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- The Weald – Tonbridge (a huge site which includes 1881 Census data, various books and articles, and much else)
- Listed Buildings in Tonbridge parish
- Pigot’s Directory, Tonbridge (1840)
- ‘The Tonbridge of Yesterday’ (complete text of the book by A. H. Neve, 1933)
- The Lowy of Tunbridge (from Hasted’s monumental survey of Kent, 1798)
- The Parish of Tunbridge (also from Hasted)
- Tonbridge railway station and west goods yard (comprehensive coverage on the Kent Rail website)
- ‘Tunbridge’ (history and description from Dearn’s guide to the Weald of Kent, 1814)
- Tonbridge Priory (from the Victoria County History: Kent, 1926)
- The Tonbridge Town Wardens (Account Book 1575-1760)
- Somerhill (the history of the Jacobean mansion that overlooks the town)
Sources for local history research
- The Council for British Archaeology (also its local branch CBA South East)
- Historical Directories
- Kent Archives Service catalogue
- Kent Libraries Local Studies catalogue
- Kent Libraries Online Resources (includes The Times archive 1785-1985)
- Kent Archaeological Society – main site see Archaeologia Cantiana to access content since 1858 [printed copies are available in Tonbridge Reference Library], also Tonbridge Tithe Award schedule)
- Tonbridge Library
- The Wealden Iron Research Group
- North West Kent Family History Society
- The Society of Genealogists
Other Societies
- Tonbridge Civic Society
- Tonbridge U3A (includes Local History and Family History study groups)
- Hildenborough History Society
- Leigh and District Historical Society
- Plaxtol Local History Group
- Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society Local History Group
- Wateringbury Local History Society