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    The Pinnacles are two chalk formations, including a stack and a stump, located near Handfast Point, on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, southern England...
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  • The Pinnacles may refer to different geological formations: The Pinnacles (Atherton Tableland), Queensland, Australia Pinnacles National Park, California...
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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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    civil parish in Dorset, England, situated 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Dorchester below the northern scarp slope of the Dorset Downs. The name Batcombe...
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    The church of All Saints, also Anglican (Taylor, architect, 1837), is in the Early English style with lancet windows and "oddly clumsy" pinnacles. There...
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    Winterbourne Steepleton (category Villages in Dorset)
    west Dorset, England, situated in a winterbourne valley 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Dorchester, next to the village of Winterbourne Abbas. The name of the village...
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    Ballard Down Ballard Point The Pinnacles Parson's Barn Old Harry Rocks Purbeck Hills Isle of Purbeck Geology of Dorset Geology of the United Kingdom List of...
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    occupying half the total height. The height to the battlements is 123 feet (37 metres), and when the top stones of the pinnacles are included, the total height...
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    battlements, pinnacles, set back buttresses terminating in pinnacles at the bell-storey, and pinnacles on the buttresses at each stage. On the stonework...
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    Lulworth Cove (category Coves of Dorset)
    Lulworth Cove is a cove near the village of West Lulworth, on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, southern England. The cove is one of the world's finest examples...
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    building. The tower has pierced tracery battlements, pinnacles, set back buttresses terminating in pinnacles at the bell-storey, and pinnacles on the buttresses...
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    Piddletrenthide (category Villages in Dorset)
    and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is sited by the small River Piddle in a valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs, 8 miles (13 km)...
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    Dorchester, Dorset, UK: Veloce Publishing. ISBN 1903706343. —————— (2016). Porsche Boxster: The 986 Series 1996-2004. Dorchester, Dorset, UK: Veloce Publishing...
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    Dorset (Mrs. George Dorset)—A petite and pretty high-society matron whose husband George is extremely wealthy. She is first introduced catching the train...
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    Winterborne Stickland (category Villages in Dorset)
    in Dorset in southern England. It is about 4 miles (6 km) west of Blandford Forum. In 2013 the parish had an estimated population of 520. In the 2011...
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    All Saints' Church, Mapperton (category Churches in Dorset)
    Church is a private church, formerly belonging to the Church of England, in Mapperton, Dorset, England. The church is believed to have 12th century origins...
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    St Mary's Church, Long Crichel (category Grade II listed churches in Dorset)
    Church is in the village of Long Crichel, Dorset, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church that has been under the care of the Friends of Friendless...
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    St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury (category Chapels in Dorset)
    situated on a hill above the village of Abbotsbury in Dorset, England. It is dedicated to Saint Catherine. It is now in the guardianship of English Heritage...
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    Baron Ellesmere and Lord Chancellor, and by Thomas Sackville, soon Earl of Dorset, who continued as Lord Treasurer. As a consequence, James was free to concentrate...
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  • The Undercliff is the name of several areas of landslip on the south coast of England. They include ones on the Isle of Wight; on the Dorset-Devon border...
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    St Mary the Virgin is the Church of England parish church of Lytchett Matravers in Dorset. Its parish is part of the Diocese of Salisbury. The building...
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    Lady Wimborne Bridge (category Railway bridges in Dorset)
    railway came to the town of Wimborne in Dorset, England, it is now a Grade II listed structure. Although the Southampton and Dorchester Railway through...
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    Cheselbourne (category Villages in Dorset)
    village and civil parish in Dorset, England, situated in the Dorset Downs, 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Dorchester. The parish is at an altitude of 75...
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    Dorset, Sir Edward Woodville, and Richard with approximately 20,000 men took the town of Berwick as part of the English invasion of Scotland. The castle...
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    Willcox's quiet life in Dorset". Dorset.live. Retrieved 30 June 2024. "Punk princess Toyah Willcox's quiet life in Dorset". Dorset.live. 15 October 2022...
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  • English Heritage is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection. This comprises over 400 of England's historic buildings, monuments...
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    Stair Hole (category Coves of Dorset)
    cove located just west of Lulworth Cove in Dorset, southern England. The folded limestone strata known as the Lulworth crumple are particularly visible...
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  • The Tussauds Group was an entertainment company which is now a part of Merlin Entertainments. It was based in Poole, Dorset from where it managed a portfolio...
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    community that once inhabited the archipelago; the site became one of only 25 mixed sites worldwide. The natural sites are the Dorset and East Devon Coast; Giant's...
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  • of the City of South Burlington starting at the junction of Dorset Street and the Shelburne-South Burlington boundary and proceeding easterly to the junction...
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