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the Weald , area between the North Downs and the South Downs, SE England, forming part of the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey, and Kent. Formerly forested and once noted for its iron industry, the Weald is now largely agricultural.

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Weald, the a formerly wooded district including parts of Kent, Surrey, and East Sussex.
Wealden denotes a style of timber house built in the Weald in the late medieval and Tudor periods.

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weald the tract of country, formerly wooded, lying between the North and the South Downs. OE. (WS.) weald, (Angl.) wald WOLD.
Hence wealden (pert. to) a formation of cretaceous deposits extensively developed in the weald. XIX; the use of the suffix -EN3 is arbitrary.

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	Weald decision welcomed. Newspaper article from: West Sussex County Times (Horsham, England); 2/13/2008
	Unusual High Weald exhibition. Newspaper article from: Sussex Express Series (Lewes, England); 3/20/2007
	Protection of the Weald must be ensured. Newspaper article from: Midhurst and Petworth Observer (Midhurst, England); 11/27/2007

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