History
Groombridge Place is a popular visitor attraction, boasting an impressive 700-year history beginning in 1239. Groombridge Place has been owned by some of Kent's most distinguished families, including the de Cobhams and Sir Richard Waller, ancestor of the poet Edmund Waller and of Tim Waller, co-founder of the East Grinstead Hash House Harriers, as well as of Winston Churchill.
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