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references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation footnoting or external linking . july 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message warners solicitors type limited liability partnership industry legal founded kent uk 1785 1785 headquarters tonbridge kent uk number of employees 110 parent warners law llp website www.warners solicitors.co.uk warners solicitors the trading name of warners law llp is a specialist law firm based in kent with offices in tonbridge 1 and sevenoaks . 2 the firm has more than 100 employees . history edit thomas bowdler moved from shrewsbury to settle in tonbridge in 1783 . 3 in 1785 bowdler opened a solicitor s practice in the town . in 1797 george lingard took over the firm . lingard bought 180 high street tonbridge from frank austen jane austen s uncle . this large house remained the main place of business for the firm until 2007 . william gorham was taken on as a clerk in 1831 and after qualifying he became a partner . gorham became clerk to the medway company clerk to the turnpike trustees and secretary to the tonbridge water works company . he was a benefactor and supporter of the poor in tonbridge and like his predecessor john carnell served as a trustee for the parish and an overseer of the poor house . 4 the poor house was provided by a trust set up by sir andrew judd benefactor of tonbridge school on land in back lane now bank street . the poor house became redundant in 1840 when the poor law union built a new large workhouse at pembury now pembury hospital . the building in bank street then became the national school . 5 the first member of the warner family to join the firm was george d. warner who became a partner in 1857 . the firm became carnell gorham & warner . the firm went through various name changes with the coming and going of different partners . however there was always a member of the warner family in the firm . in 1955 the firm s name changed to warners and it has stayed the same since . the last member of the family to become a partner was charles warner in 1978 . 6 in 2007 the historical link with the old poor house was renewed as warners took up residence in the old building . the building still retains the first two floors of the front elevation of the original poor house . references edit legal 500 legal 500 shropshire archives the weald the tonbridge of yesterday by arthur h. neve published 1933 warner family personal papers . external links edit official site firm s details in legal 500 abl v t e tonbridge buildings castle parish church priory priory mill railway station somerhill house st. stephen s church town mill businesses imperial records new enterprise coaches warners solicitors events 1968 floods 2006 securitas depot robbery people bishops of tonbridge old juddians old tonbridgians people from tonbridge political lowey of tonbridge 11th 19th centuries tunbridge constituency 1885 1918 tonbridge constituency 1918 74 tonbridge and malling constituency since 1974 tonbridge and malling borough since 1974 tonbridge and malling borough council since 1974 local elections schools colleges and universities hayesbrook hilden grange hillview hugh christie judd k college ridge view somerhill thomas delarue closed tonbridge tonbridge grammar university of kent weald of kent woodlands yardley court sports arts and leisure angel ground half marathon haysden country park kmfm west kent longmead stadium missing tv series oast theatre tonbridge angels f.c. swimming pool tunbridge ware twin towns heusenstamm le puy en velay italics denotes building in tudeley cum capel civil parish retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title warners solicitors & oldid 684834369 categories law firms of the united kingdomlaw firms established in 17851785 establishments in great britainorganisations based in kentcompanies based in kenthidden categories use dmy dates from october 2015use 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