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    Burton is a village in the civil parish of Burton and Winkton in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district of Dorset, England. The village is elevated...
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    Burton Bradstock is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, approximately 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) southeast of Bridport and 1⁄2 mile (0.8 km) inland...
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  • Cheshire Burton-in-Kendal, Cumbria Burton, Dorset Burton on the Wolds, Leicestershire Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire Burton, Lincolnshire Burton-upon-Stather...
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    the United Kingdom, living in Virginia Water (Surrey), Purewell (Dorset), Burton (Dorset), Kirkby Malham, and the Old Rectory in Wramplingham, Norfolk (2003–2013)...
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    Longburton (redirect from Long Burton)
    Longburton or Long Burton is a village in Dorset, England, three miles (5 km) south of Sherborne. It is sited on a narrow outcrop of Cornbrash limestone...
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    Christchurch (/ˈkraɪs(t)tʃɜːrtʃ/) is a town and civil parish on the south coast of Dorset, England. The parish had a population of 31,372 in 2021. It adjoins Bournemouth...
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    April 2015. Retrieved 9 March 2015. Burton-Page, Tony (August 2011). "Dorset Houses – A burning question". Dorset Life Magazine. Retrieved 23 January...
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    Burton Joyce (/bɜːrtən ˈdʒɔɪs/) is a large village and civil parish in the Gedling district of Nottinghamshire, England, 7 miles (11 km) east of Nottingham...
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    The Jurassic Coast (also Dorset and East Devon Coast) is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth...
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  • Bridport Verwood Gillingham This is a list of settlements and other places in Dorset, England. Towns, and settlements with populations over 3,000, are listed...
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    St. Luke's Church is a Church of England parish church in Burton, Dorset, England. It was designed by Benjamin Ferrey & Son and opened in 1875. The church...
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  • The Dorset dialect is the traditional dialect spoken in Dorset, a county in the West Country of England. Stemming from Old West Saxon, it is preserved...
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    Wool is a large village, civil parish and electoral ward in south Dorset, England. In the 2011 census the parish – which includes Bovington Camp army base...
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    Chesil Beach (also known as Chesil Bank) in Dorset, England is one of three major shingle beach structures in Britain. Its name is derived from the word...
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    Burton and Grange is a ward of Christchurch, Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 2 councillors to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. The...
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    West Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a...
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    River Stour is a 61 mi (98 km) river which flows through Wiltshire and Dorset in southern England, and drains into the English Channel. The catchment...
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    Hurn (redirect from Hurn, Dorset)
    and civil parish in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district of Dorset, England. It is situated between the River Stour and River Avon 3 miles...
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    is a small harbour settlement and resort on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England, sited at the mouth of the River Brit approximately 1.5 miles (2...
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    was split into the parish of Bransgore (Hampshire) and the parish of Burton (Dorset). In 2023, the building of 100 homes in a flood prone area near Derrit...
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    Bradford Peverell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of the county town Dorchester. It is sited...
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    Dorset /ˈdɔːrsɪt/ (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. Covering an area of 2,653 square kilometres...
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    escarpment of the Dorset Downs. It flows west to its mouth west of Burton Bradstock, reaching the coast through a break in coastal cliffs at Burton Freshwater...
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    WAY-məth) is a seaside town and civil parish in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth...
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    aged between twenty-five and thirty. Burton Agnes Hall Chilton Cantelo Screaming skull "Parish Population Data". Dorset County Council. 20 January 2015. Retrieved...
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    Bridport (redirect from Bridport, Dorset)
    Bridport is a market town and civil parish in Dorset, England, 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit...
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    Crossways is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It lies 6 miles (9.7 km) east of the county town Dorchester. In the 2011 census...
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    Bincombe (redirect from Bincombe, Dorset)
    Bincombe is a small village, or hamlet, and civil parish in Dorset, England, 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Weymouth. The village is 1 mile (1.6 km) from Upwey...
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    Dorset is a rural county in south west England. Its archaeology documents much of the history of southern England. The first known settlement of Dorset...
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    Stratton is a village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Frome valley about 3 miles (4.8 km) north-west of Dorchester. The parish includes...
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