Tonbridge

British

/ ˈtʌnˌbrɪdʒ /

noun

a market town in SE England, in SW Kent on the River Medway. Pop: 35 833 (2001)

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He added his three children lived with his parents in Tonbridge during the water crisis.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025

She said her husband had tried to visit the Tonbridge water station "first thing this morning and there was nothing there".

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

Nourish Community Foodbank, which helps people across Tunbridge Wells, and south Tonbridge, in Kent, said things had reached "crisis point".

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

At Tonbridge School, Forsyth had excelled in foreign languages but little else.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2025

So, as they stood on the steps together, waiting for Lackington's horse to come round, he suddenly said: "Do you know aught of one Buxton, who lives somewhere near Tonbridge, I think?"

From By What Authority? by Benson, Robert Hugh

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