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    North Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England, between 1974 and 2019. Its area was largely rural, but included the towns of Blandford...
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    Dorset (/ˈdɔːrsɪt/ DOR-sit; archaically: Dorsetshire /ˈdɔːrsɪt.ʃɪər, -ʃər/ DOR-sit-sheer, -⁠shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered...
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    North Dorset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Simon Hoare of the Conservative Party. This seat...
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    Mid Dorset and North Poole is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2024 by Vikki Slade, a Liberal Democrat. 1997–2010:...
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    (/ˈɡɪlɪŋəm/ GHIL-ing-əm) is a town and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England. It lies on the B3095 and B3081 roads, approximately four miles...
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  • North Dorset by-election may refer to: 1905 North Dorset by-election 1937 North Dorset by-election 1957 North Dorset by-election This disambiguation page...
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    Elections to North Dorset District Council were held on 3 May 2007, alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom. All 33 seats were up for...
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    North Dorset Railway (previously known as the Shillingstone Station Project, the North Dorset Railway Trust and the Shillingstone Railway Project) is...
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    (LSWR) that grew to connect Bath (in north-east Somerset) and Bournemouth (then in Hampshire; now in south-east Dorset), with a branch in Somerset from Evercreech...
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  • Greatest Hits Radio Dorset (North Dorset) is an Independent Local Radio station serving North Dorset. The station launched on 25 June 1995 as Gold Radio...
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    the Thule people (proto-Inuit) in the North American Arctic. The culture and people are named after Cape Dorset (now Kinngait) in Nunavut, Canada, where...
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    Dorset is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,133 at the 2020 census. Dorset is famous for being the location of...
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  • North Dorset RFC is a rugby union club in Gillingham, Dorset, who have been in existence since 1951. They currently play in Regional 2 South Central and...
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    under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset. The town is situated on the River Frome eight miles (13 km) southwest of...
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    is on the banks of the River Frome to the south of the Dorset Downs and north of the South Dorset Ridgeway that separates the area from Weymouth, 7 miles...
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    and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated on the A350 road in the North Dorset administrative district, 1 mile (1...
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    village in East Dorset, England, situated on the boundary between the chalk downland of Cranborne Chase and the Dorset Heaths, and ten miles north of Poole....
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    these buildings in the former district of North Dorset in the county of Dorset. Grade I listed buildings in Dorset The date given is the date used by Historic...
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    Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck and East Dorset (non-metropolitan districts) combined with the functions vested in Dorset County Council to form Dorset...
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    civil parish in Dorset, England. It is on the A30 road, 20 miles (32 kilometres) west of Salisbury and 23 miles (37 kilometres) north-northeast of Dorchester...
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    Farnham is a village and civil parish in North Dorset, in the south of England, on Cranborne Chase, seven miles (eleven kilometres) northeast of Blandford...
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    Holt is a village in east Dorset, England, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Wimborne Minster. The village had a population of 1,265 in 2001. The electoral ward...
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    village and civil parish in the ceremonial county of Dorset in southern England. It lies within the Dorset administrative district, about two miles (three...
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  • with regional variations, in Dorset, Wiltshire, Somerset and Devon. It was mainly spoken in the Blackmore Vale in North Dorset, not so prevalent in the south...
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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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    and the six district councils of Christchurch, East Dorset, North Dorset, Purbeck, West Dorset, and Weymouth and Portland serving as lower-tier authorities...
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    Hazelbury Bryan is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated in the Blackmore Vale, approximately five miles...
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  • following is a list of churches in the former local government area of North Dorset, England. Gillingham Methodist Church Sherborne Abbey St James' Church...
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    (part) Mid Dorset and North Poole (part) Poole Containing electoral wards from Dorset (unitary authority) Christchurch (part) Mid Dorset and North Poole (part)...
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    Hinton is a civil parish in Dorset, England, situated 3 miles north of Wimborne Minster. It was created on 1 April 2015 from Hinton Martell and Hinton...
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