Goudhurst

Goudhurst is a very picturesquely situated village, having the advantage of its neighbour in the matter of height, for it is on the summit of one of the loftiest ridges in the Weald and all about it are to be had grand views—that from the church to the south across the "Fright" woods and Bedgebury Park is especially fine. This view from the churchyard is said by one with a liking for the particularity of figures to be "about twenty-five miles in diameter." In the church, much rebuilt and restored, the tower of which forms a striking landmark, are some curious old monuments while in the large village are some of the ancient houses in which the clothmaking industry was carried on in the palmy days of that manufacture in Kent. "Some little wool staplery business" was continued here on into the early nineteenth century. extract from Highways and Byways in Kent by Walter Jerrold published in 1914

Goudhurst directory of homes, farms, churches, schools, inns, and other places of interest that existed prior to 1900 has been compiled from Census data, Ordnance survey maps and books of the period

Parish & other records		Before 1500	1500 to 1550	1550 to 1600	1600 to 1650	1650 to 1700	1700 to 1725	1725 to 1750	1750 to 1775	1775 to 1800	1800 to 1825	1825 to 1850	1850 to 1875	1875 to 1900	1900 to 1925	1925 to 1950	1950 to 1975	1975 to 2000	After 2000
2824	Births			67	137	92	13	1	3	41	346	591	1056	466	8	2	1
346	Christenings			62	134	87	13	1	2	8	2	26	9	2
146	Marriages			14	38	32	6	4	4	12	6	18	6	2			4
49	Deaths			9	23					1	1	6	6	3
49	Burials			9	23					1		6	6	3			1

Books and other documents

The History of Tunbridge Wells by Thomas Benge Burr in 1766 - Page 254

The Tunbridge Wells Guide by J. Sprange in 1797 - Page 244

The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent - Volume VII by Edward Hasted in 1798 - Page 65

Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Paul Amsinck and Letitia Byrne in 1810 - Page 38

Guide of Tunbridge Wells in 1830 - Page 156

Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex in 1839

New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen in 1840 - Page 213

School Inquiry Commision Vol XI South-East Division by C. I. Elton and H. A. Giffard in 1868 - Page 62

Kelly's Directory of Kent by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1882

Pelton's Illustrated Guide to Tunbridge Wells by J. Radford Thomson, M.A. in 1883 - Page 174

Cobbett's Rural Rides by William Cobbett in 1885 - Page 289

Some Timber-framed Houses in the Kentish Weald by H.S. Cowper, F.S.A. in 1911 - Page 174

Highways and Byways in Kent by Walter Jerrold with Illustrations by Hugh Thomson in 1914 - Page 256

People of note	Groombridge, Stephen (1755 - 1832) Astronomer

Goudhurst pictures	Combwell Priory 1809	Pattenden 1900	Pattenden 1900	Smugley Farm 1900	Pattenden 1900	Goudhurst 1900	Goudhurst 1900
	Church House 1900	The Plain 1903	Goudhurst Church 1903	Ladies College 1904	Parish Hall 1905	Little Pattenden 1905	High Street 1910