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Weald, The, wooded tract, in SW. of Kent and E. of Sussex, 40 by 10 to 15 miles; is the remains of a Saxon forest which stretched 120 miles along the northern frontier of the South Saxon kingdom.
(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))
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Feature Description: | "wood" (ADL Feature Type: "woods") |
Administrative units: | Kent AncC Sussex AncC |
Place names: | THE WEALD | WEALD | WEALD THE |
Place: | Wealden |
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