SOUTHBOROUGH, a chapelry in the parish of TONBRIDGE, and
lowey of TONBRIDGE, lathe of AYLESFORD, county of
KENT, 2 miles (S. by W.) from Tonbridge, with which
the population is returned. It is situated about midway
between Tonbridge and the Wells, and consists of
a number of scattered houses. A new district church,
in the early style of English architecture, has been recently
erected, and endowed at an expense of £8436,
defrayed by subscriptions. It contains four hundred
and eighty-six sittings, two hundred and eighty-six of
which are free. The property is vested in five trustees,
who have also the appointment of the minister. la
1785, premises for a school were erected by the Executors
of the Rev. Edward Holmes, and endowed with
£1050 four per cents., for the education of fifty children;
it is managed by trustees.