Tonbridge
OS Grid Reference: TQ5946
The 1841 population was 12,530
The 1841 population was 12,530
Administrative Units
Tonbridge fell within the Hundred of Tonbridge. Its 19th century Registration District & Poor Law Union was Tonbridge.
Probate Jurisdiction was Rochester to 1845, PCC 1846-57.
Tonbridge was a very large parish which included the settlements of Tunbridge Wells, Southborough and Hildenborough. These were not given separate parochial status until 1833, 1847 and 1844 respectively.
See NWKFHS publications West Kent Sources and School Records for further information.
Church and Chapels (pre 1910)
Tonbridge, St Peter & St Paul
Church of England - Ancient Parish Church
Original Registers
These date from 1553.
Original Registers
These date from 1553.
St Peter & St Paul - Aug 1998
Hildenborough, St John the Evangelist, London Rd
Church built 1843-3; parish created 1844 from Tonbridge & the detached part of Leigh.
Original Registers
These date from 1844.
Original Registers
These date from 1844.
St John the Evangelist
Southborough, St Peter, Church Rd
Church built 1830-1; parish created 1847 from Tonbridge Sts Peter & Paul.
Original Registers
These date from 1831.
Memorial Inscriptions
Transcript published by NWKFHS (Microfiche Ref. F10) See MI Publications.
Original Registers
These date from 1831.
Memorial Inscriptions
Transcript published by NWKFHS (Microfiche Ref. F10) See MI Publications.
St Peter - Sep 1999
Southborough, St Thomas, Pennington Rd
Church built 1860; parish created 1860 from Southborough St Peter.
Original Registers
These date from 1860.
Original Registers
These date from 1860.
St Thomas - Jun 2000
Southborough, Christchurch, Prospect Rd
Church built 1870-1 as a chapel-of-ease to Southborough St Peter.
Original Registers
These date from 1888.
Original Registers
These date from 1888.
Christchurch - Jun 2000
Southborough, St Matthew, High Brooms Rd
Church built 1902, succeeding mission church 0f 1886; parish created 1899 from Southborough St Peter & Tunbridge Wells St John.
Original Registers
These date from 1902.
Original Registers
These date from 1902.
St Matthew - Jun 2000
Tunbridge Wells, King Charles the Martyr
Church built 1678, parish created 1889 from Tunbridge Wells Christ Church & Rusthall.
Original Registers
These date from 1745.
Original Registers
These date from 1745.
King Charles the Martyr - Aug 1998
Tunbridge Wells, Holy Trinity, Church Rd
Church built 1827-9, parish created 1833 from Tonbridge Sts Peter & Paul.
Original Registers
These date from 1830.
Original Registers
These date from 1830.
Holy Trinity - Jun 2000
Tunbridge Wells, Christ Church, High St
Church built 1835-41, Demolished 1996 & Rebuilt; parish created 1856 from Tunbridge Wells Holy Trinity.
Original Registers
These date from 1856.
Original Registers
These date from 1856.
Christ Church
Tunbridge Wells, St John, London Rd
Church built 1858, rebuilt 1896; parish created 1859 from Tunbridge Wells Holy Trinity.
Original Registers
These date from 1858.
Original Registers
These date from 1858.
St John - Jul 2013
Tunbridge Wells, St James, Sandrock Rd
Church built 1860-2, rebuilt 1896; parish created 1862 from Tunbridge Wells Holy Trinity.
Original Registers
These date from 1862.
Original Registers
These date from 1862.
St James - Jun 2000
Tunbridge Wells, St Peter, Windmill Fields (Bayhall Rd)
Church built 1874-5; parish created 1876 from Tunbridge Wells Holy Trinity.
Original Registers
These date from 1875.
Original Registers
These date from 1875.
St Peter - Jun 2000
Tunbridge Wells, St Barnabas, Stanley Rd
Church built 1889-90 replacing St Stephens mission (1870); parish created 1881 from Tunbridge Wells St James.
Original Registers
These date from 1881.
Original Registers
These date from 1881.
St Barnabas - Jun 2000
Church of England cont.
- St Stephen: Quarry Hill Rd. Church built 1851-4; parish created 1853 from Tonbridge Sts Peter & Paul. Original registers from 1852.
- St Saviour: Dry Hill Park. Church built 1876 as chapel-of-ease to Tonbridge. Original registers from 1876.
Roman Catholic: Tunbridge Wells, St Augustine, Grosvenor Rd
Church built 1837-8, campanile added 1889; demolished 1968 and a new church built in Crescent Rd.
Original Registers
These date from 1837.
Original Registers
These date from 1837.
St Auguistine - ?1830s
Roman Catholic cont.
- Corpus Christi: Lyons Crescent. Church built 1904, succeeding iron church of 1894. Original registers from 1894
Strict Baptist: Tunbridge Wells, Rehoboth, Chapel Place
Built 1851, now converted to commercial use (hair salon).
Rehoboth - Aug 2010
Baptist cont.
- Baptist: High St. (1871). No information on registers.
- Baptist: Zion, Pembury Rd. (1867). No information on registers.
- Baptist: Bethel, Western Rd, Southborough. (1882). No information on registers.
- Strict Baptist: Hanover Chapel, Hanover Rd, Tunbridge Wells. Built 1834. Original registers from 1831.
- Baptist: Tabernacle, Calverley Rd, Tunbridge Wells. Built 1883, succeeded by 1938 church in Upper Grosvenor Rd. No information on registers.
Independent/Congregational
- Independent: (1743). Original registers from 1752.
- Independent: Ebenezer, Bradford St. (1898). No information on registers.
- Congregational: Mt Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells. Built 1845-8, succeeding Mt Zion chapel of 1720. Original registers from 1830.
- Independent: Salem, St Johns Rd, Tunbridge Wells. Built 1866, used by Brethren 1903-34 then sold. No information on registers.
- Congregational: Cage Green Mission Room, Shipbourne Rd. (1874-1970 demolished). No information on registers.
- Congregational: High St. (1875). No information on registers.
- Congregational: Bethel, Tutty's village, Tunbridge Wells. Built 1839, continued in use until 1894. No information on registers.
- Congregational: Albion Rd, Tunbridge Wells. Built 1873, closed c.1929. No information on registers.
- Congregational: Forest Rd, Hawkenbury, Tunbridge Wells. Built 1889. No information on registers.
Wesleyan: Tunbridge Wells, Vale Rd
Built 1872-3, succeeding earlier building of 1812.
Original Registers
These date from 1802.
Original Registers
These date from 1802.
Lady Huntingdon's Connexion: Tunbridge Wells, Emmanuel, Mt Ephraim
Built 1867, succeeding wooden chapel of 1769; demolished 1974 for hospital forecourt extension.
Original Registers
These date from 1769.
Original Registers
These date from 1769.
Emmanuel
Wesleyan/Methodist cont.
- Wesleyan: Swan Lane. (1829) later East St (1872). Original registers from 1835.
- Wesleyan: High Brooms Rd, Southborough. (1898). No information on registers.
- Wesleyan: London Rd, Southborough. (1871). No information on registers.
- Methodist: Methodist Circuit. Original registers from 1838.
- Methodist: Priory St. (1868-1919 closed). No information on registers.
- Primitive Methodist: Down Lane, Tunbridge Wells. (1874-84 sold). No information on registers.
- Primitive Methodist: Camden Rd, Tunbridge Wells. (1878). Original registers from 1861.
Other
- Other: Disciples of Christ, Commercial Rd, Tunbridge Wells. (1877). No information on registers.