and Broom Hill are chief residences. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £153.* Patrons, Five Trustees. The church stands picturesquely on a common, and contains 730 sittings. Another but smaller church was built in 1861, at the expense of Mrs. Pugh; and is under that lady's patronage. There are a Wesleyan chapel, an endowed school with £50 a year, a national school, a public reading room and library, a refuge for six widows, and charities £20.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Tonbridge AP/CP Kent AncC |
| Place: | Southborough |
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