wolds

The harder portions of these strata still stand up as long ridges, -- the "wolds," "wealds," "moors," and "downs" of the more eastern and south-eastern parts of England.

An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England Edward Potts Cheyney 1904

Welton, a pretty village on the southern edge of the wolds, is divided in two by the A63 dual carriageway linking the city of Hull to the M62.

Country diary: East Yorkshire 2011

It didn't feel like spring when I recently drove up into the wolds near Pocklington, with snow-sprinkled verges still not thawed after an afternoon of winter sun – a low, heatless sun that gave rise to long shadows.

Country diary: East Yorkshire 2011

In a scene toward the end of the book, Holtby describes the sight from an open monoplane on the day of the king's jubilee: On the wolds the small dark villages dotted the green landscape.

Writer With a Cause Martin Rubin 2011

Coming up the long hill behind the village of Acklam in the Yorkshire wolds, I stopped the bike and lay down among the scarlet poppies.

Fancy a go at the Tour de France? 2010

Not far from Melton Mowbray is a tiny hamlet, just off the undulating road that winds through the Leicestershire wolds up to Colsterworth.

Unexpected Alphabets No 4 Peter Ashley 2008

It's all pretty flat except for a short climb to the under-explored Yorkshire wolds.

Roller coaster: a cycle trip across northern England 2010

Tons of wolds to explore… Just imagine a rover standing on top of the wall Herschel Crater.

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I enjoyed my rides along lovely back roads of the Yorkshire wolds.

Fancy a go at the Tour de France? 2010

Indeed for a cycle route that must inevitably cross both the Pennines and the Yorkshire wolds, it's extraordinary how much carefree (and, indeed, car-free) riding there is to be had.

Roller coaster: a cycle trip across northern England 2010