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Wolds

British  
/ wəʊldz /

plural noun

  1. 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

"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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Charlie Dewhirst, who represents Bridlington and The Wolds, called on the government to publish a strategy to improve social mobility for young white men living in poorer communities.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Charlie Dewhirst, MP for Bridlington and The Wolds, has raised Mr Crockford's case with the Department of Health and the hospital trust.

From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025

About 20 graves dating to the fifth and sixth centuries have been found in the Lincolnshire Wolds including one containing a woman cradling a baby.

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2018

Driving each day across the Wolds, he was struck by “the living aspect of the landscape”.

From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2017

Then August to the Yorkshire Wolds, with their sweeping outlines, clear in the amber air shining over white roads and blue-green fields.

From England by Fox, Frank, Sir

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