Editing Tonbridge and Malling (section)

===Ancient times===
The area has been occupied for thousands of years. The [[Neolithic]] people left behind much evidence: megaliths such as [[Kit's Coty House]] at [[Aylesford]] and the [[Coldrum Stones]] at [[Trottiscliffe]]; and the [[Long barrows]] at [[Addington, Kent|Addington]] being examples. [[Bronze Age|Bronze]] and [[Iron Age]] finds are also plentiful. There is evidence of the [[Romano-British]] civilisation along the Medway Valley.

The immediate district of Tonbridge is omitted from the [[Domesday Book]]; however most other settlements in the Borough are included. Castles were built at Tonbridge, [[Allington, Kent|Allington]] and [[West Malling]] in the 13th century. Religious houses: Malling, [[Aylesford]] and Tonbridge were built: one such was [[St Mary's Abbey, West Malling|St Mary's Abbey]] dating from 1092. [[Aylesford]] Priory on the banks of the Medway, was built in the 13th century.

There are surviving medieval manor houses including [[Ightham Mote]] and [[Old Soar Manor]].