Dulwich Wood

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Dulwich Wood in spring with Battersea Power Station in the background .

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

  1. ^ The Great North Wood - A brief history of ancient woodlands from Selhurst to Deptford by LSC Neville, London Wildlife Trust, 1987
  2. ^ Sydenham Hill Wood & Cox's Walk. In: London Wildlife Trust. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011 ; Retrieved June 9, 2016 .
  3. london-footprints.co.uk
  4. Scheme of Management. Dulwich Estate, accessed June 9, 2016 .
  5. ^ A b The Story of Dulwich by Mary Boast, 1990, London Borough of Southwark
  6. a b c Peckham and Dulwich, Old and New London: Volume 6 (1878), pp. 286-303.
  7. ^ 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.