Tonbridge
Sign in to saveTonbridge ( ) (historic spelling Tunbridge) is a market town in Kent, England, on the River Medway, north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, south west of Maidstone and south east of London. In the administrative borough of Tonbridge and Malling, it had an estimated population of 41,293 in 2019.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.type
- Market town
- UK place.official_name
- Tonbridge
- UK place.static_image_name
- TonbridgeBigBridge0077.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Tonbridge Castle
- UK place.population
- 36115
- UK place.population_ref
- (2021)
- UK place.shire_district
- Tonbridge and Malling
- UK place.shire_county
- Kent
- UK place.region
- South East England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Tonbridge
- UK place.post_town
- TONBRIDGE
- UK place.postcode_district
- TN9–TN12
- UK place.postcode_area
- TN
- UK place.dial_code
- 01732
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- TQ591468
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Article
19 sectionsContents
- History
- Normans and Tonbridge Castle
- Medieval
- 17th and 18th centuries
- 19th century to present
- Securitas depot robbery
- Governance
- Geography and environment
- Flooding
- Climate
- Economy
- Transport
- Education
- Sport and leisure
- Notable people
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
- External links
Tonbridge ( ) (historic spelling Tunbridge) is a market town in Kent, England, on the River Medway, north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, south west of Maidstone and south east of London. In the administrative borough of Tonbridge and Malling, it had an estimated population of 41,293 in 2019.
==History== The town was recorded in Domesday Book 1086 as Tonebrige, which may indicate a bridge belonging to the estate or manor (from the Old English tun), or alternatively a bridge belonging to Tunna, a common Anglo-Saxon man's name. Another theory suggests that the name is a contraction of "town of bridges", due to the large number of streams the High Street originally crossed.