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Extract from the Royal Tunbridge Wells Travel Guides:
ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS
- not to be confused with the more mundane Tonbridge - is the home of the mythical whingeing right-wing letter-writer known as "Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells". Most British people, therefore, view it with derision, but don't be misled - this prosperous spa town, surrounded by gorgeous countryside, is an elegant and diverting place. It was founded in 1606, when Lord North discovered a bubbling spring, and reached its height of popularity during the Regency period, when such restorative cures were in vogue. The well-mannered architecture of that period, surrounded by parklands in which the rejuvenated gentry exer...
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