Sherwood (Tunbridge Wells) (1)

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Sherwood in Tunbridge Wells.

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By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-10. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-10.

'Sherwood' is first recorded as the name of a wooded area in the north-eastern part of Tunbridge Wells in 1897. At first the name applied only to the area near Badgers Holt, but subsequently it came to refer to the entire wooded area extending north from there and then to much of the north-eastern part of Tunbridge Wells, including a residential area to the west of the wood.

The earliest source known to IRHB is a 25" O.S. map of the area published in 1897 (see Maps below). On maps dating from 1909 to c. 1950, the variant 'Sherwood Park' is found. While there is no indication that 'Sherwood', as applied to the wooded area or the neighbourhood, refers to Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire as the habitat of Robin Hood, it probably inspired the name of the Robin Hood pub on the corner of Birken and Sandhurst Roads as well as that of Friars Way. It is also quite productive as a place-name element, included in the names of several local establishments, businesses and thoroughfares. Template:PnItemQry

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.

Maps

• 25" O.S. map Kent LX.12 (c. 1873; sueveyed 1866-68). No Copy in NLS
• 25" O.S. map Kent LX.8 (1897; rev. 1895) (georeferenced); 'Sherwood'
• 25" O.S. map Kent LX.12 (1897; rev. 1895); 'Sherwood'
• 25" O.S. map Kent LX.12 (1909; rev. 1907); 'Sherwood Park'
• 25" O.S. map Kent LX.12 (1945; rev. 1936–37); 'Sherwood Park'
• 6" O.S. map Kent LX (1872; surveyed 1868–69); not indicated or labelled
• 6" O.S. map Sussex VII (1878; surveyed 1873); not indicated or labelled
• 6" O.S. map Kent LX.SE (1898; rev. 1895) (georeferenced); 'Sherwood'
• 6" O.S. map Kent LX.SE (1898; rev. 1895); 'Sherwood'
• 6" O.S. map Kent LX.SE & LXIXA.NE (1899; rev. 1895); 'Sherwood'
• 6" O.S. map Kent LX.SE & LXIXA.NE (1910; rev. 1907); 'Sherwood Park'
• 6" O.S. map Kent LX.SE & LXIXA.NE (c. 1946; rev. 1938); 'Sherwood Park'
• 6" O.S. map Kent LX.SE & LXIXA.NE (c. 1950; rev. 1936–47); 'Sherwood Park'.

Background

• Wikipedia: Royal Tunbridge Wells.

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