History of Tonbridge
- Introduction
- Tonbridge Timeline
- Events
- People
- Places
- Pictures
- From the archives
- Tonbridge then and now
- Made in Tonbridge
- Miscellany
- Links
Links
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Other Tonbridge History sites
- Here's History – Tonbridge (part of a comprehensive and authoritative official website covering the history of Kent and its towns and villages)
- The Weald – Tonbridge (a huge site which includes 1881 Census data, various books and articles, and much else)
- History of Tonbridge churches
- Pigot's Directory, Tonbridge (1840)
- 'The Tonbridge of Yesterday' (complete text of the book by A. H. Neve, 1933)
- The Lowy of Tunbridge (from Hasted's monumental survey of Kent, 1798)
- The Parish of Tunbridge (also from Hasted)
- 'Tunbridge' (history and description from Dearn's guide to the Weald of Kent, 1814)
- Tonbridge Priory (from the Victoria County History: Kent, 1926)
- Tonbridge Collectables (the website of Shaun Jeffery and family)
- Walking the walls (the 'Historic Town Defences in Kent' site, including a 'Tonbridge Trail')
- Somerhill (the history of the Jacobean mansion that overlooks the town)
- Tonbridge History (for junior historians, part of the Woodlands primary school site)
- Thomson, Snell & Passmore (the 400-year history of a Tonbridge Law Firm)
- Warders Medical Centre (two centuries of a Tonbridge doctors' practice)
Sources for local history research
- The Council for British Archaeology (also its local branch CBA South East)
- Historical Directories
- Kent Archives Service catalogue
- Kent Libraries Local Studies catalogue
- Kent Libraries Online Resources (includes The Times archive 1785-1985)
- Kent Archaeological Society – main site (includes indexes and contents pages for Archaeologia Cantiana, copies of which are in Tonbridge Reference Library, also Tonbridge Tithe Award schedule)
- Kent Archaeological Society – online publishing site
- Tonbridge Library
- The Wealden Iron Research Group
- North West Kent Family History Society
- The Society of Genealogists
- Kent Genealogy Links & Chat Room (very comprehensive list)
Other Societies
- Tonbridge Civic Society
- Tonbridge U3A (includes Local History and Family History study groups)
- Leigh and District Historical Society
- Plaxtol Local History Group
- Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society Local History Group
- Sevenoaks Historical Society
Services
- Tree-Ring Services (A. K. Moir – dendrochronology)