Sun shining through the trees in Kingswood, Sanderstead, Surrey - 3
The name Kings Wood originally applied to a small wood to the north of Kings Wood Lodge and on maps of 1823 this area bears the name Sanderstead Wood; the change of name may have been due a mistake by the early surveyors of Ordnance Survey wood covers some 147½ acres and is on relatively flat ground. It was purchased in 1937 under the Green Belt Act and is now public open was originally laid out for shooting with wide rides dissecting the woodland. The beaters used to systematically work through each section, driving game towards the guns. The Keepers cottage still stands in the woods and forms part of the Kings Wood Kennels complex where the Parks Department keeps the dogs used by the security one time each path crossing was marked by four tall conifers but few of these remain today. Before the war Kings Wood was a particularly valuable piece of woodland but during the war most of the best trees were removed by the army. The woodland was also disturbed by a flying bomb which landed amongst the trees; its shell remained there for many is the site of a Romano-British settlement on the northern boundary, a small farmstead undisturbed for 2000 years. Partial excavations were carried out by Mr. Little during 1955 and 1959
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Location: Kingswood Sanderstead Surrey
Photo credit: © John Bradshaw / Alamy / Afripics
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