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bath house, Tunbridge Wells, Dudley North, Chalybeate Spring, Tunbridge Wells, and J. T. Groves black plaque

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, United Kingdom

The Chalybeate Spring. Discovered c.1606. Dudley Lord North, a young nobleman, discovered the spring in c1606 and taking the waters soon became fashionable. By 1619 "the Wells" had become a popular meeting place for royalty and the aristocracy. By 1676, a flourishing village had grown up around the

Spring, with a number of London shopkeepers taking residence along the Upper Walks for the summer season. The Bath House was built over the spring about 1804, to a design by J.T. Groves. it originally

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