Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wolds, The

Wolds, The, chalk hill tract, East-Riding Yorkshire, extending from the Humber at Ferriby (in a crescent form) to Flamborough Head; 35 miles long, and from 5 to 30 miles broad, and rising in some parts to an alt. of 600 ft.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "chalk hill tract"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountain ranges")
Administrative units: Yorkshire Ancient County
Place names: THE WOLDS     |     WOLDS     |     WOLDS THE

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