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    Kingston is a small village on the Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset in southern England. Kingston is situated about two miles south of Corfe Castle...
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  • Purbeck Marble is a fossiliferous limestone found in the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in south-east Dorset, England. It is a variety of Purbeck stone...
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  • Devon Kingston, Staverton, Devon Kingston, North Dorset, a hamlet in Hazelbury Bryan Kingston, Purbeck, Dorset Kingston upon Hull (commonly just Hull),...
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    Church of St James is the parish church for the village of Kingston, located on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset. The church is a notable example of the Gothic...
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    Purbeck was a local government district in Dorset, England. The district was named after the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula that forms a large proportion...
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  • Iwerne Minster Kimmeridge, Kings Park, King's Stag, Kingston (North Dorset), Kingston (Purbeck), Kingston Russell, Kington Magna, Kinson, Knighton Heath,...
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    Swanage (category Isle of Purbeck)
    south east of Dorset, England. It is at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck and one of its two towns, approximately 6+1⁄4 miles (10 km) south of Poole...
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  • The following is a list of churches in Purbeck, Dorset. St James's Church, Kingston, Purbeck Lady St Mary Church, Wareham St Martin's Church, Wareham...
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    Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, on the south coast of England. The hill Swyre Head lies about 2 kilometres (1 mi) southwest of the village Kingston, about 5...
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    Corfe Castle (village) (category Isle of Purbeck)
    of the Isle of Purbeck and has an area of 14+1⁄2 square miles (37.45 km2). To the south, it includes the smaller village of Kingston and a section of...
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    Joseph Kellaway (category People from Purbeck District)
    Wrangler (right) by Sir Oswald Brierly, 1855 Born 1 September 1824 Kingston, Purbeck, Dorset Died 2 October 1880 (aged 56) Chatham, Kent Buried Maidstone...
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    De La Warr, who fought at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, is made from Purbeck Marble and dominates the south aisle. It includes a wide selection of stained...
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    chantry chapel in a tomb of Purbeck marble. There were formerly monumental brasses to him and his wife, Elizabeth. Kingston's first two marriages were to...
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    Corfe Castle (category Isle of Purbeck)
    fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the English county of Dorset. Built by William the Conqueror...
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    Tyneham (category Isle of Purbeck)
    district, in the south of Dorset, England, near Lulworth on the Isle of Purbeck. In 2001 the civil parish had a population of 0. The civil parish was abolished...
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  • Thumbnail for Collingbourne Kingston
    Collingbourne Kingston is a village and civil parish about 8 miles (13 km) south of the market town of Marlborough in Wiltshire, England. The village,...
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    961 The Studland and Godlingston Heaths NNR is located on the Isle of Purbeck in the English county of Dorset. It borders Studland Bay on the south side...
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    Church Knowle (category Isle of Purbeck)
    Church Knowle is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck in the county of Dorset in the south of England. Church Knowle village is situated...
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  • Dorset in 1939. He was also Lord High Admiral of Purbeck, a ceremonial role. Bankes spent his life at Kingston Lacy, “running the estate with consummate skill”...
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    St Michael, inside the west wall of the south aisle, and the restored Purbeck Marble font. St Michael's was the local church of novelist and poet Thomas...
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    35°W / 50.88; -02.35 ST7509 Kingston (Purbeck) Dorset 50°37′N 2°04′W / 50.61°N 02.07°W / 50.61; -02.07 SY9579 Kingston East Lothian 56°01′N 2°44′W...
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    Morden, Dorset (category Purbeck District)
    Morden (otherwise Moreden) is a civil parish in the Purbeck district of south Dorset, England. Morden is about 6 miles (10 km) north-west of Poole. At...
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    Langton Matravers (category Isle of Purbeck)
    Matravers (/məˈtrævərz/) is a village and civil parish on the Isle of Purbeck, in the county of Dorset in the south of England. It is situated about...
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  • Elections to Purbeck District Council were held on 1 May 2003. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall...
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    number of long distance footpaths and cycle ways passing through it: the Purbeck cycle way, Route 2 (Sustrans), the Frome valley trail, the Jubilee trail...
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    small stores selling locally caught seafood. West Lulworth is part of West Purbeck electoral ward. This ward extends northwards from the Cove to East Stoke...
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  • Poor Law Unions for Wareham and for Purbeck were formed 25 March 1836, but were merged into a single Wareham & Purbeck Union in September 1836. The original...
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    Coombe Keynes is a hamlet, civil parish and depopulated village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England. The village is about 2 miles (3 km) south...
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    The 2012 Purbeck District Council election to the Purbeck District Council in Dorset took place on Thursday 3 May 2012. "Purbeck District Council election...
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    Worth Matravers (category Isle of Purbeck)
    around a pond, which is a regular feature on postcards of the Isle of Purbeck.[citation needed] The civil parish stretches from the coast northwards...
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