Weald, The

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• Weald, The —   [ȓə wiːld], Hügellandschaft (bis 217 m über dem Meeresspiegel) in Südostengland, zwischen den Schichtstufen der North Downs und der South Downs. Weithin blieben die Wälder erhalten, obwohl sie im Mittelalter und in der frühen Neuzeit durch… …   Universal-Lexikon

• Weald, The — ▪ region, England, United Kingdom       ancient raised tract of forest nearly 40 miles (64 km) wide in southeastern England, separating the London basin from the English Channel coast. The Weald (Saxon: Andredsweald) is developed on an eroded… …   Universalium

• Weald — The Weald (PronEng|wɪəld) is the name given to a physiographic area in south east England situated between the parallel chalk escarpments of the North and the South Downs. It should be regarded in two separate parts: the sandstone High Weald in… …   Wikipedia

• (the) Weald — the Weald [the Weald] an area of attractive countryside in south east England which includes parts of the counties of ↑Kent, ↑Surrey and ↑Sussex. It is known especially as an area where many fruit and vegetables are grown. It was formerly covered …   Useful english dictionary

• Weald and Downland Open Air Museum — The museum covers convert|50|acre|ha, with nearly 50 historic buildings dating from the thirteenth to nineteenth centuries, along with gardens, farm animals, walks and a lake.The buildings at the museum were all threatened with destruction. They… …   Wikipedia

• Weald Country Park — is a 700 year old, [The manor of Weald descended in the barony of Valognes until the 13th century, when the barony was divided among coheirs. ( [http://www.british history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=15716 North Weald Bassett: Manors , A History of… …   Wikipedia

• Weald — Weald, n. [AS. See {Wold}.] A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; often used in place names. [1913 Webster] Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald, And heard the spirits of the waste and weald Moan as she… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Weald clay — Weald Weald, n. [AS. See {Wold}.] A wood or forest; a wooded land or region; also, an open country; often used in place names. [1913 Webster] Fled all night long by glimmering waste and weald, And heard the spirits of the waste and weald Moan as… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Weald of Kent Grammar School — is a grammar school in Tonbridge, Kent for girls aged 11 18 and boys aged 16 18. The headteacher is Mrs Johnson who recently replaced Mrs Susan Ann Rowell.This school is a Language College, a type of specialist school in the UK, where students… …   Wikipedia

• Weald-Artois Anticline — The Weald Artois Anticline is a geological structure running between the regions of the Weald in southern England and Artois in north eastern France. The anticline uprose during the Alpine orogeny in the late Oligocene to middle Miocene,… …   Wikipedia

• Weald Clay — is a Lower Cretaceous sedimentary rock underlying areas of South East England. It is part of the Wealden Group of rocks. The clay is named after the Weald, an area of Sussex. It varies from orange and grey in colour and is used in brickmaking.The …   Wikipedia