Place:


Bayham  Sussex

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bayham like this:

BAYHAM, a hamlet in Frant parish, Sussex; on the verge of the county, on the river Tun, 4 miles ESE of Tunbridge-Wells. A Premonstratensian abbey was removed hither, in 1200, from Otteham or Otham, and largely endowed by Robert de Thurnham and Ela de Sackville; was given, at the dissolution, to Cardinal Wolsey; passed afterwards to the Montagues; and was purchased, in 1714, by the ancestor of Marquis Camden. ...


The Marquis has now a villa here, amid beautiful grounds; and takes from the place the title of Viscount. The ruins of the abbey, comprising the church and some contiguous buildings, in a state of tolerable preservation, stand in the grounds, and show interesting features of decorated early English and some decorated additions.

Bayham through time

Bayham is now part of Tunbridge Wells district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tunbridge Wells has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bayham itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bayham, in Tunbridge Wells and Sussex | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21331

Date accessed: 29th March 2024


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