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Horsmonden
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Horsmonden ( ) is a village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The village is located in the Weald of Kent. It is situated on a road leading from Maidstone to Lamberhurst, three miles north of the latter place. The nearest railway station is Paddock Wood.
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Place details
- Locality
- Tunbridge Wells
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 1,620
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Horsmonden
- UK place.shire_district
- Tunbridge Wells
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Tunbridge Wells
- UK place.post_town
- Tonbridge
- UK place.postcode_district
- TN12
- UK place.postcode_area
- TN
- UK place.population
- 1620
- UK place.population_ref
- 2,435 (2011 Census)
- UK place.dial_code
- 01892
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ705405
- UK place.static_image_name
- Furnace Pond, Horsmonden's 17th century iron foundry - geograph.org.uk - 904987.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Furnace Pond
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Horsmonden ( ) is a village in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The village is located in the Weald of Kent. It is situated on a road leading from Maidstone to Lamberhurst, three miles north of the latter place. The nearest railway station is Paddock Wood.
== History == The village's name is derived from the Anglo Saxon hors meaning 'horse', bune ('reed') or burna ('stream') and denn, a Kentish word meaning 'wooded pasture'. The village is first recorded as Horsbundenne around the turn of the twelfth century.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Horsmonden” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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