Sherwood (Tunbridge Wells) (2)
[[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 an area now known as 'Sherwood Park'. In 20th and 21st century use, 'Sherwood' refers to an entire neighbourhood in the north-east of Tunbridge Wells. While there is no indication that the name, as applied to the neighbourhood or the present 'Sherwood Park', refers to the forest of that name as the habitat of Robin Hood, it probably inspired the name of the Robin Hood on the corner of Birken and Sandhurst Roads. It is also a quite productive 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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