Dulwich Wood

The Dulwich Wood and the adjacent Sydenham Hill Wood is the largest preserved part of the former Great North Wood, who stretched from Deptford to Selhurst. The forest is privately owned and managed by the Dulwich Estate.

History

In the Middle Ages the manor belonged to the monastery of Bermondsey Dulwich, which was given it in 1127 by King Henry I.. When Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries in 1542, he inspected the property.

The court of Charles I often visited Dulwich and its woods to hunt deer.

1605 Edward Alleyn acquired by the family of the estate Carlton Dulwich for £ 5,000, which at the time was a large amount. The Carlton family owned Dulwich since the dissolution of the English monasteries. Alleyn led the forest business oriented, he divided it into ten areas. Each year, the 10 year old trees were beaten in one of these parts. Today's residential Peckarman 's Wood was one of the 10 parts.

In 1738 Samuel Bentyman was murdered in Dulwich Wood. 1803 met Samuel Matthews, known as the hermit of Dulwicht a similar fate. The grave of Samuel Matthews is located in the old cemetery in the heart of Dulwich Village.