North Downs

American  

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. a range of chalk hills in southeastern England, south of the Thames, extending west to east about 100 miles (160 kilometers): Highest peak, Leith Hill, 965 feet (294 meters).

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Etymology

Origin of North Downs

First recorded in 1815–20

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North Downs

"Scorrier is in the area of the old Great North Downs Mines, a major part of the tin mining industry in Cornwall, so it's not surprising to find collapses here."

From BBC ● Mar. 14, 2016

“We’re putting the best of the British countryside where it’s never been before – on Google maps,” said Peter Morris, the North Downs Way trail manager.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2016

There will be launch events at both ends of the 153-mile North Downs Way on 17 March, at Farnham in Surrey and at Dover.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 5, 2016

As you drive south from London on the M23, the landscape quickly opens onto the rolling, green hills of the North Downs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2015

And many folk used to dwell away north, a hundred miles or more from here, at the far end of the Greenway: on the North Downs or by Lake Evendim.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien