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  2. List of ancient woods in England - Wikipedia

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    The woodlands of Bedfordshire cover 6.2% of the county. [2] Some two thirds of this (4,990 ha or 12,300 acres) is broad-leaved woodland, principally oak and ash. [3] A Woodland Trust estimate of all ancient woodland in Bedfordshire (dating back to at least the year 1600), including woods of 0.1 ha (0.25 acres) and upward suggests an area of 1,468 ha (3,630 acres). [4]

  3. Ancient woodland - Wikipedia

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    Ancient woodland on Inchmahome island in Scotland. In the United Kingdom, ancient woodland is that which has existed continuously since 1600 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (or 1750 in Scotland). [1] [2] The practice of planting woodland was uncommon before those dates, so a wood present in 1600 is likely to have developed naturally. [3]

  4. List of British place-names containing reflexes of Celtic ...

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    The word shares a root with the Germanic word that survives in English as heath.Both descend from a root */kait-/, which developed as Common Celtic */kaito-/ > Common Brittonic and Gaulish */kɛːto-/ > Old Welsh coit > Middle and Modern Welsh coed, Old Cornish cuit > Middle Cornish co(y)s > Cornish cos, Old Breton cot, coet > Middle Breton koed > Breton koad.

  5. Forestry in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Historical woodland cover of England. The Domesday Book of 1086 indicated cover of 15%, "but significant loss of woodland started over four thousand years ago in prehistory". By the beginning of the 20th century this had dropped to 5%. The government believes 12% can be reached again by 2060. [15]

  6. Category:Ancient woods in England - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Ancient woods in England" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. ... Ancient woodland; List of ancient woods in England; A ...

  7. Category:Forests and woodlands of England - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 9 December 2016, at 18:44 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  8. British wildwood - Wikipedia

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    Most of the modern woodlands that remain in England are descended from the original wildwood, but are now maintained in a semi-natural state through management, rotational felling, and exploitation for products such as timber. Where these woodlands have remained ecologically continuous since at least 1600 AD, they are known as ancient woodland. [2]

  9. Forests and woodlands of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    United Kingdom portal; Articles about forests and woodland in the United Kingdom.Note that the older meaning of the word forest as an area set aside for hunting is still applied to some areas, and therefore some of these forests in fact contain very few trees.