Tonbridge, Kent Genealogy

Tonbridge may refer to numerous Anglican parishes in Kent.

The Ancient parish Tonbridge St Peter and St Paul, Kent included Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent Southborough St Peter, Kent and Hildenborough, Kent

It would be helpful if individual pages in the research wiki could be developed to reflect all places of worship within this district of Kent.

From Tonbridge_St_Peter_and_St_Paul,_Kent the following Anglican parishes developed:

St Stephen: Quarry Hill Rd. Church built 1851-4; parish created 1853 from Tonbridge Sts Peter &amp; Paul. Original registers from 1852. St Saviour: Dry Hill Park. Church built 1876 as chapel-of-ease to Tonbridge. Original registers from 1876. Hildenborough, St John the Evangelist London Rd. Southborough, St Peter Church Rd. Southborough, St Thomas Pennington Rd. Southborough, Christchurch Prospect Rd. Southborough, St Matthew High Brooms Rd. Tunbridge Wells, King Charles the Martyr Tunbridge Wells, Holy Trinity Church Rd. Tunbridge Wells, Christ Church High St. Tunbridge Wells, St John London Rd. Tunbridge Wells, St James Sandrock Rd. Tunbridge Wells, St Peter Windmill Fields (Bayhall Rd). Tunbridge Wells, St Barnabas Stanley Rd.

Roman Catholic churches and parishes include:

Corpus Christi: Lyons Crescent. An Iron church from 1894, replaced by 1904 building. Original registers from 1894. Tunbridge Wells, St Augustine Grosvenor Rd.

Former Indepent and Congregational (now United Reformed Church)

Tonbridge Independent: (1743). Original registers from 1752. Tonbridge Independent: Ebenezer, Bradford St. (1898). Congregational: Mt Pleasant, Tunbridge Wells. Built 1845-8, succeeding Mt Zion chapel of 1720. Independent: Salem, St Johns Rd, Tunbridge Wells. Built 1866, used by Brethren 1903-34 then sold. Congregational: Cage Green Mission Room, Shipbourne Rd. (1874-1970 demolished). Congregational: High St. (1875). Congregational: Bethel, Tutty's village, Tunbridge Wells. Built 1839, continued in use until 1894. Congregational: Albion Rd, Tunbridge Wells. Built 1873, closed c.1929. Congregational: Forest Rd, Hawkenbury, Tunbridge Wells. Built 1889.

Methodist Churches

Wesleyan: Swan Lane. (1829) later East St (1872). Wesleyan: High Brooms Rd, Southborough. (1898). Wesleyan: London Rd, Southborough. (1871). Tonbridge Methodist Circuit. Methodist: Priory St. (1868-1919 closed). Wesleyan Vale Road, Tunbridge Wells. Primitive Methodist: Down Lane, Tunbridge Wells. (1874-84 sold). Primitive Methodist: Camden Rd, Tunbridge Wells. (1878). Lady Huntingdon's Connexion Emmanuel, Mt. Ephraim, Tunbridge Wells.