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Wolds

British

/ wəʊldz /

plural noun

a range of chalk hills in NE England: consists of the Yorkshire Wolds to the north, separated from the Lincolnshire Wolds by the Humber estuary

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Sykes was in Parliament for 27 years, eventually serving the Buckrose constituency in the Yorkshire Wolds.

From BBC ● Apr. 19, 2026

We are sitting in her small cottage in East Keal, a quiet village on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds and just a stone's throw from a number of RAF stations.

From BBC ● May 5, 2025

The palpable sense of anger seems out of keeping for this pretty market town on the edge of the Lincolnshire Wolds.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2022

He spotted on butterfly distribution maps that there were no marbled whites across a 90-mile swath between the Midlands and the Yorkshire Wolds.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 13, 2020

There is scarcely a district in England to compare with the Yorkshire Wolds for its remarkable richness in the remains of Early Man.

From Yorkshire by Gordon Home

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