Place Name
Leading from Upper Shirley to Addington Hills (Shirley Hills Woods). The name Shirley means bright woodland, without a forest canopy blocking the light. It has also been suggested that as the village was not far from the old Surrey/Kent county border, the name may have come from the Old English word for shire but this is thought unlikely. It was mentioned as early as 1314 when it was written as Shirley, which in turn became Shyrley by 1461, and Sherlegh by 1498.
