Eridge

Eridge is a village half way between Crowborough and Tunbridge Wells. Eridge contains Eridge Green which is an ecclesiastical parish formed on 5th February 1856 from the civil parishes of Frant and Rotherfield.and it is in the Rye division of Sussex, in the hundred of Rotherfield, rape of Pevensey, the rural deaconry of Etchingham, the archdeaconry of Hastings and the diocese of Chichester. Eridge also contains Eridge Park and Eridge Castle - the seat of the Marquess of Abergavenny. Eridge is 38 miles south of London. The population of Eridge in 1871 was 694; in 1881 was 754; in 1891 was 530; in 1901 was 770; in 1911 was 756; 1921 was 712; in 1932 was 679 Eridge is derived from its original form as 'Eagle's ridge'.

Eridge directory of homes, farms, churches, schools, inns, and other places of interest that existed prior to 1900 has been compiled from Post Office directories, Kelly's directories, Trade directories, Census data, Ordnance survey maps and books of the period Eridge historical notes has been derived from the same sources to highlight Eridge's key events in chronological order

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
233	Births									1	6	10	159	57
264	Christenings												195	69
142	Marriages											2	76	64
11	Deaths									1		2		3	3	1	1
5	Burials												1	2	1	1

Books and other documents

Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Paul Amsinck and Letitia Byrne in 1810 - Page 21

Guide of Tunbridge Wells in 1830 - Page 70

Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Calverley Estate by John Britton, F.S.A. in 1832 - Page 109

New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen in 1840 - Page 151

A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume I. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. in 1870 - Page 191

Pelton's Illustrated Guide to Tunbridge Wells by J. Radford Thomson, M.A. in 1883 - Page 139

Cobbett's Rural Rides by William Cobbett in 1885 - Page 285

English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex) by Lady Hope in 1909 - Page 4

The Sussex Highlands in 1927 - Page 38

Rotherfield - The Story of some Wealden Manors by Catharine Pullein in 1928 - Page 308

Wealden Iron by Ernest Straker in 1931 - Page 257

Frant - A Parish History by Henry S. Eeles in 1947 - Page 100

Eridge pictures	Eridge House 1785	Eridge Castle 1809	Eridge Castle 1809	Eridge Castle c 1830	Eridge Castle 1840	Eridge 20th Sept 1849	Eridge Castle 20th Sept 1849
	Eridge Castle 1880	Eridge Castle 1889	Eridge Castle 1896	Eridge Rocks 1896	Eridge Castle 1900	Eridge Castle c 1900	Eridge Castle c 1900

Eridge Maps	c 1724	c 1795	c 1825	c 1875

Sussex Maps	1610	1645	1695	1750	1763	1st Sept 1787	1808
	1837	1840