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movement. In the 1970s, the fields surrounding the wood were sold to make way for housing development. The wood was preserved in the 1960s when the
Kingshurst Hall Estate was completed so that it could act as a buffer between the estate and other nearby estates. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
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241:"Kingfisher Country Park"
225:The Town Planning Review
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167:"Map of Yorks Wood"
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131:References
41:River Cole
25:Kingshurst
17:Yorks Wood
268:1°45′35″W
87:celandine
75:bluebells
65:in 1991.
301:Solihull
125:sycamore
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173:26 July
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51:History
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121:willow
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