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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(3 km) walk from Porlock Weir, and some 3–4 miles (about 6 km) from Porlock itself. A toll road bypasses the 1 in 4 gradient on Porlock Hill. There is the...
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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 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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1957. In January 1975, Gregson died suddenly from a heart attack near Porlock Weir, Somerset, aged 55, whilst on holiday, walking on the path to St. Beuno's...
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A39 road (section Porlock Hill)
retrieved and hauled by men and twenty horses over Countisbury and Porlock hills to Porlock Weir where the water in the bay was less rough. The endeavour eventually...
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Queen Victoria's jubilee. The parish is part of the benefice of Porlock and Porlock Weir with Stoke Pero, Selworthy and Luccombe within the Exmoor deanery...
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Coxswain, Jack Crowcombe, proposed that the lifeboat be taken over land to Porlock Weir so that it could be launched there instead. This would entail a journey...
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moving away. Gregson died of a heart attack, aged 55, while on holiday in Porlock Weir, Somerset in 1975. His body was interred at Sunbury Cemetery, Sunbury-on-Thames...
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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 blowing...
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John Hammond, during the 1990s, he also ran "The Little Gallery" in Porlock Weir, Somerset, UK, where he sold his paintings and those of other local artists...
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and a house in London. They spent their honeymoon at Ashley Combe near Porlock Weir, Somerset, which had been built as a hunting lodge in 1799 and was improved...
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1989. It was filmed in October 1988 in West Somerset, England, near Porlock Weir and the hamlet of Culbone. The video features Mike Rutherford with his...
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Dovery Manor Museum (redirect from Porlock Museum)
sea, and was hauled by men and 20 horses over Countisbury and Porlock hills to Porlock Weir where the water in the bay was less rough. The endeavour enabled...
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between Porlock Weir and Minehead in the Exmoor National Park on the coast of Somerset, England. Hurlstone Point marks the boundary between Porlock Bay and...
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runs along all of Exmoor's coast. There are small harbours at Lynmouth, Porlock Weir and Combe Martin. Once crucial to coastal trade, the harbours are now...
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coastal and sailing scenes towards the end of the story were filmed in Porlock Weir. The film was scored by Zbigniew Preisner and the music subsequently...
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two-mile walk from Porlock Weir, and some four miles from Porlock itself. The village is situated in a sheltered spot, near the coast of Porlock Bay. The slopes...
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Somerset, England. It supplies the town of Minehead and nearby Porlock and Porlock Weir. The reservoir is part of the River Horner catchment area, and...
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grandmother in Porlock Weir. Some burnt clothes were found which had belonged to Anna and the Rev Thornton investigated in Porlock Weir finding that the...
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First World War, she organized the reconstruction of a small harbour at Porlock Weir which, upon completion, was able to supply timber for the building of...
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what is now Barry. The ketch, Lizzy, was wrecked at Gore point, near Porlock Weir. The ship, built in Appledore, was spotted in trouble off Lynmouth in...
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there are hundreds of ports and harbours, varying from the tiny (such as Porlock Weir) to the large (such as the Port of Felixstowe). Ships were also simply...
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Hurlestone Point. After passing through Bossington it follows the beach to Porlock Weir and connects with the Coleridge Way. The scenery of rocky headlands,...
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West Somerset Porlock and Porlock Weir with Stoke Pero Porlock and Porlock Weir with Stoke Pero, Selworthy and Luccombe St Dubricius: Porlock St Nicholas...
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Exmoor near Doone Valley, carrying the minor road from Porlock Hill to Oare. It crosses Weir Water and is located down a steep, wooded lane beneath overhanging...
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TA24 7JY, UK". Google Maps. Retrieved 20 August 2014. "The Ship Inn to Porlock Weir, The Ship Inn (E-bound), UK". Google Maps. Retrieved 3 July 2014. "N...
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Lynmouth Bay east to Porlock Weir, including Foreland Point and Culbone Hill and also from Hurlstone Point to Minehead. The Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh...
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performances. 12–13 January – the Lynmouth life-boat Louisa is launched from Porlock Weir, entailing being hauled overland for 15 miles (24 km) with a climb of...
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chapel is within the parish of Selworthy which is part of the Porlock and Porlock Weir with Stoke Pero, Selworthy and Luccombe benefice within the Diocese...
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