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20-07-2013

Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Tunbridge Wells was my local town all through my childhood.  Here is a growing (and possibly eclectic!) collection of images of the town from my various albums. Click on the thumbnails to see the larger images and descriptions, which will open in a separate windows. In some cases I have attempted to take similar modern pictures to allow comparison with the antique images.

The buttons to the left allow access to indexes of Tunbridge Wells postcards by particular publishers and is a work in progress - any information to improve it would be welcomed.  Here is an embryonic Tunbridge Wells Bibliography. 

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Baptist Church & Upper Grosvenor Road

Baptist Church, Upper Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005     

Bayhall Road - See St Peter's Church & Salvation Army

Brighton (West) Station

Tunbridge Wells West (Brighton) StationTunbridge Wells West (Brighton) StationAccident at Tunbridge Wells West (Brighton) StationLocomotive named Uckfield at Tunbridge Wells West (Brighton) StationPlatform & train, Tunbridge Wells West (Brighton) Station 

Broadwater Down & St Mark's Church

Broadwater Down, Tunbridge WellsSt Mark's Church, Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 10th January 2004St Mark's Church, Broadwater Down, Tunbridge WellsSt Mark's Church (interior), Broadwater Down, Tunbridge WellsSt Mark's Church, Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 10th January 2004Broadmead Church, Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005
Calverley Park
CalverleyPark, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Louis Levy     

Calverley Park Gardens

Calverley Park Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Louis Levy     

Calverley Road - See also Five Ways

Former Baptist Tabernacle, Calverley Road, Tunbridge Wells, KentCalverley Road, Tunbridge Wells, KentCalverley Road, Tunbridge Wells, KentCalverly Road, Tunbridge Wells, KentCalverley Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - LL 
Cambrian Road - See also High Brooms
Church of Christ, Cambrian Road High Brooms, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 29th July 2005Hall in Cambrian Road, High Brooms, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 29th July 2005    
Camden Road
Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 29th July 2005Church of Christ, Commercial Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005Primitive Methodist Church, Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells   

Central Station (S E & C R) - See also Mount Pleasant Road

S E & C Railway Station (19th century), Tunbridge WellsS E & C Railway Station at Night, Tunbridge WellsS E & C Railway Station, Tunbridge Wells   

Christ Church & High Street  - See also Schools

Christ Church, High Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - DemolishedFormer Christ Church, High Street, Tunbridge Wells 1850Former Christ Church, High Street, Tunbridge WellsChrist Church Centre, High Street, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005  

Civic Centre, War Memorial, St Augustine's Church & Crescent Road - See also Mount Pleasant

The Civic Hall from Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005War Memorial, Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge WellsWar Memorial, Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge WellsSt Augustine Roman Catholic, Crescent Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005  

Common & Mount Edgcumbe - See also Mount Ephraim & Queen's Grove

Brighton Lake, The Common, Tunbridge Wells - A R QuintonThe Common, Tunbridge Wells - A R QuintonThe Common, Tunbridge Wells - A R QuintonTunbridge Wells from Mount Ephraim - A R QuintonTunbridge Wells from Mount Ephraim - A R Quinton 
Mount Edgecombe, The Common, Tunbridge WellsThe Common, Tunbridge WellsWellington Rocks, The Common, Tunbridge WellsPulpit Rocks, The Common, Tunbridge Wells  
Gibraltar Rock, Tunbridge Wells - LLThe Common at the back of the Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells - LLThe Common, Tunbridge Wells - Louis Levy   
Tunbridge Wells in Winter - Brighton Lake - H H CamburnTunbridge Wells in Winter - Tobogganning - H H CamburnTunbridge Wells in Winter - The Grove - H H CamburnTunbridge Wells in Winter - On the Common - H H Camburn  
Congregational Church - See also Monson Road & Mount Pleasant Road
Former Congregational Church, Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells - 1861Congregational Church, Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005Congregational Church, Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge WellsCongregational Church, Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005  
Down Lane - See also St John's Road
Down Lane Hall, off St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 29th July 2005     

Emmanuel Church - See also Mount Ephraim

Lady Huntingdon's Chapel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - c.1769Emmanuel (Lady Huntingdon), Tunbridge Wells, Kent - c.1890Emmanuel Church, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells   

Eridge Road & Eridge Castle - See also Brighton Station

Tunbridge Wells Eridge Road 1906Tunbridge Wells Eridge RoadTunbridge Wells Eridge Castle   

Five Ways - See also Calverley Road, Mount Pleasant Road, Grosvenor Road

Waymark Store, Five Ways, Tunbridge Wells, c.1896     

Frant Road

Frant Road, Tunbridge WellsFrant Road, Tunbridge Wells - Louis LevyPantiles Baptist Church, Frant Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 29th July 2005   

Grosvenor Road & Grosvenor Park

Grosvenor Road, Tunbridge WellsFriends Meeting House (Quaker), Grosvenor Park, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 29th July 2005    
Hanover Road - See also Grosvenor Road
Old St Augustine Church, Hanover Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 1841Hanover Baptist Chapel, Hanover Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 29th July 2005Tunbridge Wells Christian Fellowship, Hanover Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 29th July 2005Hanover, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 29th July 2005  

Happy Valley - See also Rusthall, Rusthall Common

Happy Valley, Tunbridge Wells - A R QuintonOld Kitchen, Happy Valley, Tunbridge WellsOld Kitchen, Happy Valley, Tunbridge WellsOld Steps, Happy Valley, Tunbridge WellsHappy Valley, Tunbridge Wells - c1910 

Hawkenbury

Cemetery Chapel, Hawkenbury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005Former Chapel, Hawkenbury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005United Reformed Church, Hawkenbury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005   

High Brooms

New Covenant Church, High Brooms, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005St Matthew, High Brooms, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005    

High Street - See also Christ Church

Tunbridge Wells High Street - F W BurtonTunbridge Wells High Street c.1905Tunbridge Wells High Street c.1910Harvey Williams Tobaconist, Tunbridge Wells High Street c.1910  

High Rocks & Broadwater Forest

High Rocks Road, Tunbridge WellsHigh Rocks Halt, Tunbridge WellsEntrance to the High Rocks, Tunbridge WellsHigh Rocks Playground, Tunbridge Wells - Lankester 1904High Rocks Pl, Tunbridge Wells - LLHigh Rocks Hotel, Tunbridge Wells - LL
High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells - Tuck 1908Bell Rock, High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells - ValentineHigh Rocks, Tunbridge Wells - ValentineHigh Rocks, Tunbridge Wells - F W Burton c.1912High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells - A R QuintonTea House, High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells
Tea House & Steps, High Rocks, Tunbridge WellsThe Lake, High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells c.1910The Lake, High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells - Valentine'sThe Lake, High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells - Valentine'sThe Lake, High Rocks, Tunbridge Wells - Valentine's 

Holy Trinity Church & Church Road

Holy Trinity and Old Cinema, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005Holy Trinity Church & Church Road in 1840Holy Trinity Church, Tunbridge WellsHoly Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells - Pelton 1898The interior of Holy Trinity Church, Tunbridge WellsHoly Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells - Louis Levy
View from the tower of Holy Trinity Church, Tunbridge WellsTunbridge Wells in Winter - Holy Trinity - H H CamburnView of Holy Trinity Church, Tunbridge Wells from the CommonHoly Trinity Church, Church Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005  

Hotels - See also Mount Ephraim, London Road, Calverley Park, Crescent Road & the Pantiles

Bridge Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Pelton c.1910Calverley Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Pelton c.1910Castle Hotel & Wesleyan Church, London Road, Tunbridge WellsClarendon Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Pelton c.1910Earl's Court Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Pelton c.1910Grand Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Pelton c.1910
The Norfolk Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, KentHotel Russell, Tunbridge Wells, KentThe Spa Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, KentThe Swan Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Pelton c.1910The Warden House, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, KentThe Wellington Hotel, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

King Charles the Martyr, Chapel Place - See also The Pantiles

King Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Pelton - 1898Church of King Charles the Martyr, Chapel Place, Tunbridge WellsChurch of King Charles the Martyr, Chapel Place, Tunbridge WellsInterior of the Church of King Charles the Martyr, Chapel Place, Tunbridge WellsKing Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Pelton - 1898King Charles the Martyr, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005
Incidents and Occassions
Fire at Rock, Thorpe & Chatfield - 26th August 1915     

Langton Road

Langton Road between Rusthall and Tunbridge WellsLangton Road between Rusthall and Tunbridge WellsLangton Road between Rusthall and Tunbridge WellsLangton Road - Harold Camburn  

London Road, Vale Road, Vale Royal & Wesleyan Church - See also Common & Schools & Post Office

Castle Hotel & Wesleyan Church, London Road, Tunbridge WellsVale Royal, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005The Interior of the Wesleyan Church, London Road, Tunbridge WellsWesleyan Chapel, Vale Royal, Tunbridge Wells, Kent c.1841Methodist Church, Vale Royal, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005Gibralter & London Road, Tunbridge Wells
London Road from Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells - F W Burton 1913London Road from Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells - F W Burton 1913    

Monson Road

Monson Road, Tunbridge Wells 1906P. Peters China & Glass Store, Monson Road, Tunbridge Wells c. 1896Congregational Church from Monson Road, Tunbridge Wells - 2005Monson Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 29th July 2005  

Mount Ephraim, Emmanuel Church & United Reformed Church

Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge WellsMount Ephraim, Tunbridge WellsMount Ephraim from the Common, Tunbridge WellsView from Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005View from Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells - A R QuintonMount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells - A R Quinton
View from Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells - A R QuintonMount Ephraim from an old photograph, Tunbridge WellsMount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells - Louis LevyKent & Sussex Hospital, Mount Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells - 1952United Reformed Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 24th August 2004 

Mount Pleasant Road - See also Central Station, Civic Centre, Congregational Church, Opera House & War Memorial

Tunbridge Wells, Mount Pleasant - LankesterTunbridge Wells, Mount Pleasant - 1904Tunbridge Wells, Mount Pleasant c.1900 - Celesque SeriesTunbridge Wells, Mount Pleasant - Dainty SeriesTunbridge Wells, Mount Pleasant & Station, F. W. Burton, SalmonTunbridge Wells, Mount Pleasant - Celesque Series
Mount Pleasant and Central Station, 1945J Newns Shop, 18 Mount Pleasant Road, Tunbridge Wells c.1910 Pelton GuideMount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells c.1910 from Pelton GuideMount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells c.1907Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells - A R Quinton
Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells - A R QuintonMount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells c.1945    
Mount Sion
Mount Sion, Tunbridge Wells     

Opera House - See also Mount Pleasant Road

The Opera House, Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells - 1904The Opera House, Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells - F W BurtonThe Opera House Facade, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005The Opera House, Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge WellsThe Opera House, Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge WellsThe Opera House, Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells - 1906
The Opera House, Mount Pleasant, Tunbridge WellsThe Opera House, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005    

Pantiles & Chapel Place - See also King Charles the Martyr Church

The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells - F W BurtonThe Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells in June 1885The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells - Elmer KeeneThe Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells - A R QuintonThe Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells - A R QuintonThe Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells - A R Quinton
The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells - A R QuintonThe Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, KentFormer Reheboth Baptist Chapel, Chapel Place, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - c.1725The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - c.1725The Pantiles, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - c.1725 
Pembury
Walter C Raiswell Stores, Pembury near Tunbridge Wells     

Post Office - See also London Road & Vale Road

The Post Office and London Road in the snow, Tunbridge Wells - H CamburnVale Royal & Post Office, Tunbridge Wells    

Queen's Grove - See also The Common

Queen's Grove, Tunbridge Wells - H G Groves     

Reheboth Baptist Chapel - See Pantiles & Chapel Place

Royal Victoria Place

Calvary Church, Royal Victoria Place, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 29th July 2005Crabb Memorial, Royal Victoria Place, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 29th July 2005    

Rusthall - See also Rusthall Common & Happy Valley

Rusthall from the Common, near Tunbridge Wells 1945The High Street, Rusthall, near Tunbridge Wells 1957The High Street, Rusthall, near Tunbridge Wells 1912The High Street, Rusthall, near Tunbridge Wells   
St Paul's, Rusthall, Kent - Pelton - 1898St Paul's, Rusthall, Kent - 19th July 2003United Reformed Church, Rusthall, Kent - 1st August 2004Evangelical Church, Rusthall, Kent - 31st August 2004  

Rusthall Common & Toad Rock - See also Rusthall & Happy Valley

The Common, Rusthall, near Tunbridge Wells - F W Burton 1914The Church from the Common, Rusthall, near Tunbridge Wells - Valentines c1910Rusthall Common, Tunbridge Wells - c1910Rusthall Common, Tunbridge Wells - c1910Rusthall Church, Tunbridge Wells - A R Quinton 
Toad Rock, Rusthall, near Tunbridge Wells 1912Toad Rock at night, Rusthall, near Tunbridge WellsToad Rock at night, Rusthall, near Tunbridge Wells - F W Burton   
Salem Chapel - See also St John's Road
Former Salem Chapel, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells     

Salvation Army - See Bayhall Road & Varney Street

Schools - See also Christ Church & St John's Road

Christ Church School, Vale Road, Tunbridge WellsThe Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells, KentThe Skinners' School, Tunbridge Wells, KentThe Skinners' School from the air, Tunbridge Wells, Kent c.1960s  

Sherwood Park & Sandhurst Road

St Philip, Birken Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005Church of Latter Day Saints (Mormon), Sandhurst Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005    

St Barnabas Church, Albion Road - See also Camden Road

St Barnabas Church, Tunbridge WellsHigh Altar, St Barnabas Church, Tunbridge Wells - LankesterSt Barnabas Church Interior 1908, Tunbridge WellsSt Barnabas Church Interior 1904, Tunbridge Wells - Louis LevyInterior of St Barnabas, Stanley Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Pelton - 1898St Barnabas, Stanley Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005
Former Congregational Church, Albion Road, Tunbridge WellsFormer Chapel, Albion Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005St James & St Barnabas from the air, Tunbridge Wells   

St James Church

St James Church (Interior), Tunbridge Wells - LLSt James, Sandrock Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005Inside St James, Sandrock Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Pelton 1898   

St John's Church, St John's Road & Evangelical Church - See also Salem Chapel, Schools & Down Lane

Culverden Evangelical Church, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 24th August 2004St John's Road, Tunbridge WellsSt John's Road looking north in the winterSt John's Road, Tunbridge Wells - LLChapel, Woodbury Cemetery, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005Former Salem Chapel, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells
St John's Church, Tunbridge WellsSt John, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 1869St John, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - Pelton 1898St John, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005St John's Church, Tunbridge WellsView of St John's Church from the south, Tunbridge Wells
St John's Church (Interior), Tunbridge WellsView from St John's Church looking south, Tunbridge WellsSt John's Recreation Ground, Childrens Corner, Tunbridge WellsView from St John's Church looking north, Tunbridge WellsSt John's Road looking south, Tunbridge WellsFormer Christian Scientist Church, St John's Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 26th March 2006
Cross Keys, St John's Road/Southborough Rd, Tunbridge Wells     

St Luke's Church

St Luke, Silverdale, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005     

St Peter's Church & Salvation Army

St Peter's Church, Tunbridge WellsSt Peter's Church (Interior), Tunbridge Wells - Louis LevySt Peter, Windmill fields, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005Salvation Army Citadel, Windmill fields, Tunbridge Wells, Kent - 23rd January 2005  
Toad Rock - See Rusthall Common
Varney Street
Former Salvation Army Citadel, Varney Street, Tunbridge Wells     

Woods

Bluebells in the woods, Tunbridge Wells - A R QuintonBroadwater Forest, Tunbridge Wells - A R Quinton