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Tonbridge| Town on the River Medway in Kent, southeast England, between Tunbridge Wells and Sevenoaks; population (2001) 31,600. The town is a market centre and industries include printing, tanning, distilling, and the manufacture of bricks. The ruins of the castle, which has Norman origins, include a large 14th-century gatehouse. |
| The Medway is navigable up to here for pleasure craft. Tonbridge School was founded in 1553 by Andrew Judd, and George Austen, father of the novelist Jane Austen, was a teacher there. |
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