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See also:FOREST OF See also:ARDEN
, a See also:district in the See also:north of See also:Warwickshire, See also:England, the " woodland " as opposed to the " felden," or "fielden," i.e. open See also:country, in the See also:south, the See also:river See also:Avon separating the two
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Originally it was See also:part of a See also:forest See also:tract of far wider extent than that within the confines of the See also:county, and now, though lacking the true See also:character of a forest, it is still unusually well wooded
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The undulating See also:surface ranges for the most part from 250 to 500 ft. in See also:elevation
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Wide lands in this district were held in the See also:time of See also:Edward the See also:Confessor by Alwin, whose son Thurkill of ,See also:Warwick, or " of See also:Arden," founded the See also:family of the Warwickshire Ardens who in See also:Queen See also: |
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