Spring Park was originally a part
of the Wickham Court Estate and is shown on the 1485 map of
field names as an extensive area referred to as "Newe Parke".
The meadow is referred to on the 1485 map of field names as
"west fielde," and this name suggests that it was unwooded
even then.
Centuries of growing and extracting timber products from the
woodland at Spring Park have heavily influenced the appearance of
the site and it is today a small fragment of a forest that used to
extend across much of what is now the town of West
Wickham. A historical survey in 1587
suggested that woods in the area were intensively managed for
coppice.
A map dated 1632 shows the present woodland area with tree
symbols and refers to it as "Spring Park" in place of the name Newe
Parke. This name is probably derived from the spring line that runs
the length of the wood.
The southwest boundary of Spring Park coincides with the old
Kent - Surrey County boundary along which a line of (originally
pollarded) small-leaved lime trees occur. You can see a distinct
bank and ditch along the entire length of this old boundary.
A smaller wood bank also lies along the southeastern boundary of
the woodland separating it from the meadow.
There is a Portland stone drinking fountain near Woodland Way
inscribed in commemoration of Margaret Anderson McAndrew who lived
at Wickham House from 1881-1925. The structure is on Bromley
Council’s Local List of buildings to be protected.