The name "SHERWOOD" is no doubt brought from the Sherwood Forest in England by one of the British immigrants. The name "CONTENT" is related to "container" (as opposed to "happy") and was an area in which cattle were kept prior to being driven to market . But Sherwood Content is a pretty name nevertheless. There is no surface water in the village which is at around 180m elevation so that it seems strange that people settled there when the nearest water source is Lagoon, down the hill near Fontabelle: in all probability the area was settled after Emancipation and was the only area they could get from the planters. This is to some extent reinforced by William Knibb's early interest in Sherwood Content.

Sherwood Content postal district encompasses a number of contiguous areas that seem like one village to someone driving a car, but are in fact distinct zones to a pedestrian. Coxheath, Bottom Town, Central, Top Town and Piedmont.
Piedmont has a rather interesting story going back nearly a thousand years and connecting it to the Waldensia All-age School and the Waldensia Baptist Church.

A number of pretty, nineteenth century houses can be seen in Sherwood Content, but many are being allowed to fall into disrepair and will soon disappear.

Sherwood Content is also interesting from the geological standpoint because there is an exposure of the earlier yellow limestone in this predominantly white limestone area.

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