Robertsbridge
Sign in to saveRobertsbridge is a village in the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge, and the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Hastings and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells. The River Rother passes through the village.
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Place details
- Locality
- Rother
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 2,047
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Robertsbridge
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.civil_parish
- Salehurst and Robertsbridge
- UK place.static_image_name
- Robertsbridge High Street.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- View of High Street
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 18.15
- UK place.population
- 2,641
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish-2010)2,624 (2001 census)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ737235
- UK place.post_town
- ROBERTSBRIDGE
- UK place.postcode_area
- TN
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- market town
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Salehurst and Robertsbridge
- Population
- +2624
- Area
- +18.15
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Official website
- www.salehurst-pc.org.uk
- Image
- Robertsbridge High Street.jpg
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- Sussex
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Robertsbridge is a village in the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge, and the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) north of Hastings and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells. The River Rother passes through the village.
==History== The village is thought to date back to 1176 when a Cistercian abbey was founded there by the Abbot, Robert de St Martin. When a market charter was granted in 1198 by Richard I to Robertsbridge (Pons Roberti in Latin) it was the first recorded use of the name. The abbey was dissolved in 1538; however, the town flourished, and many of the oldest existing houses in the village date from the 14th and 15th centuries, including The Seven Stars Inn in the High Street. From the village was discovered the Robertsbridge Codex (1360), a music manuscript from the 14th century. It contains the earliest surviving music written specifically for keyboard.