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Tunbridge Wells has more in its past than the Pantiles and anecdotes of the famous passed from one generation of writers to the next. This new book tells a fascinatingly different story of how the barren heath of an impecunious manor blossomed with timber-framed lodging houses, as a new town arose to service the wealthy hypochondriacs who thronged the place in increasing numbers after the discovery of the chalybeate spring in 1606. They were joined by aristocratic pleasure-seekers through the long summer of the 18th century, with its high point the reign of Beau Nash as Master of Ceremonies, after which the scattered town expanded into Decimus Burtons grand garden suburb with its affluent respectability. The beginnings of local government in 1835 and the arrival of the railway ten years later ushered in a period of sustained growth, renewed by the post-war changes that led to the present boom. In a very readable narrative, the author concisely yet comprehensively covers every strand in the towns story, making skilful use of a carefully captioned collection of surviving pictures, documents and invaluable old maps to add great visual appeal to his account. The fruits of his years of

Author

Roger Farthing

Publisher

Phillimore & Co.

Published

1990

Language

EN

ISBN

9780850337501