Edenbridge, Kent

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Edenbridge is a town in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England. It is located on the upper floodplain of the River Medway: the latter's tributary, the River Eden, gives the town its name: deriving from Old_English_language "Eadhelmsbrigge" ("Eadhelm's Bridge" in Modern English). It lies on the Kent/Surrey border. Edenbridge has a population of around 8,000 persons.
Trivia: Edenbridge is the hometown of classic rock band Munched, and is the actual subject of their song 'Retbridge'.

Contents

1 History
2 Railways
3 The town
4 External links

History

The old part of the town grew around the Roman crossing point of the river. In the Middle Ages, it became a centre of the Wealden iron industry. There are many mediaeval timber buildings in the town, one of which houses the Eden Valley Museum.

With the coming of the railways the town expended and the community of Marlpit Hill, north of the original settlement, is now part of the town.

The Ss Peter and Paul Church contains a set of windows in the east wall by Sir Edward Burne-Jones.

Railways

There are two railway stations serving Edenbridge. The earliest, on the South Eastern Railway (SER) route from Redhill to Tonbridge, was opened on May 26, 1842. The station is simply named Edenbridge, is located in Marlpit Hill. To the west of that station the route crosses what was once the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway main line from London to Eastbourne, opened on January 2 1888. The crossing of the two lines takes place at a mid-break in the Edenbridge Tunnel on the SER line. Here lies the second station, named Edenbridge Town. The line serving it is now truncated at Uckfield. There is no connection here between the two routes: Edenbridge is not a junction; one existed four miles to the west of Edenbridge Town at Crowhurst, but that junction no longer exists.

The town

The 13th century church is dedicated to St Peter and St Paul. Edenbridge is twinned with Mont Saint Aignan in France.

External links

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