Forest Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Camberwell
Etymology
Forest Hill. This district, which lies partly in Lewisham (K), is first so named in 1797 (Lewisham ParReg) and takes its name from a wood known as Forest Wood in 1520 (Hasted 252) and as late as 1801. It was a part of the great Northwood (Norwood infra 50) of which some 300 acres were in Lambeth (SAC xii).Cf. also Adam de la Forest (1293Ass ) and Adam and Robert atte Forest (1320Rental ), in Duncan, History of Lewisham 147.