In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Pembury like this:
PEMBURY, a village and a parish in Tunbridge district, Kent. The village stands 3 miles S E of Tunbridge r. station, and has a post-office‡ under Tunbridge. The parish contains also the hamlet of Lower P. Green, and comprises 3, 481 acres. Real property, £6, 308. Pop.in 1851, 1, 114; in 1861, 1, 257. ...
Houses, 265. The manor belongs to Marquis Camden. Kennards is the seat of Sir JohnK. Shaw, Bart.; and Grovehurst, of H. G. W. Sperling, Esq. The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelry of Trinity, in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, £353. Patron, the Rev. G. S. Woodgate. The parish church stands about 1½ milefrom the village, includes Norman portions, and contains several very old and curious monuments. Trinity churchstands in the S; was erected recently, at a cost of about £2, 500; and is in the later English style, with tower and spire. There are a national school, alms-houses, and charities £70.
Pembury through time
Pembury 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 Pembury itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Pembury, in Tunbridge Wells and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6314
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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