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<div class="no-img"><p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-09. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | <div class="no-img"><p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-09. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | ||
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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== Gazetteers == | == Gazetteers == | ||
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311. | * Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311. | ||
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* [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10049559/filing-history Companies House: Happy Friar Kent Limited.] | * [https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10049559/filing-history Companies House: Happy Friar Kent Limited.] | ||
== Maps == | == Maps == | ||
* 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.8 (''c.'' 1873; surveyed 1866). No | * 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 | * 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.12 (''c.'' 1873; surveyed 1866-68). No copy in NLS | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=51.14473&lon=0.28330&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.8 (1897; rev. 1895)] (georeferenced) | * [https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=16&lat=51.14473&lon=0.28330&layers=168&b=5 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.8 (1897; rev. 1895)] (georeferenced) | ||
* [https://maps.nls.uk/view/103682192#zoom=5&lat=2812&lon=8474&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.8 (1897; rev. 1895)] | * [https://maps.nls.uk/view/103682192#zoom=5&lat=2812&lon=8474&layers=BT 25" O.S. map ''Kent'' LX.8 (1897; rev. 1895)] | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:00, 13 February 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, 2021-02-13.
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