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Southborough : its chalybeate springs, climate and attractions as a health resort / by E. Paget Thurstan.
Thurstan, E. Paget.Date: 1885- Books
Public health in Tunbridge Wells, 1870 to 1904 / by Keith Hetherington.
Hetherington, Keith.Date: 1994- Ephemera
Concerning the blind people of Kent / Kent County Association for the Blind.
Kent County Association for the Blind.Date: [1947?]- Books
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A new topographical, historical, and commercial survey of the cities, towns, and villages of the county of Kent. Arranged in alphabetical order. This Work includes a minute and interesting Account of the antient and present State of Kent, Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Military, from the earliest Times to this Century, with all the Improvements of the Arts, of Civilization, and Luxury. It comprehends all the chief Harbours, Bays, Rivers, Docks, Forests, Hills, Valleys, Medicinal Springs, and other Curiosities both of Nature and Art; and not only takes Notice of all the Manors and Seats in the County, but also points out the old Military Ways, Camps, Castles, and other remarkable Ruins of Roman, Saxon, Danish, and Anglo Norman Antiquity. It shews particularly the Estates that were formerly Abbey Lands, and mentions the Manufacture and Trade, the Privileges and Customs, the principal Buildings and Charitable Foundations of the two Cities, Corporations, and the most noted Villages, with their Distances from London, in measured Miles. The ancient and obscure Terms of the Feudal Law, and the obsolete Tenures and Customs relative to it, are also explained. By Charles Seymour, Teacher of the Classics, &c. at Canterbury.
Seymour, Charles.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
Yesterdays bottles : a local guide for Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge and district / by Peter Tucker & Keith Hetherington.
Tucker, Peter, 1946-Date: 1981- Books
Kent's other spas : a discussion of other mineral spas that hoped to capitalise on Tunbridge Wells / by R.B. Parish.
Parish, R. B.Date: 1997- Books
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The queens vvelles : That is, A treatise of the nature and vertues of Tunbridge water. Together, with an enumeration of the chiefest diseases, which it is good for, and against which it may be used, and the manner and order of taking it. By Lodwick Rowzee, Dr. of Physick, practising at Ashford in Kent.
Rowzee, Lodwick, 1586-Date: 167[0]- Books
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The Queenes vvelles : That is, a treatise of the nature and vertues of Tunbridge water. Together, with an enumeration of the chiefest diseases, which it is good for, and against which it may be vsed, and the manner and order of taking it. / By Lodvvick Rovvzee, Dr. of Physicke, practising at Ashford in Kent.
Rowzee, Lodwick, 1586-Date: 1632- Books
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The Queenes vvelles : That is, a treatise of the nature and vertues of Tunbridge water. Together, with an enumeration of the chiefest diseases, which it is good for, and against which it may be vsed, and the manner and order of taking it. By Lodvvick Rovvzee, Dr. of Physicke, practising at Ashford in Kent.
Rowzee, Lodwick, 1586-Date: 1632- Books
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Villare Cantianum; or, Kent surveyed and illustrated. Being an exact description of all the parishes, boroughs, villages, and other respective manors in the county of Kent; and, the original and intermedial possessors of them, down to the author's time. Drawn out of charters, escheat-rolls, fines, and other public evidences; but especially out of gentlemen's private deeds and muniments. By Thomas Philipott, Esq; formerly of Clare-Hall, in Cambridge. To which is added an historical catalogue of the High Sheriffs of Kent; collected by John Philipott, Esq; father to the author.
Philipot, John, 1589?-1645.Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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A treatise on the origin, nature, and virtues of chalybeat waters, and natural hot baths. With A Physico-Chemical Analysis, and Medicinal Description of the Mineral Waters at Tunbridge in Kent; Islington, and Shadwell, near London; Saint Winifred's Well in Flintshire; with others of the most famous Waters in England: And the celebrated Waters at Cleves in Germany. Likewise, Directions for the Preparation and Use of Artificial, Hot, Mineral-Water-Baths. To which is added, an Appendix, on the selter water, With Many Remarks, especially on its Mixture with Tar-Water. And also a dissertation on Baron Schwanberg's liquid shell; With the Process, for preparing the same. By Diederick Wessel Linden, M.D.
Linden, Diederick Wessel, active 1745-1768.Date: MDCCXLVIII. [1748]- Books
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A catalogue of several libraries, and parcels of books, lately purchas'd; which will begin to be sold at Tunbridge-Wells, on Monday the 30th day of September, 1754, and continue daily. Among which are included the libraries of the late Rev. Mr. Tilson, of Aylesford in Kent; and of the late Dr. Newington, M.D. of wadhurst in Sussex. The whole consisting of about five thousand volumes, on various subjects, in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Italian, French, and English; in excellent condition, and many of them gilt and letter'd. Among which are folio. Constantini lexicon biblia hebraica, a hutero buxtorh lexicon chaldaicum, &c. Nov. Test. Gr. a millio S. Irenĭ Opera, Gr. Lat. Massuet biblia hebraica, 4 vols. apud. steph. Boyte's works, 5 vols. Clarindon's history of the rebellion breval's travels, 4 vols. locke's works, 3 vols. chambers's dictionary, 2 vols. Supplement to chambers, 2 vols. Palladio's architecture horsley's britannia romana caxton's chronicle of England Quarto. Hooke's Roman history, 2 vols. Harleian misceilany, 8 vols. Salmon's modere history, 3 vols. Middleton's works, 4 vols. Middleton's life of cicero, 2 vols. Hanway's travels, 4 vols. Octavo, &c. Luciani opera, Not. Var. 2 vols. Ocuvres de tontenelle, 6 tom. Hist. de Louis XIV. 9 tom. Hist. de Naturelle, 6 tom. Universal history, 21 vols. Plutarch's lives, 5 vols. Nature display'd, 7 vols. Pope, Swist, Shakespear, Spectator, adventurer, grandison, &c. &c. With many more equally good. By Edmund Baker, bookseller. Catalogues, with the lowest price to every book, may be had gretis, of Mr. Owen, at Temple-bar; Mr. Beecrost, in Lomboard-street; Messrs. Flacktar and Mr. Smith, at Canterbury; Mr. Silver at Sandwich; Mr. Mercer at Maidstone; Mr. Townson and Mr. Neale at Chatbam; Mr. Verrall at Lewis; Mr. Hogben at Rye; Mr. Marchant at Hastings; and at the place of sale.
Baker, Edmund.Date: 1800]- Archives and manuscripts
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Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 22
Date: September 1904 - March 1906Reference: WF/E/03/22Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 8
Date: Jul 1904 - May 1905Reference: WF/E/01/01/08Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd