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The Wolds

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Over the years the meaning changed from "forest" to "high forest land". When the forests were cleared, the name was retained and applied to upland areas in general. This was particularly true in the
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Wolds, which are underlain by sometimes chalky glacial till ('Oadby Till'). The characteristic open valleys of the Wolds were created during the last
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is a term used in England to describe a range of hills which consists of open country overlying a base of
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The Wolds comprise a series of low hills and steep valleys that are in the main underlain by calcareous (
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form of the word, as in other parts of England, different variations can be found.
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Onions, C. T.; Friedrichsen, G. W. S.; Burchfield, R. W., eds. (1966).
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is a continuation of the Yorkshire Wolds which runs through the
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Index


Yorkshire Wolds Way
limestone
chalk
chalk
limestone
sandstone
Cretaceous
Jurassic
North Leicestershire
South Nottinghamshire
glacial period
glaciation
meltwater
Yorkshire Wolds
East Sussex
Dorset
Lincolnshire Wolds
East Riding of Yorkshire
Humber
Humber Gap
Old English
wald
Anglian
Cotswolds
Winifred Holtby
The Lady of Shalott
Alfred Tennyson
The Weald
West Saxon

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