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Mendips

/ ˈmɛndɪps /

plural noun

  1. a range of limestone hills in SW England, in N Somerset: includes the Cheddar Gorge and numerous caves. Highest point: 325 m (1068 ft) Also calledMendip Hills


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I could almost fancy that I should be able to see the far blue line of the Mendips under the sun, so bright it all was and clear.

I never did hold with master being so free riding over the Mendips at late hours.

This little gorge of the Mendips affords a striking illustration of the same kind.

Immediately behind the village of Cheddar rises the bare grey ridge of the Mendips.

The dwellers in farmhouses a hundred and twenty years ago on the height of the Mendips were early to bed and early to rise.

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