Happy Friar (Tunbridge Wells): Difference between revisions

From International Robin Hood Bibliography
m (Text replacement - "PnItemQry" to "PlaceNamesItemQuery")
m (Text replacement - "No Copy in NLS" to "No copy in NLS")
 
(4 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 5: Line 5:
<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>
{{PlaceNamesItemQuery}}
{{PlaceNamesItemAllusionsAndRecords}}
== Gazetteers ==
== Gazetteers ==
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
* Not included in {{:Dobson, Richard Barrie 1976a}}, pp. 293-311.
Line 11: Line 11:
* [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 Copy in NLS
* 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.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)]
Line 33: Line 33:
<!--== Brief mention ==
<!--== Brief mention ==
*  -->
*  -->
{{PnItemAlsoSee}}
{{PlaceNamesItemAlsoSee}}


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
Line 40: Line 40:


</div><!--
</div><!--
{{ImgGalleryIntro}}
{{ImageGalleryIntroduction}}
<gallery widths="195px">
<gallery widths="195px">
FOR EACH IMAGE: File:_FILENAME.jpg|_LEGEND / [_URL _PHOTOGRAPHER, _DAY _MON. _YEAR, Creative Commons.]
FOR EACH IMAGE: File:_FILENAME.jpg|_LEGEND / [_URL _PHOTOGRAPHER, _DAY _MON. _YEAR, Creative Commons.]
Line 46: Line 46:




{{PnItemNav}}
{{PlaceNamesItemNavigation}}
[[Category:Restaurants named after Robin Hood]]
[[Category:Restaurants named after Robin Hood]]

Latest revision as of 01:00, 13 February 2021

Locality
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
Loading map...
Happy Friar (Tunbridge Wells).
Friars Way, Tunbridge Wells / Google Earth Street View.

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

Sources

Maps

Background

Also see


Notes