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West Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the boroughs of Bridport, Dorchester an
Maiden Castle in 1934: photograph by Major George W. G. Allen (1891–1940)
Askerswell
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Askerswell is a small village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England. It is sited on the small River Asker. It lies 11 miles west of the county town Dorchester. The parish has a
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…tourists visiting the Jurassic Coast, as is the smaller coastal town of Lyme Regis at the county border with Devon. Abbotsbury, Allington, Alton Pancras, Askerwell Batcombe, Beaminster, Beer Hackett, Bettiscombe, Bincombe, Bishops Caundle, Bothenhampton, Bradford Abbas, Bradford Peverell, Bradpole, Bridport…
Askerswell village from the south
Parish church of St Michael
Eggardon Hill, showing the embankments of the Iron Age hillfort