A TIMELINE OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS HISTORY
By Tim Lambert
1606 Lord North drinks from a spring and is healed from an illness
1608 Wells are dug and people flock to drink the water
1630 Queen Henrietta Maria visits Tunbridge
1632 A book is published about Tunbridge
1636 Two houses are built
1638 A walk is laid out with rows of trees
1663 Charles II visits Tunbridge
1682 Houses are built in the area of Mount Sion
1698 Princess Anne's son falls over while playing. Afterwards the area is paved with pantiles.
1703 The Grove is donated as a public park
1725 Tunbridge has a population of around 1,500
1736 Beau Nash comes to Tubridge
1794 Tunbridge gains a fire brigade
1826 Tunbridge gains a piped water supply
1829 The Church of the Holy Trinity is built
1835 A group of men are formed to pave, clean and light the streets of Tunbridge
1846 The railway reaches Tunbridge
1889 Tunbridge is made a royal borough
1900 The population of Tunbridge is about 35,000
Second World War In Tunbridge 35 people are killed by bombing
1952 A museum opens in Tunbridge
1992 Royal Victoria Place Shopping Centre opens