Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of southern England. Set aside as a hunting ground by William the Conqueror in 1079, it is mostly administrated as public parkland.
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- proper noun A
national park inWiltshire andHampshire , southern England.
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- noun an area of woods and heathland in southern Hampshire that was set aside by William I as Crown property in 1079; originally a royal hunting ground but now administered as parkland; noted for its ponies
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Examples
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Created in the 11th century by William the Conqueror for deer hunting, the New Forest is the largest area of original woodland, heath land and unenclosed pasture remaining in England, covering nearly 600 square kilometers.
Foraging in the New Forest Bruce Palling 2010
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The New Forest is a wild, uninhabited stretch of heath and woodland, many of the trees gnarled and aged, and its very wildness, the lack of cultivation, the ruggedness, made it strongly attractive in my eyes, and suggested my own country.
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The New Forest is a wild, uninhabited stretch of heath and woodland, many of the trees gnarled and aged, and its very wildness, the lack of cultivation, the ruggedness, made it strongly attractive in my eyes, and suggested my own country.
An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913
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It is an old story that names do not fit things; it is an old story that the oldest forest is called the New Forest, and that Irish stew is almost peculiar to England.
A Miscellany of Men 1905
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The New Forest is a wild, uninhabited stretch of heath and woodland, many of the trees gnarled and aged, and its very wildness, the lack of cultivation, the ruggedness, made it strongly attractive in my eyes, and suggested my own country.
Theodore Roosevelt; an Autobiography Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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The place he thus cleared is still called the New Forest, though it is a thousand years old.
Young Folks' History of England Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862
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The New Forest is a delight for foodies of all descriptions.
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There were similar results in places such as Elmbridge, New Forest, Wealden, Shepway, Teignbridge, Mendip and West Devon – and many more.
Lib Dem collapse in local elections is good news for David Cameron 2011
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Ray Dale's parents and Granny Side in the New Forest, 1962.
Family life 2011
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He said to me that he had a nasty feeling it was from a small patch of Creeping Water Primrose, recalls his wife Catherine, who just happens to be the non-native plants officer for the New Forest.
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