Robertsbridge is a town 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 km) north of Hastings and also 13 miles (21 km) south-east of Royal Tunbridge Wells. The River Rother travels through the town. The town is believed to go 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 very first recorded use the name. The abbey was dissolved in 1538; however, the community flourished, and also most of the earliest existing residences in the town date from the 14th and also 15th centuries, consisting of The 7 Stars Inn on High Street. At Robertsbridge is the Robertsbridge Codex (1360 ), a music manuscript of the 14th century. It contains the earliest enduring songs composed especially for key-board. Robertsbridge railway station gets on the main train line from Hastings to London, and the A21 trunk roadway. Robertsbridge bypass opened in 1989. Robertsbridge Community College, a specialist math and computer university, is the tiniest such in the region of East Sussex. The local 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, however it dissolved in the 2008-2009 season. Robertsbridge has a bonfire society. Robertsbridge is likewise the house of the Headquarters of Grays-Nicolls, a major brand in Cricket, and likewise the Headquarters of Gilbert, among the biggest brand names in primarily Rugby Union, yet also Netball. Robertsbridge United Reformed Church, a Grade II-listed church integrated in 1881, stands on the High Road. The previous Bethel Strict Baptist Chapel, built in 1842 as well as likewise provided Quality II, neighbors. At Robertsbridge is the Bruderhof, a household Anabaptist neighborhood known as Darvell, that number regarding 300. They run a posting home called Plough, a production facility as well as institution.