Bidborough

"Bidborough is a village and prish, 4 miles south-south-west of Tunbridge station, and 4 north-east of Tunbridge Wells, in the lateh of Aylesford, Washlingstone Hundred, and Tunbridge Union.....The church is a small ancient edifice, with a tower and 2 bells. The living is a rectory, value œ300, in the gift of John Deacon, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Charles Bigsby, M.A."  1852 directory

Placename Origin

Bidborough = Bitta's tumulus. OE Bittan beorg

Administrative Units

Bidborough fell within the Hundred of Washlingstone. Its 19th century Registration District & Poor Law Union was Tonbridge.
Probate Jurisdiction was Rochester to 1845, PCC 1846-57.

Churches and Chapels (pre-1910)

Church of England

• St Lawrence (Ancient Parish church) 

For project purposes this parish is also covered by Tunbridge Wells FHS.