National Archives file F/22/196
Since 1924 the Forestry Commission has conducted regular surveys of private woodland. Pre-war data does not exist for Kent. A post war survey was deemed necessary because of the large losses due the needs of the war economy. There is a plan attached to the survey showing the exact location of the woods, but this is copyright.
This table is a detailed description of woodland in Hartley at the time. The main losses since then have been further parts of Gorsewood and Hoselands Wood.
For more details, visit the National Archives website.
Name & acreage | Type & Subtype | Tree form & stocking | Suitable for econ mgt? |
Principal & Subsidiary |
Summary of spcies, notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gorsewood (pt), 18 | Coppice - |
- - |
unsuitable |
Hornbeam |
hornbeam (90%); birch, ash, hazel (10%). Some scattered standards of oak and hornbeam |
Gorsewood (pt), 8 | - - |
- - |
- |
- |
Lost to scattered houses and gardens |
Hartley Wood (west), 7 | Coppice - |
- - |
suitable |
Hornbeam |
Hornbeam; some birch and ash |
Hartley Wood (centre), 18 | Coppice - |
- - |
suitable |
Hornbeam |
Hornbeam (90%); ash, birch, hazel (10%). Some standards of oak, hornbeam, ash. In SW quite a lot of yew |
Hartley Wood (east), 35 | Coppice w/standards Other coppice |
poor poor |
suitable |
oak |
Standards: oak
(80%); beech (10%); hornbeam, ash (10%) Coppice: hornbeam (90%); hazel, birch, ash (10%). Poor coppice, scrub in places |
Hartley Wood Corner, 5 |
Coppice w/standards Other coppice |
poor |
suitable |
oak |
Standards: oak
(90%); ash, hornbeam (10%) Coppice: hornbeam (90%); ash, hazel (10%). In east some elder scrub |
Foxborough Wood (E), 16 |
Coppice - |
- - |
suitable |
Hornbeam |
Hornbeam with a few ash and hazel. Some scattered standards of hornbeam and oak |
Foxborough Wood (W), 9 |
Coppice w/standards Other coppice |
poor |
suitable |
Hornbeam |
Standards: hornbeam
(60%); oak (30%); beech (10%) Coppice: hornbeam (90%); ash, hazel (10%) |
Bramlefield Wood, 9 |
Coppice w/standards Other Coppice w/standards |
poor |
unsuitable |
Oak |
Standards: oak Coppice: hornbeam, ash |
Hoselands Wood (N), 7 |
BHF (81-120 years) - |
poor |
suitable |
Oak |
Oak. Hornbeam undergrowth |
Hoselands Wood (S), 3 |
Coppice w/standards Other coppice |
satis |
suitable |
Oak |
Standards: oak Coppice: hornbeam (60%), ash (40%) |
Old Downs, 5 |
BHF |
poor |
unsuitable |
Beech |
Beech (40%); ash (30%); oak (20%); cherry (10%). Age range 31-120 |
Fairby Lane (end of road), 6 |
Coppice w/standards Other coppice |
satis |
unsuitable |
Beech |
Standards: oak
(90%); ash (10%) Coppice: hornbeam (80%); ash (10%), hazel (10%). Scrub in east |
Chapelwood, 10 |
Coppice w/standards Other coppice |
poor |
unsuitable |
Oak |
Standards: oak
(80%); beech (20%) Coppice: hornbeam (60%); hazel (10%); span chestnut (10%); beech (10%). Some small area in east is lost to housing |