Aqua Tunbridge
Back in
1606, the largest village close to the spring was the historic town of
Tunbridge, so the area was named Tunbridge Wells. Over the years, the spelling
of Tunbridge changed to Tonbridge. So now if you look at a map of Kent, you'll
find Tonbridge right up the road from Tunbridge Wells. The similar spellings
and pronunciations have been a source of confusion to travelers
for centuries. The "Royal" prefix helps a bit. In 1909, King Edward
VII bestowed the right to add "Royal" to the town's name in recognition
of three centuries of visits by British royalty. Royal Tunbridge Wells is the
name you find on maps; most locals call the town Tunbridge Wells or the
Wells."
a
meditative proving made by the Guild of Homoeopaths on 15th March 1997. The 6th
potency was taken. (Prometheus provings)
Description
of the substance
In the
Heart of Kent, Royal Tunbridge Wells has been a fashionable Spa town since the
17th century when it became popular among royalty and the aristocracy. From its
humble beginnings with the discovery of a mineral spring around 1606, Royal
Tunbridge Wells developed into a fashionable Spa resort, famous for its
charming colonnaded walks known as the Pantiles.
This
cheerful former spar town grew up amid the Wealden forests after Lord North
discovered it's chalybeate spring in 1606.Building began in 1638 when a grassy
promenade, called the Walk, was laid out beside the spring and visitor 'took
the waters' in the morning and socialised afterwards. Later, the Walk was paved
with square earthenware tiles, giving rise to it's present name, The Pantiles. Tunbridge Wells grew haphazardly and informally,
and is a very attractive town, it's charm arising from the 18th and 19th
century elegance including Decimus Burton's Calverley Park and Calverley Park
Terrace, and the buildings on Mount Sion and Mount Ephrahim. The common is a superb open space, while the most
famous area, The Pantiles, is in effect an 18th
century shopping precinct: a raised paved walkway shaded by lime trees, and
fronted by shops behind a colonnade, which gives uniformity to otherwise varied
architecture. The Chalybeate SpringTucked inside the
entrance of the Pantiles, the famous colonnaded
shopping area in Royal Tunbridge Wells, is the mineral spring to which the town
owes its very existence - the Chalybeate Spring.The
spring was discovered in the early 17th century by a lifelong hypochondriac,
Dudley Lord North. He had the water analysed and then claimed it had
miraculously cured him from a 'lingering consumptive disorder'. Test its
purported medicinal qualities by taking the water from a traditional dipper. Open
from Good Friday 29 March - Sunday 29th September 2002 10 – 17 h. every day. Once
you have taken the waters and feel invigorated, why not explore the rest of
historic Royal Tunbridge Wells or set out into the beautiful High Weald
countryside and visit one of the many gardens, castles, and stately homes in
the surrounding area? With a variety of places to stay from luxurious town
hotels to cosy B&B's in stunning countryside settings Royal Tunbridge Wells
makes an ideal place for a short break.
The first recorded
royal visitor to 'take to the waters' was Queen Henrietta Maria in 1629. Charles
II and Queen Catherine visited on a number of occasions in the 1660s and the
future James II visited in 1670.
Between
1826 and 1835 Princess Victoria and her mother the Duchess of Kent spent
several holidays on the Calverley Estate. To
celebrate the Princess's several visits, the townsfolk planted a grove on the
Common, still to be seen today.
There was
great excitement in 1845 when the first railway train steamed into Tunbridge
Wells, carrying civic dignitaries and a brass band. The town became Royal
Tunbridge Wells in 1909. Edward VII
granted the title in recognition of the town's long association with royalty.
Royal
Tunbridge Wells today is a town that has successfully blended old and new. Present
day visitors can still drink the water from the Chalybeate Spring, enjoy a days
shopping at the Royal Victoria Place shopping centre and experience an
architectural heritage that illustrates every period of the town's colourful
history.
There are
two with Large basons of stone fixt in ye Earth with severall holes in the bottom by wch
the springs bubble up and fill it so as it alwayes runns over, notwithstanding the quantety
dipp'd up in a morning which is the usual tyme the Company Comes, and the nearer they drink it the
spring ye better, it being a spiriteous water that is
ready to Evaporate if Carry'd any way, as has been try'd by weighing the water by the well and Carrying them
but to ye middle of the walks, it has Lost of ye weight, and much more the End
of the whole walke: notwithstanding many has it
brought to their Lodgings a mile or two off and drink them in their beds, nay,
some have them brought to London wch is near 40
miles. They have the bottles filled and corked in the well under the Water and
so seale down the Corks wch
they say preserves it. They have made the wells very Comodious
by the many good buildings all about it and 2 or 3 mile round which are
Lodgings for the Company that drinke ye waters, and
they have Encreased their buildings so much that
makes them very Cheape. All people buy their own
provision at ye market wch is just by ye wells and furnish'd wth great plenty of all
sorts.
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