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Happy Friar, a Chinese takeaway shop at 2 [[Friars Way (Tunbridge Wells)|Friars Way]], Tunbridge Wells, is no doubt named after the street, which is in turn likely named after Friar Tuck. It is situated in a neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells known as [[Sherwood (Tunbridge Wells) (2)|Sherwood]], a named which inspired those of this shop and several streets, businesses and facilities, including a [[Robin Hood (Tunbridge Wells)|Robin Hood]] pub at Birken Road, in this part of Tunbridge Wells. The shop, or at any rate the company which owns it, was established in 2016.<ref>[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10049559/filing-history Companies House: Happy Friar Kent Limited.]</ref> | Happy Friar, a Chinese takeaway shop at 2 [[Friars Way (Tunbridge Wells)|Friars Way]], Tunbridge Wells, is no doubt named after the street, which is in turn likely named after Friar Tuck. It is situated in a neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells known as [[Sherwood (Tunbridge Wells) (2)|Sherwood]], a named which inspired those of this shop and several streets, businesses and facilities, including a [[Robin Hood (Tunbridge Wells)|Robin Hood]] pub at Birken Road, in this part of Tunbridge Wells. The shop, or at any rate the company which owns it, was established in 2016.<ref>[https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10049559/filing-history Companies House: Happy Friar Kent Limited.]</ref> | ||
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* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311. | * Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311. |
Revision as of 00:50, 6 January 2021
Locality | |
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Coordinate | 51.144786, 0.283996 |
Adm. div. | Kent |
Vicinity | 2 Friars Way, Tunbridge Wells |
Type | Establishment |
Interest | Robin Hood name |
Status | Extant |
First Record | 2016 |
Happy Friar (Tunbridge Wells).
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-09. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-06.
Happy Friar, a Chinese takeaway shop at 2 Friars Way, Tunbridge Wells, is no doubt named after the street, which is in turn likely named after Friar Tuck. It is situated in a neighbourhood of Tunbridge Wells known as Sherwood, a named which inspired those of this shop and several streets, businesses and facilities, including a Robin Hood pub at Birken Road, in this part of Tunbridge Wells. The shop, or at any rate the company which owns it, was established in 2016.[1]
Gazetteers
- Not included in Dobson, R. B., ed.; Taylor, J., ed. Rymes of Robyn Hood: an Introduction to the English Outlaw (London, 1976), pp. 293-311.
Sources
Maps
- 25" O.S. map Kent LX.8 (c. 1873; surveyed 1866). No Copy in NLS
- 25" O.S. map Kent LX.12 (c. 1873; surveyed 1866-68). No Copy in NLS
- 25" O.S. map Kent LX.8 (1897; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
- 25" O.S. map Kent LX.8 (1897; rev. 1895)
- 25" O.S. map Kent LX.12 (1897; rev. 1895)
- 25" O.S. map Kent LX.8 (1909; rev. 1907)
- 25" O.S. map Kent LX.12 (1909; rev. 1907)
- 25" O.S. map Kent LX.8 (1941; rev. 1936–37)
- 25" O.S. map Kent LX.12 (1945; rev. 1936–37)
- 6" O.S. map Kent LX (1872; surveyed 1868–69)
- 6" O.S. map Sussex VII (1878; surveyed 1873)
- 6" O.S. map Kent LX.NE (1898; rev. 1895) (georeferenced)
- 6" O.S. map Kent LX.NE (1898; rev. 1895)
- 6" O.S. map Kent LX.NE (1910; rev. 1907)
- 6" O.S. map Kent LX.NE (c. 1947; rev. 1938)
- 6" O.S. map Kent LX.NE (c. 1951; rev. 1938).
Background
Also see
- Tunbridge Wells place-name cluster
- Places named after Friar Tuck
- Restaurants named after Robin Hood.
Notes