The "person on business from Porlock" was an unwelcome visitor to Samuel Taylor Coleridge during his composition of the poem Kubla Khan in 1797. Coleridge...
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Porlock is a coastal village in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) west of Minehead. At the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1,440. In 2017...
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Porlock Hill is a road west of Porlock, Somerset. It is part of the A39, connecting Porlock to Lynmouth and Barnstaple in Devon and is the steepest A-road...
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Porlock Weir is a harbour settlement approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the inland village of Porlock, Somerset, England. "Porlock" comes from the...
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Doyle Porlock Bay, on the Bristol Channel Porlock Bay, Papua New Guinea Porlock Hill Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh Person on business from Porlock, a man...
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Porlock Bay is on the Bristol Channel, between Hurlstone Point and Porlock Weir in Somerset, England. The coastline includes shingle ridges, salt marshes...
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Porlock Stone Circle is a stone circle located on Exmoor, near the village of Porlock in the south-western English county of Somerset. The Porlock ring...
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A39 road (section Porlock Hill)
north coast of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall through Williton, Minehead, Porlock, Lynmouth, Barnstaple, Bideford, Stratton, Camelford, Wadebridge and St...
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HMS Porlock Bay was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named for Porlock Bay on the northern coast of Somerset. Commissioned...
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Dovery Manor Museum (redirect from Porlock Museum)
Dovery Manor Museum, also known as Porlock Museum, is a local museum in Porlock, Somerset, England. The building was built as a Manor house in the late...
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The Church of St Dubricius in Porlock, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I...
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Porlock Bay is a bay within Dyke Ackland Bay, Oro Province of Papua New Guinea named by Captain John Moresby after Porlock Bay in Somerset, England. The...
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The Entrance to Porlock is the fifth novel by the American author and theologian, Frederick Buechner. It was first published in 1970 by Atheneum, New...
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Philip MacDonald (section As Martin Porlock)
Philip MacDonald (5 November 1900 – 10 December 1980) was a British-born writer of fiction and screenplays, best known for thrillers. MacDonald was born...
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Martin, just north of Barnstaple. Newton explained that he had to drive to Porlock, about 25 miles away, and suggested that Scott accompany him—he and Scott...
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Television roles include Emma Porlock in the Dennis Potter serial Cold Lazarus (1996), headmistress Margaret...
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Coleridge's writing was interrupted by an unnamed "person on business from Porlock", causing him to forget much of the dream, but his images of Shangdu became...
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broadcasting Feeld's memories on TV, and proposes to Porlock that her team work for him. Porlock is unaware that a member of her team, Fyodor Glazunov...
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from the dream until he was interrupted by "a person on business from Porlock". The poem could not be completed according to its original 200–300 line...
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military decoration for valor, for his actions on March 8, 1943, near Porlock Harbor, New Guinea. Watson and six other Black Americans who served in...
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Semi-feral Exmoor ponies on Porlock common, Exmoor: They are gathered each year to remove foals and assess stock....
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Hall, carrying thirteen crew and five apprentices, was in trouble off Porlock Weir on the north Somerset coast, owing to a severe gale that had been...
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Hollis TV series 2023 Rain Dogs Lenny TV series 2023–present Toad & Friends Toad (voice role) Animated series 2024 3 Body Problem Denys Porlock TV series...
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John Dagleish as Felix Gerard Monaco as Collins Adrian Edmondson as Denys Porlock CCH Pounder as Lillian Joseph, the Secretary-General of the United Nations...
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Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021. Synonyms; Hebe 'Porlock Purple', Parahebe catarractae 'Porlock Purple', Parahebe 'Greencourt' v t e...
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Sedborough (1515/16-1551), of Porlock, Somerset, was an English politician. Sedborough was the eldest son of William Sedborough of Porlock and Joan, a sister and...
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into Porlock. More horses were obtained from local farmers to bring the team up to about 20 (although four died during the journey). At Porlock the road...
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Porlock Hill, scene of Newton's attempted shooting of Scott....
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Arthur I. Keller. Sherlock Holmes receives a cipher message from Fred Porlock, a pseudonymous agent of Professor Moriarty. Holmes deciphers the message...
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