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Ashdown

British  
/ ˈæʃdaʊn /

noun

  1. Paddy, Baron. real name Jeremy John Durham Ashdown . born 1941, British politician; leader of the Liberal Democrats (formerly the Social and Liberal Democrats) (1988–99); UN high representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 2002

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In her first visit as Royal Literary Fund patron, the Queen spent time in Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, earlier.

From BBC Jul. 7, 2026

Surveys are also due to be carried out at Ashdown Forest in Sussex, where the spider was last recorded in 1969, to find a possible hidden or missed population.

From BBC Apr. 22, 2026

The commemorations in Ashdown Forest to mark Pooh's 100th birthday are expected to include an installation, which would transform the forest's visitor centre into a life-sized pop-up book.

From BBC Dec. 24, 2025

The tireless collecting of retired quarryman Dave Brockhurst, who has spent the last 30 years uncovering fossils from Ashdown Brickworks, was key to the discovery.

From Science Daily Dec. 5, 2024

Conducting them to a point whence they could survey this curious work, their guide next directed them to Ashdown Lodge, which lay, he told them, at about four miles' distance.

From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison

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