Monastery information | |
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Established | 1124 |
Disestablished | 1525 |
Dedicated to | St Mary Magdalene |
Diocese | Rochester |
People | |
Founder(s) | Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare |
Site | |
Location | Tonbridge, Kent |
Coordinates | 51°11′33″N 0°16′19″E / 51.19250°N 0.27194°E |
Grid reference | TQ 588 461 |
Visible remains | None |
Other information | Site obliterated by the building of Tonbridge railway station and associated infrastructure in 1842. |
Tonbridge Priory was a priory in Tonbridge, Kent, England that was established in 1124. It was destroyed by fire in 1337 and then rebuilt. The priory was disestablished in 1523. The building stood in 1735, but was a ruin by 1780. The remains of the priory were demolished in 1842 when the South Eastern Railway built the railway through Tonbridge, the original Tonbridge station standing on its site.