Edenbridge, Kent

Description
Edenbridge, a village and a parish in Kent. The village stands on the river Eden, 8 miles W of Tunbridge, and has stations on the L.B. & S.C.R. and S.E.R., 30 miles from London. There is a head post office. The parish comprises .5329 acres; population of the civil parish, 2266; of the ecclesiastical, 2184. The southern district is hilly, and formerly had iron mines. Several chalybeate springs occur, and one saline. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; value, £198 with residence. The church has some Norman portions, but is chiefly Early and Later English, and it has a western steeple and a brass of 1458, and has been restored. There are Congregational and Baptist chapels, an Oddfellows' hall, and stock markets are held every second and fourth Monday.