Frant

Frant is a village and parish situated on the brow of a hill 2 1/2 miles south of Tunbridge Wells. Frant is in the Rye division of Sussex, in the hundred of Rotherfield, rape of Pevensey, rural deanery of Etchingham, archdeaconry of Hastings and diocese of Chichester. Frant is 36 miles south of London The population of Frant in 1811 was 1,439; in 1851 was 2,280 (of which 483 are in Tunbridge Wells); in 1861 was 2,469; in 1871 was 3,263 (of whom 314 were in Kent and 1,100 were in Tunbridge Wells); in 1881 was 3,481 (of whom 314 were in Kent and 1,100 were in Tunbridge Wells); in 1891 was 1,887; in 1901 was 1,692; in 1911 was 1,671; in 1921 was 1,621; and in 1931 was 1,604 - the drop in population is primarily due to the transfer of Broadwater Down parish (formed on 28th June 1867) to Tunbridge Wells in 1894. Frant is shown on early historical documents as Farat - 'the place of the fern'.

Frant 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 Frant historical notes has been derived from the same sources to highlight Frant'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
4816	Births		2	38	205	131	57	70	86	203	556	1503	1361	590	14
1922	Christenings		2	33	198	126	56	66	70	112	211	435	437	175	1
1074	Marriages		4	24	96	32	38	22	56	104	104	260	252	80		2
53	Deaths				10	2		1	3	6	6	10	7	5	1	2
103	Burials				9	1		1	8	23	18	10	14	12	3	1	3

Books and other documents

The History of Tunbridge Wells by Thomas Benge Burr in 1766 - Page 256

Tunbridge Wells and its Neighbourhood by Paul Amsinck and Letitia Byrne in 1810 - Page 30

Guide of Tunbridge Wells in 1830 - Page 77

Descriptive Sketches of Tunbridge Wells and the Calverley Estate by John Britton, F.S.A. in 1832 - Page 110

The History, Antiquities and Topography of the County of Sussex by Thomas Walker Horsfield, F.S.A. in 1835 - Page 400

New Guide for Tunbridge Wells by John Colbran and edited by James Phippen in 1840 - Page 161

The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1851

The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1867

A Compendious History of Sussex - Volume I. by Mark Antony Lower, M.A. in 1870 - Page 190

The Post Office Directory of Sussex by E. R. Kelly, M.A., F.S.S. in 1874

Kelly's Directory of Sussex 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 138

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

Local Blue Book and Directory of East Sussex in 1886 - Page 141

English Homes and Villages (Kent & Sussex) by Lady Hope in 1909 - Page 63

Historical Associations of Frant by Luke Pearce in 1912

The Sussex Highlands in 1927 - Page 39

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

People of note	Budgen, Richard (1695 - 1731) Cartographer By, Lieutenant-Colonel John (1779 - 1836) Military engineer and builder of the Rideau Canal

Frant pictures	North View of Begeham Abbey 27th Mar 1737	South east view, Eridge House 1785	Bayham Abbey c 1785	Bayham Abbey, the seat of John Pratt 1797	Bayham Abbey 1809	Shernfold Park c 1830	Saxonbury Lodge c 1830
	Frant Church 1834	Frant Church 1st Feb 1850	Bayham Abbey 13th June 1850	Bayham Abbey c 1870	Ely Grange 1881	Bayham Abbey 1889	Bayham Abbey 1896

Frant Maps	c 1724	c 1795	c 1825	c 1875

Sussex Maps	1610	1645	1695	1763	1st Sept 1787	1808	1837
	1840	1864