Robertsbridge
Robertsbridge is a village in the civil parish of Salehurst and also Robertsbridge, as well as the Rother district of East Sussex, England. It is about 10 miles (16 kilometres) north of Hastings and also 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells. The River Rother passes through the town. The town is believed to date back to 1176 when a Cistercian abbey was founded there by the Abbot, Robert de St Martin. When a market charter was granted in 1198 by Richard I to Robertsbridge (Pons Roberti in Latin) it was the initial recorded use of the name. The abbey was dissolved in 1538; however, the community grew, and most of the earliest existing residences in the town day from the 14th and 15th centuries, consisting of The Seven Stars Inn on High Street. At Robertsbridge is the Robertsbridge Codex (1360 ), a songs manuscript of the 14th century. It contains the earliest surviving songs composed particularly for keyboard. Robertsbridge railway station gets on the primary railway line from Hastings to London, as well as the A21 trunk roadway. Robertsbridge bypass opened up in 1989. Robertsbridge Community College, a specialist mathematics and computer system college, is the smallest such in the area of East Sussex. The neighborhood primary school is Salehurst Church of England Primary School. Robertsbridge social companies include Robertsbridge Arts Partnership (RAP], a Jazz Club and Robertsbridge Wine Club (RWC). Sports clubs include Robertsbridge Cricket Club. and formally Robertsbridge Rugby Football Club, yet it disbanded in the 2008-2009 period. Robertsbridge has a bonfire society. Robertsbridge is additionally the home of the Headquarters of Grays-Nicolls, a major brand name in Cricket, and also the Headquarters of Gilbert, among the largest brand names in primarily Rugby Union, however additionally Netball. Robertsbridge United Reformed Church, a Quality II-listed church built in 1881, bases on the High Road. The former Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel, built in 1842 and additionally noted Grade II, neighbors. At Robertsbridge is the Bruderhof, a domestic Anabaptist community called Darvell, who number about 300. They run a posting residence called Plough, a production center as well as institution.