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  Tunbridge Wells: Best and Worst Places to Live in the UK 2006 from channel4.com/4homes
Tunbridge Wells is traditionally associated with the prim middle classes, as expressed by the saying ‘Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells’.
The phrase was apparently coined in the 1950s when the editor of the former Tunbridge Wells Advertiser asked his staff to pen letters because of a lack of them from readers, spurring one member to sign his ‘Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells’.
Tunbridge Wells is a bastion of punk: Shane MacGowan was born here, the Anti-Nowhere League had its first public performance here, and Sid Vicious lived here during his childhood.
www.channel4.com /4homes/ontv/best&worst/2006/tunbridge.html   (358 words)

  
  Royal Tunbridge Wells - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tunbridge Wells is traditionally associated with the prim middle classes, especially in the locution "Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells".
Tunbridge Wells is often assumed to be a bastion of the middle classes and comfortably bourgeois.
However, it also has areas of deprivation that suffer from a range of social problems, although according to the Indices of Deprivation 2004 no area is within the 20% most deprived in the areas within England and the Local Authority as a whole is within the 20% least deprived, (the recognised measure of deprivation).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tunbridge_Wells   (1093 words)

  
 Tunbridge, Vermont - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tunbridge is a town located in Orange County, Vermont.
In 1867, the first "Tunbridge World's Fair" was held.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tunbridge,_Vermont   (432 words)

  
 Tunbridge, Vermont, New England, USA
Tunbridge was likely named for one of the most prominent members of British establishment at the time the town was created: William Henry Nassau de Zuylstein (1717-81), fourth Earl of Rochford, Viscount Tunbridge, Baron Enfield and Colchester.
The town is home to the Tunbridge World's Fair, once of such sleazy reputation that parents ordered their children to stay away (once so wild and wooly that "sober" individuals were turned out as "nuisances").
Tunbridge was also home to Fred Tuttle, a retired farmer who, in 1996, starred in the independent (Vermont-produced) film "Man With a Plan", documenting his fictional shoestring effort to be elected to Congress.
www.virtualvermont.com /towns/tunbridge.html   (445 words)

  
 ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS - PAST AND PRESENT - 1946
Tunbridge Wells was not greatly disturbed by the South African War, which began in October, 1899, although, of course, the chequered struggle was anxiously watched by those who had relatives and friends in the fighting line.
Tunbridge Wells gave thus freely of its younger citizens; the middle aged became special constables and members of the Civil Guard.
These vital lungs of Tunbridge Wells, comprising 249 acres of varied woodland, gorse and bracken, open spaces and cricket and football grounds, were formerly part of the Manor of Rusthall.
uk.geocities.com /twyorkroad/tunbridgewellshistorybefore1946.html   (10674 words)

  
 Royal Tunbridge Wells -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
To this day, Royal Tunbridge Wells is one of only two towns in England to be granted this, the other being (additional info and facts about Royal Leamington Spa) Royal Leamington Spa.
The famous mathematician the Reverend (English mathematician for whom Bayes' theorem is named (1702-1761)) Thomas Bayes lived in Tunbridge Wells, as did the novelist (English writer (born in India) (1811-1863)) William Makepeace Thackeray; his house is now an acclaimed restaurant.
This phrase was apocryphally used to sign a letter to a newspaper some time in the nineteenth century, and has remained in circulation because of its perceived aptness in describing the inhabitants of the town.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/royal_tunbridge_wells.htm   (1021 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Tunbridge Wells (borough)
Tunbridge Wells is a local government district and borough in Kent, England.
Location within the British Isles Royal Tunbridge Wells (often called simply Tunbridge Wells) is a Wealden town in west Kent in England, just north of the border with East Sussex.
The borough of Tunbridge Wells lies along the south eastern border of Kent, partly on the northern edge of the Weald, the remainder on the Weald Clay plain in the upper reaches of the rivers Teise and Beult.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tunbridge-Wells-(borough)   (2562 words)

  
 18th and 19th Century Boxes, Style Materials and Methods © 1999 Antigone Clarke and Joseph O'Kelly
Another early type of Tunbridge Ware box was made in sycamore and painted in primary colours in a naive style depicting scenes with cottages, or flowers.
The Tunbridge Ware makers must have studied and understood the principle of this technique as the triangular stickware is an adaptation of Sadeli in wood.
Tunbridge Ware caddies flourished in the middle of the century until the 1870s.
www.hygra.com /material.htm   (5161 words)

  
 Tunbridge
In 1841 'Angelina' Tunbridge was living with a family named Fowle, in Brougham Place, Chatham; she may have been a servant, but no occupation is shown.
Angela Elizabeth Tunbridge was the eldest known child of [D2] William and [D3] Elizabeth Tunbridge.
William Tunbridge was the (eldest known) son of [D2A] Daniel Tunbridge.
web.ukonline.co.uk /benjaminbeck/tunbridge.html   (1194 words)

  
 Tunbridge Historic Covered Bridge Replaced   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
On March 4th, 1999, when an ice jam muscled the Mill Bridge in Tunbridge, Vermont, off of its pilings, many residents felt that their beloved landscape was forever changed for the worse.
It was constructed by Arthur Adams, a Tunbridge carpenter, using Tunbridge lumber milled at the Tunbridge sawmill located next to the bridge.
Tunbridge's most famous resident, retired farmer, US Congressional candidate, actor, Vermont icon, and sage, Fred Tuttle reflects on the Mill Bridge saga.
www.aot.state.vt.us /archaeology/design/tunbridge.htm   (974 words)

  
 Valley News Web Story Layout   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Tunbridge -- Twelve-year-old Emily Landry of Tunbridge adjusted the saddle on her horse yesterday, a 6-year-old Morgan named Glittering Image, gently admonishing him to stop eating the leaves from a nearby shrub.
Landry and her friend, 12-year-old Lucy Howe of Tunbridge, were practicing for the equestrian competition at this year's Tunbridge World's Fair.
Sue Barnaby of Tunbridge is the superintendent of Floral Hall, where people enter crafts, artwork and food for judging.
www.vnews.com /09082003/1297084.htm   (920 words)

  
 BBC News | e-cyclopedia | Tunbridge Wells: The spiritual home of Middle England
And while some people might feel the need to narrow their eyes with suspicion, in Tunbridge Wells, Mr Hague is almost certainly preaching to the converted.
In a turbulent and changing world, Tunbridge Wells is viewed as an island of certitude.
Situated in the heart of Kent, a county that calls itself the Garden of England and resolutely clings to its grammar schools, the town's genteel history encompasses nearly four centuries of Royal patronage.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/e-cyclopedia/318036.stm   (641 words)

  
 Tunbridge, Vermont (VT) Detailed Profile - relocation, real estate, travel, jobs, hospitals, schools, crime, news, sex ...
Back to Tunbridge, VT housing info, Orange County, Vermont, VT smaller cities, VT small cities, All Cities.
According to our research there was one registered sex offender living in Tunbridge, Vermont in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Tunbridge to the number of sex offenders is 1328 to 1.
www.city-data.com /city/Tunbridge-Vermont.html   (1739 words)

  
 Tunbridge Wells
The Pantiles and Tunbridge Wells itself, owe their beginnings to the discovery of the Chalybeate Spring in the early 17th century and the popularity of the spa water amongst the gentry and royalty of Georgian England.
As Tunbridge Wells grew in popularity as a spa resort, so did the area surrounding the Spring - eventually leading to the building of the colonnaded walkway in the 18th century, later known as The Pantiles.
Richard Beau Nash, a dandy of the day made it his business to ensure that this protocol was adhered to by acting as a kind of Master of Ceremonies during 'the season' in Tunbridge Wells and in the town's rival, Bath.
www.visittunbridgewells.com /pages/View.asp?Level=2&LevelID=90   (349 words)

  
 Tunbridge Wells Hospital Kent - BUPA private hospitals UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
BUPA Hospital Tunbridge Wells hosts a BUPA Wellness health assessment centre offering a range of health checks with up to 40 medical tests, plenty of time with a doctor and a detailed personal health report.
We work with all major private medical insurers and our Inclusive Care* scheme for patients who are paying for their own treatment provides a guaranteed, fixed price, confirmed in advance.
BUPA Tunbridge Wells Hospital offers a comprehensive range of services and facilities in a comfortable and relaxed environment.
www.bupahospitals.co.uk /tunbridgewells   (619 words)

  
 Magazine Antiques: English spa souvenirs: the Tunbridge ware industry to about 1830
Four specialist turners in the parish of Tunbridge are recorded as taking apprentices between 1713 and 1737,(6) and it is highly likely that most of their production was intended for visitors.
Earlier wares must still exist, and the failure to identify them may be due to the fact that wares produced and sold in Tunbridge Wells before the early nineteenth century are indistinguishable from those produced and sold elsewhere.
Fashionable attention, particularly from the young, was diverted from the inland spas to the coast when the medical profession in the second half of the eighteenth century came to emphasize the medicinal properties of sea water.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1026/is_n6_v147/ai_17156246   (1213 words)

  
 Tourism Figures Rise Again - Tunbridge Wells   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Figures from the latest tourism Volume and Value survey carried out in Tunbridge Wells borough point once again to a significant rise in the amount visitors spend in the local area.
Figures published in the study are based on 2003 and show a rise of 56% in visitor spend from £124.8 million in 2000 when the study was last commissioned, to £194.8 million in 2003.
Tunbridge Wells borough has fared significantly better with a drop of just 2.9% in staying visitors and 1% for day trips.
www.yourcounty.co.uk /business/busnewsarchive/100505b2.html   (266 words)

  
 Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery on AboutBritain.com
Tunbridge Wells Museum and Art Gallery shares the special story of the borough of Tunbridge Wells.
The diverse Tunbridge Wells of today is a fascinating and unusual place to live and visit.
The Ramada Tunbridge Wells, built in the style of an Oast house, is located in the heart of the Kentish Weald.
www.aboutbritain.com /TunbridgeWellsMuseumAndArtGallery.htm   (462 words)

  
 Royal Tunbridge Wells
Janet:"Ask a Brit about Royal Tunbridge Wells, and first thing that's likely to pop into his or her mind is the phrase, 'Disgusted from Tunbridge Wells.' That's apparently the way morally outraged residents of Tunbridge Wells signed their letters of complaint to London newspapers more than a century ago.
Ron: "Royal Tunbridge Wells is the leading town — and administrative center — of the Borough of Tunbridge Wells.
Janet: "As we explained in Dead as a Scone, Royal Tunbridge Wells developed as a spa town around a source of iron-rich mineral water that was believed to have medicinal properties.
www.teamuseum.org /rtw.php   (786 words)

  
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When driving through Tunbridge you can really begin to appreciate the serenity and beauty of a small town untouched by modern day eye-sores and traffic.
Tunbridge is like so many places in Orange County that are untouched by time.
The society focuses exclusively on Tunbridge and promotes the town's history through preservation of artifacts and documents, research, and field trips.
www.usgennet.org /usa/vt/county/orange/tunbridge   (468 words)

  
 Marquetry Society of Canada - Specialized Techniques
Tunbridge Wells' popularity as a resort grew as the century progressed.
Today Tunbridge mosaic souvenirs serve as a reminder of those woodworkers who produced such fine work that even royalty, Queen Victoria, for one, accepted them as gifts with alacrity.
The John P. Ryan Tunbridge ware collection, one of the largest in private hands, spans 1780 to 1880 and includes several choice items.
www.marquetrysociety.ca /Techniques.html   (10898 words)

  
 Shepherd Neame: Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells grew haphazardly and informally, and is a very attractive town, it's charm arising from the 18th and 19th century elegance including Decimus Burton's Calverley Park and Calverley Park Terrace, and the buildings on Mount Sion and Mount Ephrahim.
The common is a superb open space, while the most famous area, The Pantiles, is in effect an 18th century shopping precinct: a raised paved walkway shaded by lime trees, and fronted by shops behind a colonnade, which gives uniformity to otherwise varied architecture.
The spring was discovered in the early 17th century by a lifelong hypochondriac, Dudley Lord North.
www.shepherd-neame.co.uk /pubs/tunbridgewells.html   (564 words)

  
 Encyclopedia article on Tunbridge Wells [EncycloZine]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Tunbridge Wells (officially Royal Tunbridge Wells) is a Wealden town in west Kent in England, just north of the border with East Sussex.
It has a population of about 100,000 (2001 census (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/census2001/pop2001/tunbridge_wells.asp)), and is the administrative centre of the Tunbridge Wells Borough.
The spring can still be visited in the Pantiles area of the town, surrounded by Regency architecture.
encyclozine.com /Tunbridge_Wells   (849 words)

  
 Tunbridge Soil | Vermont NRCS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Botanists look at plant features, such as leaf shape and number of flower petals, to describe and classify plants.
The Tunbridge series consists of loamy, well-drained soils that formed in Wisconsin-age glacial till.
In addition to having certain soil characteristics and typical land usage, a image of a "typical landscape" where the soil is found helps to complete the description.
www.vt.nrcs.usda.gov /Soils/so_Tunbridge.html   (251 words)

  
 Tunbridge Wells Flash Mob
Participants were asked to collect their instructions from a contact (Boris) sitting outside the Duke of York pub, on the Pantiles.
We've decided to go out on a high so that was the first and last Tunbridge Wells Flash Mob we organise.
If anyone else organises one we would love to take part and will be happy to give any advice needed, email us at the usual address.
www.geocities.com /twellsmobproject/flash.html   (308 words)

  
 Royal Tunbridge Wells : Introduction | Frommers.com
Dudley Lord North, courtier to James I, is credited with the accidental discovery in 1606 of the mineral spring that led to the creation of a fashionable resort, Royal Tunbridge Wells.
The spa resort reached its peak in the mid-18th century under the foppish patronage of Beau Nash (1674-1761), a dandy and final arbiter on how to act, what to say, and even what to wear (for example, he got men to remove their boots in favor of stockings).
Tunbridge Wells continued to enjoy a prime spa reputation up through the reign of Queen Victoria, who used to vacation here as a child, and in 1909, Tunbridge Wells received its Royal status.
www.frommers.com /destinations/royaltunbridgewells/0431010001.html   (328 words)

  
 Tunbridge
Landscape shots in and around Tunbridge show the rolling hills and lush greenery.
The rocky Vermont soil was difficult to farm, which motivated in part the families move to New York.
Hyrum Smith was born on February 9, 1800 in what was the town of Tunbridge, Vermont, county of Orange.
solo21.abac.com /frodsham/tunbridge.htm   (234 words)

  
 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council - Home
Tuesday 28 August: One of the landmark buildings in Royal Tunbridge Wells town centre, the former Habitat building, is to get a new occupant.
Cotswold Outdoor is to take over the leasehold and have applied to the Borough Council to convert part of the building into a café with tables outside.
Monday 13 August: As a leading member of the Tunbridge Wells Community Safety Partnership, Tunbridge Wells Borough Council is encouraging residents to make use of free home safety services provided by Kent County Council.
www.tunbridgewells.gov.uk   (319 words)

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