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Woodland Survey of Hartley, 1949

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.

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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
beech

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
poor

suitable

oak
beech

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
poor

suitable

Hornbeam
Oak

Standards: hornbeam (60%); oak (30%); beech (10%)
Coppice: hornbeam (90%); ash, hazel (10%)

Bramlefield Wood, 9

Coppice w/standards
Other Coppice w/standards

poor
poor

unsuitable

Oak
-

Standards: oak
Coppice: hornbeam, ash

Hoselands Wood (N), 7

BHF (81-120 years)
-

poor
satis

suitable

Oak
-

Oak.  Hornbeam undergrowth

Hoselands Wood (S), 3

Coppice w/standards
Other coppice

satis
satis

suitable

Oak
-

Standards: oak
Coppice
: hornbeam (60%), ash (40%)

Old Downs, 5

BHF
-

poor
satis

unsuitable

Beech
Ash

Beech (40%); ash (30%); oak (20%); cherry (10%).  Age range 31-120

Fairby Lane (end of road), 6

Coppice w/standards
Other coppice

satis
satis

unsuitable

Beech
Ash

Standards: oak (90%); ash (10%)
Coppice
: hornbeam (80%); ash (10%), hazel (10%).  Scrub in east

Chapelwood, 10

Coppice w/standards
Other coppice

poor
poor

unsuitable

Oak
Beech

Standards: oak (80%); beech (20%)
Coppice
: hornbeam (60%); hazel (10%); span chestnut (10%); beech (10%).  Some small area in east is lost to housing