SOCIETY AT ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS - Online Book

In The Eighteenth Century - and After
Illustrated From Rare Prints & Portraits In The Collection Of A. M. Broadley
By Lewis Melville Published By Eveleigh Nash. Circa 1912

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A lthough Tunbridge Wells is, with the exception of Bath, the oldest watering-place in the kingdom, and was for a century second in importance as a spa only to the Somersetshire city, no great mass of literature has arisen around it. Innumerable books have been written on Bath, many volumes have been devoted to Brighton : only two authors have written the history of " The Wells," Thomas Benge Burr, in 1766, and Paul Amsinck, sometime Master of the Ceremonies there, in 1810. These works are now scarce, and, further, it cannot be said that either has any great claim to consideration, for the account of the place is not by any means complete, and more than half the space is devoted to mansions, some of which are not in the immediate neighbourhood. The field, therefore, may fairly be considered clear for a twentieth-century writer, who, whatever his failings may be, has at least the advantage of presenting to the reader information as to the place and to the company that resorted there. It has been my object to bring together all the information that can be gleaned about " Tunbridge Wells," and, in the furtherance of this project, I have not hesitated freely to use contemporary descriptions of the place and of the company.

In order to use the same page numbers in the book for the text I have had to move all the full page illustrations to the beginning of the book.

SOCIETY AT ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS - Contents index
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Frontispiece Title Page Dedication PREFACE PREFACE PREFACE PREFACE CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS List of Illustrations King Charles's chapel, Tunbridge wells, TUNBRIDGE WELLS The Public Walks THE BATH HOUSE MRS. SARAH PORTER. QUEEN OF THE TOUTERS SARAH JENNINGS, DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH THE PANTILES, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, 1748 FRANCES BUILNEY, AFTERWARDS MADAME d'ARBLAY LORD CHIEF JUSTICE MANSFlELDt RICHARD NASH, MASTER OF THE CEREMONIES AT BATH PRINCESS AMELIA THE HON. MRS. HOWARD, AFTERWARDS COUNTESS OF SUFFOLK EDWARD YOUNG, D.D. SAMUEL RICHARDSON NEDDY RACES AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS VIEW OF TUNBRIDGE WELLS, BATHS, LIBRARY, ETC., 1827 LADY JERNINGHAM TUNBRIDGE WELLS. A VIEW FROM FRANT FOREST H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES THE THEATRE, TUNBRIDGE WELLS THE DUCHESS OF KENT AND THE PRINCESS VICTORIA MARY BERRY H-R.H. THE DUKE OF SUSSEX PRINCESS VICTORIA LEAVING TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN A COACH IN 1834 WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY THE DISCOVERY OP THE SPRINGS (1606) - 0117 Page - 0118 Page - 0119 Page - 0120 Page - 0121 Page - 0122 Page - 0123 Page - 0124 THE DEVELOPMENT OP TUNBRIDGE WELLS (1606-97) - 0125 Page - 0126 Page - 0127 Page - 0128 Page - 0129 Page - 0130 Page - 0131 Page - 0132 Page - 0133 Page - 0134 Page - 0135 Page - 0136 Page - 0137 Page - 0138 Page - 0139 Page - 0140 Page - 0141 Page - 0142 Page - 0143 Page - 0144 Page - 0145 Page - 0146 Page - 0147 Page - 0148 Page - 0149 Page - 0150 Page - 0151 Page - 0152 Page - 0153 Page - 0154 Page - 0155 Page - 0156 Page - 0157 Page - 0158 Page - 0159 Page - 0160 Page - 0161 Page - 0162 Page - 0163 Page - 0164 THE COMPANY AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY - 0165 Page - 0166 Page - 0167 Page - 0168 Page - 0169 Page - 0170 Page - 0171 Page - 0172 Page - 0173 Page - 0174 Page - 0175 Page - 0176 Page - 0177 Page - 0178 Page - 0179 Page - 0180 Page - 0181 Page - 0182 Page - 0183 Page - 0184 Page - 0185 Page - 0186 Page - 0187 Page - 0188 Page - 0189 Page - 0190 Page - 0191 Page - 0192 Page - 0193 Page - 0194 Page - 0195 Page - 0196 Page - 0197 Page - 0198 Page - 0199 Page - 0200 Page - 0201 Page - 0202 Page - 0203 Page - 0204 Page - 0205 Page - 0206 Page - 0207 Page - 0208 Page - 0209 Page - 0210 Page - 0211 Page - 0212 Page - 0213 Page - 0214 Page - 0215 Page - 0216 Page - 0217 Page - 0218 Page - 0219 Page - 0220 Page - 0221 Page - 0222 Page - 0223 Page - 0224 Page - 0225 Page - 0226 Page - 0227 BEAU NASH AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS, AND OTHER MASTERS OF THE CEREMONIES - 0228 Page - 0229 Page - 0230 Page - 0231 Page - 0232 Page - 0233 Page - 0234 Page - 0235 Page - 0236 Page - 0237 Page - 0238 Page - 0239 Page - 0240 Page - 0241 Page - 0242 Page - 0243 Page - 0244 Page - 0245 Page - 0246 Page - 0247

Page - 0248 Page - 0249 Page - 0250 Page - 0251 Page - 0252 Page - 0253 Page - 0254 Page - 0255 Page - 0256 Page - 0257 Page - 0258 Page - 0259 Page - 0260 Page - 0261 Page - 0262 Page - 0263 Page - 0264 Page - 0265 AN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY POST-BAG FROM TUNBRIDGE WELLS - 0266 Page - 0267 Page - 0268 Page - 0269 Page - 0270 Page - 0271 Page - 0272 Page - 0273 Page - 0274 Page - 0275 Page - 0276 Page - 0277 Page - 0278 Page - 0279 Page - 0280 Page - 0281 Page - 0282 Page - 0283 Page - 0284 Page - 0285 Page - 0286 Page - 0287 Page - 0288 Page - 0289 Page - 0290 Page - 0291 Page - 0292 Page - 0293 Page - 0294 Page - 0295 Page - 0296 Page - 0297 Page - 0298 Page - 0299 Page - 0300 Page - 0301 Page - 0302 Page - 0303 Page - 0304 Page - 0305 Page - 0306 Page - 0307 Page - 0308 Page - 0309 Page - 0310 Page - 0311 Page - 0312 Page - 0313 Page - 0314 Page - 0315 Page - 0316 Page - 0317 Page - 0318 Page - 0319 Page - 0320 Page - 0321 Page - 0322 Page - 0323 Page - 0324 Page - 0325 Page - 0326 Page - 0327 Page - 0328 Page - 0329 Page - 0330 A DAY AT TUNBRIDGE WELLS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY - 0331 Page - 0332 Page - 0333 Page - 0334 Page - 0335 Page - 0336 Page - 0337 Page - 0338 Page - 0339 Page - 0340 Page - 0341 Page - 0342 Page - 0343 Page - 0344 Page - 0345 Page - 0346 Page - 0347 Page - 0348 Page - 0349 Page - 0350 Page - 0351 Page - 0352 Page - 0353 Page - 0354 Page - 0355 Page - 0356 Page - 0357 Page - 0358 Page - 0359 Page - 0360 Page - 0361 Page - 0362 Page - 0363 Page - 0364 Page - 0365 Page - 0366 Page - 0367 Page - 0368 Page - 0369 Page - 0370 TUNBRIDGE WELLS SINCE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY - 0371 Page - 0372 Page - 0373 Page - 0374 Page - 0375 Page - 0376 Page - 0377 Page - 0378 Page - 0379 Page - 0380 Page - 0381 Page - 0382 Page - 0383 A ROD FOR TUNBRIDGE BEAUS - 0388 Page - 0389 Appendix - 0390 Appendix - 0391 Appendix - 0392 Appendix - 0393 Appendix - 0394 Appendix - 0395 Appendix - 0396 Appendix - 0397 Appendix - 0398 Appendix - 0399 Appendix - 0400 Appendix - 0401 Appendix - 0402 Appendix - 0403 Appendix - 0404 Appendix - 0405 Appendix - 0406 Appendix - 0407 Appendix - 0408 Appendix - 0409 Appendix - 0410 AUTHORITIES - 0411 AUTHORITIES - 0412 AUTHORITIES - 0413 AUTHORITIES - 0414 AUTHORITIES - 0415

SOCIETY AT ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS - Online Book

In The Eighteenth Century - and After Illustrated From Rare Prints & Portraits In The Collection Of A. M. Broadley By Lewis Melville Published By Eveleigh Nash. Circa 1912

In The Eighteenth Century - and After
Illustrated From Rare Prints & Portraits In The Collection Of A. M. Broadley
By Lewis Melville Published By Eveleigh Nash. Circa 1912