Bridport is a market town and civil parish in Dorset, England, 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit...
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Viscount Bridport is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The first...
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Bridport is a small town on the north-east coast of Tasmania, Australia. It is part of the Dorset Council and takes its name from Bridport in Dorset, England...
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constituency) Bridport (ward), Dorset Bridport, Tasmania, Australia Bridport, Vermont, United States Viscount Bridport and Baron Bridport, including a...
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The Bridport Railway was a railway branch line that operated in the county of Dorset in England. It connected Bridport with the main line network at Maiden...
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the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Bridport after the English south coast town of Bridport: HMS Bridport (J50) was a Bangor-class minesweeper launched...
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Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Viscount Bridport, 7th Duke of Bronte (born 17 March 1948), known as Alex Bridport, is a British investment banker, resident...
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The Battle of Bridport was fought on 14 June 1685, at the start of the Monmouth Rebellion in the town of Bridport, in Dorset, England. The battle was...
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Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, KB (2 December 1726 – 2 May 1814), of Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, was an officer of the British Royal Navy...
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published in March 2007. Aldridge's short story, Arrivederci Les, won the Bridport Short Story Prize 2011. Her third novel, A Trick I Learned from Dead Men...
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Charlotte Mary Hood, Baroness Bridport, 3rd Duchess of Bronte (née Nelson; 20 September 1787 – 29 January 1873) was an English aristocrat who inherited...
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Dukedom of Bronte (section Alexander Nelson Hood, 4th Duke of Bronte, 1st Viscount Bridport (1814–1904))
Nelson Hood, 4th Duke of Bronte, 1st Viscount Bridport (1814–1904) (son) (previously created Viscount Bridport; see above) Sir Alexander Nelson Hood, 5th...
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Bridport Museum is a museum in Bridport, Dorset, England. It is housed within an early 16th century building known as the Castle, located on South Street...
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The Bridport Sand Formation is a sandstone geological formation in central and southern England, noted for forming distinctive cliffs on the Jurassic Coast...
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The George Inn is a historic building in the town of Bridport, Dorset, England. The inn contains 16th or 17th century features but dates mostly from the...
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Bridport railway station formerly served the town of Bridport in the English county of Dorset. The station was on the Maiden Newton-Bridport branch line;...
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roughly south-easterly direction past Axminster, Charmouth and Bridport. After Bridport, there is a 2-mile (3.2 km) section of dual carriageway, before...
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of the Bridport Railway in western Dorset, England. In 1879, the Great Western Railway, who held the operating licence for the original Bridport Railway...
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Bridport Priory was a priory in Dorset, England. An inventory of goods belonging to the Priory of St John the Baptist at Bridport was made on 9 October...
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Bridport is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The town was founded October 9, 1761. The population was 1,225 at the 2020 census. The town...
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Arthur Wellington Alexander Nelson Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridport CB (15 December 1839 – 28 March 1924) of Guernsey, Channel Islands, was a British Army officer...
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Bridport is an electoral ward in Dorset. Since 2019, the ward has elected 3 councillors to Dorset Council. The Bridport ward covers the civil parishes...
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The Bridport Dagger are an English four-piece band from London, England. The band's line-up consists of Jason Idnani-Powdrill (lead vocals, guitar), Lawrence...
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as Charlotte Hood, Baroness Bridport 4th Duke of Bronte, general, better known as Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport 5th Duke of Bronte, courtier...
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Rowland Arthur Herbert Nelson Hood, 3rd Viscount Bridport, 6th Duke of Bronte (22 May 1911 – 25 July 1969), of Castello di Maniace, near Bronte, Sicily...
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Alexander Hood may refer to: Admiral Alexander Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport (1726–1814), British Royal Navy admiral Alexander Hood (Royal Navy officer)...
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Giles of Bridport was a medieval Bishop of Salisbury. Giles was archdeacon of Berkshire in the diocese of Salisbury as well as Dean of Wells before he...
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General Alexander Nelson Hood, 1st Viscount Bridport, 4th Duke of Bronte, GCB, DL (23 December 1814 – 4 June 1904) was a British Army officer and courtier...
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William Page (MP) (redirect from William Page (MP for Bridport))
Bedford's placeman. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Bridport in 1559, Oxford in 1563, Saltash in 1571 and 1572. Page became involved...
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Bridport Football Club is a football club based in Bridport, Dorset, England. Affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association, they are currently...
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