In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Capel like this:
CAPEL, or Caple, a parish in Tunbridge district, Kent; near the Southeastern railway, 3 miles SE of Tunbridge. Post Town, Tunbridge. Acres, 1,568. Real property, £3,261. Pop., 611. Houses, 115. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Tudeley, in the dio. of Canterbury. The church is small, but has a steeple. There is a national school.
Capel through time
Capel is now part of Tunbridge Wells district. Click here for graphs and data of how Tunbridge Wells has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Capel itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Capel, in Tunbridge Wells and Kent | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3322
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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