In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Shipbourne like this:
SHIPBORNE, a parish, with a village, in Malling district, Kent; 4 miles N of Tunbridge r. station. It has a post-office under Tunbridge, and a fair on 18 June. Acres, 1,906. Real property, £3,039. Pop., 476. Houses, 96. The property is much subdivided. The Lodge is the seat of the Dowager Viscountess Torrington; Fair Hill, of Lady Jervis; and Fair Lawn, of J. ...
Ridgway, Esq. The living is a donative in the diocese of Canterbury. Value, not reported.* Patron, J. Ridgway, Esq. The church is plain. There are a national school, and charities £5.Smart, the translator of Horace, was a native.
Shipbourne through time
Shipbourne is now part of Tonbridge and Malling district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tonbridge and Malling has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Shipbourne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Shipbourne, in Tonbridge and Malling and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/6362
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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