Downland, chalkland, chalk downs or just downs are areas of open chalk hills, such as the North Downs. This term is used to describe the characteristic...
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The Weald and Downland Living Museum (known as the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum until January 2017) is an open-air museum in Singleton, West Sussex...
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Brighton and Hove (section Portslade downland)
Brighton and Hove consists of many districts, a stretch of coast and some downland areas. Just to the south of Brighton and Hove in the English Channel is...
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Downlands may refer to: Downland, an area of open chalk hills, especially in southern England Downlands College, a school in Queensland, Australia Downlands...
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The Eastbourne Downland Estate is an area of downland at the easternmost end of the South Downs National Park in East Sussex, England. It was bought by...
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John Dowland (redirect from John Downland)
John Dowland (c. 1563 – buried 20 February 1626) was an English Renaissance composer, lutenist, and singer. He is best known today for his melancholy songs...
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Downlands College, officially named Downlands Sacred Heart College, is a private, Primary school, secondary, coeducational, day and boarding school at...
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Itchen valley of Hampshire in the west to Beachy Head, in the Eastbourne Downland Estate, East Sussex, in the east. The Downs are bounded on the northern...
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Downlands Cancara (1 May 1975 - June 2006) was an English graded Trakehner stallion famous for representing Lloyds Bank as the Black Horse in a long-running...
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The Downlands Countryside Management Project established in 1988 is a partnership between six London and Surrey local authorities set up to manage an...
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The Weald and Downland Gridshell (2002) is a building designed by Buro Happold and Edward Cullinan Architects for the Weald and Downland Open Air Museum:...
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Shoreham-by-Sea (section Downland areas)
result, it was something of a time capsule from a particular period of Downland history, that of the long agricultural depression from 1876 to 1940, when...
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The Vale and Downland Museum is a local history museum in the market town of Wantage, Oxfordshire, England. Often described as a hidden gem the museum...
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two unitary authority areas, Swindon and Wiltshire. Undulating chalk downlands characterize much of the county; the North Wessex Downs in the east, Salisbury...
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The Worthing Downland Estate, Worthing Downs or Worthing Downland, is an area of land in the South Downs National Park in West Sussex, England, close to...
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and Will Kirk were featured. The Repair Shop is filmed at the Weald and Downland Living Museum in Singleton, West Sussex. The Court Barn is the principal...
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The Berkshire Downs are a range of chalk downland hills in southern England, part of the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The Berkshire...
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A Downland Suite is a 1932 composition for brass band in four movements by John Ireland. It has also been arranged for string orchestra and various other...
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Door. The north of the county contains part of Cranbourne Chase, a chalk downland. The highest point in Dorset is Lewesdon Hill (279 m (915 ft)), in the...
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mixed farming took place, with sheep farming being common on the chalk downland. Fishing fleets continue to operate along the coast, notably at Rye and...
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border, but excluded Caversham and Slough. The Berkshire Downs, a chalk downland and area of outstanding natural beauty, occupy the west of the county....
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Look up Downs or downs in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Downland, Downs, or The Downs may refer to: In the 'hill' context, the word 'down' derives from...
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for its mild climate, coastal scenery, and verdant landscape of fields, downland, and chines. The island is historically part of Hampshire. The island is...
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Reigate and Banstead Residents Association (redirect from Downlands Resident Group)
The Reigate and Banstead Residents' Association is a political party and residents' association in Reigate and Banstead, Surrey, England. Its members are...
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Tabanus glaucopis (redirect from Downland horsefly)
Tabanus glaucopis, also known as the downland horsefly, is a species of biting horse-fly. This species is present in most of Europe, in the eastern Palearctic...
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highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the larger Eastbourne Downland Estate. The seafront consists largely of Victorian hotels, a pier, theatre...
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south of the parish, part of the Goodwood House estate. The Weald and Downland Living Museum of Historic Buildings is situated on the edge of the village...
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Swalcliffe Barn Swinford Museum Thame Museum Tom Brown's School Museum Vale and Downland Museum Wallingford Museum Waterperry Museum of Rural Life Witney and District...
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490 ft)). The highest point of the Yorkshire Wolds, a range of low chalk downlands east of York, is Bishop Wilton Wold (height 246 metres (807 ft)), which...
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There are three 18-hole golf courses. Royal Winchester Golf Club is on downland adjacent to the Clarendon Way. John Henry Taylor was the club professional...
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