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[[File:{{#var:Pnimage}}|thumb|right|500px|On Sandhurst Road in Sherwood, Tunbridge Wells / Google Earth Street View.]] | [[File:{{#var:Pnimage}}|thumb|right|500px|On Sandhurst Road in Sherwood, Tunbridge Wells / Google Earth Street View.]] | ||
<div class="no-img"><p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-10. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | <div class="no-img"><p id="byline">By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-10. Revised by {{#realname:{{REVISIONUSER}}}}, {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}.</p> | ||
'Sherwood' is recorded on late-19th century maps as the name of | '[[Sherwood (Tunbridge Wells) (1)|Sherwood]]' is recorded on late-19th century maps as the name of a wooded area just north of the modern residential street named [[Sherwood Park (Tunbridge Wells)|Sherwood Park]] in Tunbridge Wells. However, in 20th and 21st century use, 'Sherwood' refers to an entire neighbourhood in the north-east of the town. While there is no indication that the name, as applied to the wooded area or the neighbourhood, refers to [[Sherwood Forest]] in [[Nottinghamshire place-names|Nottinghamshire]] as the habitat of Robin Hood, it probably inspired the name of the [[Robin Hood (Tunbridge Wells)|Robin Hood]] pub on the corner of Birken and Sandhurst Roads as well as that of [[Friars Way (Tunbridge Wells)|Friars Way]]. It is also quite productive as a place-name element, included in the names of several local establishments, businesses and thoroughfares. | ||
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== Gazetteers == | == Gazetteers == | ||
Revision as of 20:21, 10 November 2020
[[File:|thumb|right|500px|On Sandhurst Road in Sherwood, Tunbridge Wells / Google Earth Street View.]]
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-10. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2020-11-10.
'Sherwood' is recorded on late-19th century maps as the name of a wooded area just north of the modern residential street named Sherwood Park in Tunbridge Wells. However, in 20th and 21st century use, 'Sherwood' refers to an entire neighbourhood in the north-east of the town. While there is no indication that the name, 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.8 (c. 1873; surveyed 1866). 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.8 (1909; rev. 1907)
- 25" O.S. map Kent LX.8 (1941; 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).
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