Goudhurst

//ɡaʊdˈhɜːst// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A village and civil parish in Tunbridge Wells borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7237).

    "At Darley Dale, in Derbyshire, there is another yew about 1,000 years younger with a 32 ft girth, while a mighty yew at Goudhurst, Kent, has a bench seating 12 in its hollow trunk."

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"At Darley Dale, in Derbyshire, there is another yew about 1,000 years younger with a 32 ft girth, while a mighty yew at Goudhurst, Kent, has a bench seating 12 in its hollow trunk."

Etymology

From an unclear Old English personal name + hyrst (“wooded hill”).

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