Robertsbridge
Robertsbridge is a town in the civil parish of Salehurst and also Robertsbridge, and also the Rother area 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 given in 1198 by Richard I to Robertsbridge (Pons Roberti in Latin) it was the initial recorded use the name. The abbey was dissolved in 1538; nonetheless, the community grew, and a lot of the earliest existing residences in the village date from the 14th and also 15th centuries, consisting of The Seven Stars Inn on High Street. At Robertsbridge is the Robertsbridge Codex (1360 ), a music manuscript of the 14th century. It has the earliest enduring music composed particularly for keyboard. Robertsbridge railway station is on the primary railway line from Hastings to London, as well as the A21 trunk road. Robertsbridge bypass opened in 1989. Robertsbridge Community College, a specialist math and also computer university, is the tiniest such in the region of East Sussex. The local primary school is Salehurst Church of England Primary School. Robertsbridge social organizations consist of Robertsbridge Arts Collaboration (RAP], a Jazz Club as well as Robertsbridge Wine Club (RWC). Sports clubs include Robertsbridge Cricket Club. and formally 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 significant brand in Cricket, as well as also the Head office of Gilbert, among the biggest brands in primarily Rugby Union, but also Netball. Robertsbridge United Reformed Church, a Grade II-listed church built in 1881, bases on the High Street. The former Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel, built in 1842 and likewise noted Grade II, is nearby. At Robertsbridge is the Bruderhof, a residential Anabaptist area called Darvell, that number concerning 300. They run a posting residence called Plough, a manufacturing center and also institution.