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WOLDS (The), a tract of round chalky hills, in E. R. Yorkshire; extending from the Humber at Ferriby crescentually to the sea at Flamborough-head; measuring 35 miles in length and from 5 to 30 in breadth; rising, in some parts, to an altitude of 600 feet; and intersected from Settrington to Bridlington, by one continuous hollow, called the Great Wold valley.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a tract of round chalky hills" (ADL Feature Type: "mountain ranges") |
Administrative units: | Yorkshire AncC |
Place names: | THE WOLDS | WOLDS | WOLDS THE |
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