Weald

Type

Woodland

Area of origin

S England

Area of use

S England (obsolete as a noun)

Related terms

Wold

Woodland area, forest. Now usually associated with The Weald, a formerly wooded tract of land that lies between the North and South Downs across Sussex, Kent and Surrey.

Etymology

Old English weald ‘forest’ (the West Saxon equivalent of Anglian wald : see Wold)

Example locations

  • Sevenoaks Weald
    Ashford, Kent

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Entry contributors:

Peter Bradford