Tonbridge Castle
Tonbridge Castle, Kent, UK.
Tonbridge Castle Walkthrough
Tonbridge Castle is the castle located in my old hometown. It's been around for over 900 years and represents the simple motte and bailey style. The only remaining part, the gatehouse, is open to the public and has some fun nooks and crannies, and surprises!
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Tonbridge Castle
Short programme to run in the visitor centre at Tonbridge Castle, in Kent. Presented by Colette Redgrave.
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Places to see in ( Tonbridge - UK )
Places to see in ( Tonbridge - UK )
Tonbridge is a market town in the English county of Kent. Tonbridge is located on the River Medway, approximately 4 miles north of Royal Tunbridge Wells, 12 miles south west of Maidstone and 29 miles (47 km) south east of London. Tonbridge belongs to the administrative borough of Tonbridge and Malling.
Tonbridge stands on spur of higher land where the marshy River Medway could be more easily forded. Ancient trackways converged at this point. Tonbridge Castle was built here in the 11th century by Richard Fitz Gilbert. In medieval times, Tonbridge was considered an important strategic settlement. The King intended it to be a walled town, and a charter was issued allowing for walls to be built.
Tonbridge School, the famous public school, was established in 1552 under letters patent of Edward VI, to educate the sons of local gentry and farmers (There was already a nearby school in existence for poorer boys, now Sevenoaks School.). During Queen Mary's reign Tonbridge was involved in an unsuccessful uprising against the Queen's marriage to the King of Spain
Major industries include light engineering, printing and publishing, distribution and financial services. Tonbridge, together with its neighbour Tunbridge Wells, has been designated by the South East Assembly as a Regional Hub.
Tonbridge railway station is one of Kent's busiest with 4.1 million passengers using it each year. It is an important railway junction with lines to London, Ashford, Hastings and Redhill. The town is also served by the A21 trunk road between London and Hastings and the A26 between Maidstone and Brighton. It is also close to the M25 motorway. Tonbridge is served by numerous bus routes, most of which are run by Arriva Southern Counties.
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For lovers of culture, there are two theatres – the EM Forster Theatre at Tonbridge School and The Oast Theatre – and annual events including the town’s popular Food and Drink Festival (May), Tonbridge Carnival (June), Tonbridge Castle Music Weekend (July), Tonbridge Calling music festival (August) and the thrilling Dragon Boat Racing event on the river (September).
Tonbridge is overshadowed by its more glamorous neighbours, Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks, all too often. But this historic market town has a lot to shout about.
For a start it boasts some of the easiest commuting connections and best schools in the area – a fact which hasn’t been wasted on the many young professionals moving to the town to start families.
It also benefits from a stunning location, set on the banks of the River Medway, with an 11th-century castle at its heart and surrounded by beautiful countryside. Visitors are attracted by the popular indoor-outdoor swimming pool, as well as a multi award-winning country park, a superb, award-winning Farmers’ Market, regular community events and a new indoor trampoline centre.
There’s no doubt that 2016 was a year of exciting growth for Tonbridge. It’s true to say that in the past the town centre has suffered during difficult economic conditions but recent renovations in the High Street and several new housing developments have given it the boost it needed.
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Tonbridge, Kent.
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Day 8 of VlogMas and we are at Tonbridge Castle.
Following the Norman Conquest, Richard Fitz Gilbert was granted land in Kent to guard the crossing of the River Medway. He erected a simple Motte-and-bailey castle on the site. To dig the moat and erect the motte 50,000 tonnes of earth were moved. In 1088, the de Clare family (descendants of Fitz Gilbert) rebelled against King William II. His army besieged the castle. After holding for two days the castle fell and as punishment the king had both the castle and the town of Tonbridge burnt to the ground. Before 1100, the de Clares replaced the wooden castle with a stone shell keep. This was reinforced during the thirteenth century, and in 1295 a stone wall was built around the town.
The twin towered gatehouse was built by Richard de Clare, third Earl of Hertford or his son Gilbert.Construction of the gatehouse took 30 years, being completed in 1260.The gatehouse shares many similarities with the ones at Caerphilly Castle built by Gilbert in 1268-1271. The great seal of England was temporarily kept here during one of Edward I's visits to France.
The castle was not lived in between 1521 and the late 18th century, except for a short period during the civil war.The mansion was added in 1793. Both castle and mansion are Grade I listed buildings.
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Town Centre, Tonbridge, Kent.
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Whitepost Oast, Chiddingstone Causeway, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 8JH, England
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Tonbridge Castle Medieval Fair 2014 - Medieval Combat
Medieval Combat display at Tonbridge Castle 13th Sep'14
The 2014 Queen's Baton Relay reaches Tonbridge Castle
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Tonbridge Castle: Explore Gilbert deClare’s 13th Century Gatehouse Tower
Unlike most rebuilt castles in the UK, which focus on the later inhabitants, Tonbridge has been restored to roughly the condition it was when Gilbert de Clare held it in the twelfth century. It is through the prolific de Clare family that we trace our connection to the royal families in most of Europe.
Following the Battle of Hastings, William of Normandy entrusted large areas, called rapes, to his most loyal friends and family members with the expectation that they would build fortifications and protect the newly conquered kingdom from potentially rebellious locals. The area now known as the county of Kent was given to his relative Richard fitzGilbert. To guard the crossing of the Medway River at Tonbridge, fitzGilbert built a motte and bailey castle.
Richard was often called Richard of Tonbridge, but the family took the name de Clare from their land holdings in Suffolk.
By 1088 the de Clares rebelled against King William II Rufus. Rufus took the castle after a relatively short siege, then burned the castle and town. Rufus was killed in the New Forest a few years later, by Gilbert de Clare’s son-in-law Walter Tyrell. By this time the wooden fortress had been replaced by a stone shell keep.
In the mid-twelfth century the Archbishops of Canterbury claimed that the de Clares held the Lowy, the area surrounding Tonbridge, from them and not from the King, Henry II. They sent a messenger to Tonbridge demanding homage. Roger de Clare forced the messenger to eat the papers. Quarrels between the Archbishop and the King continued until the murder of Thomas a Becket in Canterbury Cathedral on the 29th of December 1170.
In 1215 Tonbridge Castle was taken by King John in retaliation for being forced to sign the Magna Carta. After John died and Henry III become King at the age of 9, the castle was restored to Richard de Clare. Richard died 3 years later, then his son Gilbert died in 1230, leaving a 9 year old son (among other younger children). The Archbishop of Canterbury claimed wardship of the young Richard and excommunicated the de Burghs, who had been granted wardship by the King, from Tonbridge Castle. The Archbishop died, and Richard regained control of his estates from the new one.
By the mid 13th century the de Clare family were nearly as powerful as the King of England, and the King granted Richard de Clare license to wall and embattle Tonbridge Castle. It was then that the great Gatehouse Tower was built over a period of 30 years. His son Gilbert the Red Earl lost the castle temporarily in 1261 for his support of Simon de Montfort against Henry III.
Around 1268 Gilbert began building Caerphilly Castle, and was made Guardian of the Realm 2 years later. After Henry’s death the new King Edward I and his Queen Eleanor stayed at Tonbridge following their return from the Holy Land before their coronation. Gilbert had no heirs by his wife Alice, so their marriage dissolved so he can marry Joan, the daughter of King Edward. He surrendered all his lands to the crown, but they were given to Joan and her heirs. Their son Gilbert died at the Battle of Bannockburn, and the de Clare lands were divided amongst his sisters. Tonbridge went to Margaret who married Hugh d’Audley, and then to the Stafford family through their daughter.
The history is sparse from this point until 1520 when Edward Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, was executed for treason. The castle was falling into disrepair by this time, and in 1525 King Henry VII paid for repairs to the roof of the gatehouse. From then it is given to friends of the King. In 1600 the castle was sold into private hands, and by the 1640s was being dismantled and the timbers and stone used for other buildings in Tonbridge. The bridge over the Medway was rebuilt in 1775 using stone from the towers and wall of Tonbridge Castle. Later the remains of the shell keep was pulled down “out of curiosity”.
In 1791, however, a mansion was built onto the side of the gatehouse by Thomas Hooker, which is now used as council offices and the visitor’s center for the castle park. In the 1940s the gatehouse restoration was begun, culminating in it being restored to its original state (minus a few floors and interior walls).
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