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Forest of Arden - LoveToKnow 1911 |
 | | FOREST OF ARDEN, a district in the north of Warwickshire, England, the "woodland" as opposed to the "felden," or "fielden," i.e. |
 | | Originally it was part of a forest tract of far wider extent than that within the confines of the county, and now, though lacking the true character of a forest, it is still unusually well wooded. |
 | | Shakespeare, whose mother Mary Arden claimed to be of this family, knew the district well, living as he did at Stratford; and its natural characteristics, then still unchanged, inspired his pictures of forest life in As You Like It. |
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