Dulwich Wood
The Dulwich Wood and the neighboring Sydenham Hill Wood is the largest preserved section of the former Great North Wood , stretching from Deptford to Selhurst. The forest is privately owned and managed by the Dulwich Estate .
history
In the Middle Ages , the Dulwich estate belonged to Bermondsey Monastery, which King Henry I gave it as a gift in 1127 . When Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1542, he inspected the property.
The court of Charles I often visited Dulwich and its forests to hunt deer.
In 1605, Edward Alleyn bought the Dulwich Estate from the Carlton family for £ 5,000 which was a large sum at the time. The Carlton family owned Dulwich since the dissolution of the English monasteries . Alleyn led the forest in a business-oriented manner, dividing it into ten areas. Every year the 10 year old trees were felled in one of these parts. The current residential area of Peckarman's Wood was one of the 10 parts.
In 1738 Samuel Bentyman was murdered in Dulwich Wood. In 1803, Samuel Matthews, known as the Hermit of Dulwich, met a similar fate. Samuel Matthews' grave is in the old cemetery in the heart of Dulwich Village .
Individual evidence
- ^ The Great North Wood - A brief history of ancient woodlands from Selhurst to Deptford by LSC Neville, London Wildlife Trust, 1987
- ^ Sydenham Hill Wood & Cox's Walk. In: London Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011 ; Retrieved June 9, 2016 .
- ↑ london-footprints.co.uk
- ↑ Scheme of Management. Dulwich Estate, accessed June 9, 2016 .
- ^ A b The Story of Dulwich by Mary Boast, 1990, London Borough of Southwark
- ↑ a b c Peckham and Dulwich, Old and New London: Volume 6 (1878), pp. 286-303.
- ^ Peter de Loriol: Famous and Infamous Londoners . 2004 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed June 9, 2016]).
Coordinates: 51 ° 26 ′ 6.5 ″ N , 0 ° 4 ′ 26.5 ″ W.