Robertsbridge is a town in the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge, as well as the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is roughly 10 miles (16 kilometres) north of Hastings and 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells. The River Rother goes through the town. The village is thought to date back to 1176 when a Cistercian abbey was founded there by the Abbot, Robert de St Martin. When a market charter was approved in 1198 by Richard I to Robertsbridge (Pons Roberti in Latin) it was the very first recorded use of the name. The abbey was liquified in 1538; nevertheless, the town grew, as well as most of the earliest existing houses in the village date from the 14th and 15th centuries, consisting of The 7 Stars Inn over Street. At Robertsbridge is the Robertsbridge Codex (1360 ), a music manuscript of the 14th century. It consists of the earliest surviving songs composed specifically for key-board. Robertsbridge railway station gets on the primary train line from Hastings to London, as well as the A21 trunk road. Robertsbridge bypass opened up in 1989. Robertsbridge Community College, a professional mathematics and computer system college, is the smallest such in the region of East Sussex. The neighborhood primary school is Salehurst Church of England Primary School. Robertsbridge cultural companies consist of Robertsbridge Arts Collaboration (RAP], a Jazz Club and also Robertsbridge Wine Club (RWC). Sports clubs consist of Robertsbridge Cricket Club. and officially Robertsbridge Rugby Football Club, yet it dissolved in the 2008-2009 season. Robertsbridge has a bonfire culture. Robertsbridge is also the home of the Headquarters of Grays-Nicolls, a major brand in Cricket, and additionally the Headquarters of Gilbert, among the largest brands in mostly Rugby Union, yet likewise Netball. Robertsbridge United Reformed Church, a Quality II-listed chapel integrated in 1881, stands on the High Road. The former Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel, built in 1842 and likewise noted Quality II, neighbors. At Robertsbridge is the Bruderhof, a domestic Anabaptist neighborhood referred to as Darvell, who number regarding 300. They run a publishing house called Plough, a manufacturing facility and institution.