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ridgeway

(ˈrɪdʒˌweɪ)
n
(Human Geography) Brit a road or track along a ridge, esp one of great antiquity
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ridgeway

[ˈrɪdʒweɪ] N → ruta f de las crestas
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It is altogether a place that you won't forget, a place to open a man's soul, and make him prophesy, as he looks down on that great Vale spread out as the garden of the Lord before him, and wave on wave of the mysterious downs behind, and to the right and left the chalk hills running away into the distance, along which he can trace for miles the old Roman road, "the Ridgeway" ("the Rudge," as the country folk call it), keeping straight along the highest back of the hills--such a place as Balak brought Balaam to, and told him to prophesy against the people in the valley beneath.
Passing along the Ridgeway to the west for about a mile, we come to a little clump of young beech and firs, with a growth of thorn and privet underwood.
Passing along the Ridgeway to the east, we soon come to cultivated land.
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-- why, I was that scared I dasn't hardly go to bed, or get up, or lay down, or SET down, Sister Ridgeway. Why, they'd steal the very -- why, goodness sakes, you can guess what kind of a fluster I was in by the time midnight come last night.
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Ben Ridgeway came up with 9 kills to lead Barrington past Fremd 25-18, 25-23 in Palatine.
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Officers were called at around 11.20am by bystanders who believed the man, aged 37, was hit by a van on Ridgeway.
'White van collision' man was assaulted say police; investigation underway as victim is treated in hospital
Sarniya was last seen wearing a navy Ridgeway Academy uniform, and the school in Redditch has urged people with information on her whereabouts to contact police.
Sarniya Hussain missing: Urgent appeal after girl, 15, fails to attend school; Sarniya Hussain, from Redditch, Worcestershire, was last seen shortly before the start of the school day on Friday
The Ridgeway in Rothley in Leicestershire is said to have an average property value of PS1.9m.
Village home to one of UK's priciest streets; Average property value of PS1.9m
A significant turning point in Danielle Ridgeway's life was deciding to go to college while working full time and raising two young children.
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Ridgeway School, a special educational needs school, has now earned the 360degsafe Online Safety Mark.
School online safety award
Head across the road and through a gate to join the famous Ridgeway, a route used since prehistoric times by travellers.
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