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Also known as Robertsbridge, East Sussex

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.

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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
TN32
UK place.dial_code
01580
UK place.constituency_westminster
Bexhill and Battle
UK place.london_distance
NW
UK place.shire_district
Rother
UK place.shire_county
East Sussex

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Population
2624
Area
18.15
Official website
www.salehurst-pc.org.uk
Image
Robertsbridge High Street.jpg
Dialing code
01580
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OS grid reference
TQ737235
Commons category
Robertsbridge
postal code
TN32
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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.

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