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Mendips

British  
/ ˈmɛndɪps /

plural noun

  1. Also called: Mendip Hills.  a range of limestone hills in SW England, in N Somerset: includes the Cheddar Gorge and numerous caves. Highest point: 325 m (1068 ft)

"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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A Mendips pub has become home to a 26-foot snowman made of wine bottles this festive season.

From BBC Dec. 9, 2024

A blue plaque is displayed at Mendips, the childhood home of John Lennon of The Beatles in Woolton on February 11, 2016 in Liverpool, England.

From Salon Sep. 30, 2022

"When I got on top of the Mendips the rain was coming in sideways and I ran half a mile just to get out of it," he said.

From Fox News Feb. 14, 2022

A few blocks away is the childhood home of John Lennon himself, called Mendips, where John lived with his Aunt Mimi.

From Washington Times Nov. 16, 2016

Somersetshire has little to attract the mountaineer, except the very remarkable limestone scenery on the south side of the Mendips at Cheddar, Ebber and Wookey.

From Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England by Smith, W. P. Haskett

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