IC LONDON TO FOLKESTONE AND DOVER, BY RAILWAY-Continued. IV. LONDON TO CANTERBURY, RAMSGATE, AND MARGATE, BY RAILWAY, ON RIGHT FROM LOND. VI. LONDON TO TUNBRIDGE WELLS, BY RAILWAY, 46 Miles. Mabledon Park, J. Dea Summerhill. con, Esq. Bidborough. Southborough Bounds. Great Lodge. Nonsuch Green. ON LEFT FROM LOND. TUNBRIDGE WELLS. 46 Tunbridge Wells is a celebrated watering-place upon the borders of Kent and Sussex. The chalybeate spring, to which the town owes its origin, was first noticed in the reign of James I., by Dudley, Lord North. The town has much increased of late years, and contains all the usual requisites of a watering-place. It is celebrated for the salubrity of its air, and the neighbourhood is extremely picturesque and beautiful. Pop. (1851) 10,587. Excursions may be made to Penshurst, (Lord De Lisle and Dudley), 5 m. distant; Bridge Castle, 2 m. distant; Hever Castle, 7 m. distant; Bayham Abbey (Marquis Camden), 6 m. distant, the ruins of which are extremely picturesque. There is a modern mansion in the Gothic style. Two miles beyond Tunbridge Wells is Eridge Castle, the seat of the Earl of Abergavenny. Maidstone, the county town of Kent, is situated on a pleasant declivity, chiefly on the right bank of the Medway. In the vicinity are very extensive hop plantations, and the town is surrounded by gardens and orchards. Maidstone has an extensive and flourishing trade in hops, grain, fruit, stone, &c. The paper |