Robertsbridge

Infobox UK place
official_name=Robertsbridge
country=England
region=South East England
civil_parish=Salehurst and Robertsbridge
static_

static_image_caption=View of High Street
os_grid_reference=TQ737235
latitude=50.99
longitude=0.47
post_town=ROBERTSBRIDGE
postcode_area=TN
postcode_district=TN32
dial_code=01580
constituency_westminster=Bexhill and Battle
london_distance=convert|44|mi NW
shire_district=Rother
shire_county=East Sussex

Robertsbridge is a village in East Sussex, England within the civil parish of Salehurst and Robertsbridge. It is approximately ten miles (16 km) north of Hastings and thirteen miles (21 km) south-east of Tunbridge Wells. The River Rother passes through the village.

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 granted in 1198 by Richard I to 'Robertsbridge' ("Pons Roberti" in Latin) it was the first recorded use of the name. The abbey was dissolved in 1538; however, the town flourished, and many of the oldest existing houses in the village date from the 14th and 15th centuries, [ [http://www.aboutrobertsbridge.org.uk "About Robertsbridge"] ] including "The Seven Stars Inn" on the historic High Street.

Robertsbridge is well served by transport links — with the Robertsbridge station on the main railway line from Hastings to London and the A21 trunk road, although the latter has problems with transport delays. The opening of the Robertsbridge bypass, in 1989, relieved the village of constant traffic through it.

Robertsbridge Community College, a specialist Mathematics and Computer college, is the smallest such in the county of East Sussex. [ [http://www.robertsbridge.org.uk/ Robertsbridge Community College] ] Among sports clubs is the Robertsbridge Rugby Football Club. [ [http://www.rrfc.org.uk/ Rugby Football Club website] ]

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