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ROBERTSBRIDGE, or Rotherbridge, a village in Salehurst parish, Sussex; on the river Rother, adjacent to the Tunbridge-Wells and Hastings railway, 5 miles N of Battle. It has a station with telegraph on the railway, a post-office‡ under Hurst-Green, a hotel, a bridge, a fortnightly market on Thursday, and a fair on 25 Sept. A Cistertian abbey was founded at an adjacent farm, in 1176, by Alured de St. Martino; was given, at the dissolution, to Sir W. Sidney; and has left some remains, which are incorporated with the farm-house.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Salehurst Parish Sussex Ancient County |
| Place names: | ROBERTSBRIDGE | ROBERTSBRIDGE OR ROTHERBRIDGE | ROTHERBRIDGE |
| Place: | Robertsbridge |
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