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	nephihaha 13 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Forgotten Woodlands If you go to England, you're better off going to the New Forest in Hampshire. Despite the name, it was established during the Norman period and at least feels like a substantial tract of older woodland. (Tiny by North American standards of course.)
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mnnuu 11 days ago | [–]

Forest was more of a legal term, and tended to be focused on deer than trees.

eru 11 days ago | [–]

Things with 'new' in the name tend to age quite rapidly. See also Oxford's New College.

bleuarff 11 days ago | [–]

Or the Pont-neuf ("new bridge") in Paris being the oldest one in the city.

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