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Weald

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | | Copyright

Weald, ‘the woodland or forest’, OE weald: Weald Bassett, North Essex. Walda 1086 (DB), Welde Basset 1291. Manorial affix from the Basset family, here in the 13th cent. Weald, South Essex. Welde 1062, Welda 1086 (DB). Weald, The Kent–Hants. Waldum (a dative plural form) 1185.

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weald

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

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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the Weald

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

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

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

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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