Portesham railway station — Portesham was a small railway station on the Abbotsbury branch railway in the west of the English county of Dorset. Opened on 9 November 1885 by the Abbotsbury Railway, it was sited across the fields from the village not far from an underbridge… … Wikipedia
Abbotsbury branch railway — The Abbotsbury branch railway was a standard gauge line which ran in the west of the county of Dorset in England opening in 1885. Although great hopes of westward links and mineral traffic drove the original construction of the line, these failed … Wikipedia
Sir Thomas Hardy, 1st Baronet — Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bart Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy Born … Wikipedia
List of schools in the South West of England — The following is a partial list of currently operating schools in the South West region of England. You may also find of use to find a particular school. See also the List of the oldest schools in the United Kingdom.Listed by local education… … Wikipedia
Thomas Hardy's Wessex — Locations in Wessex The English author Thomas Hardy set all of his major novels in the south and southwest of England. He named the area Wessex after the medieval Anglo Saxon kingdom that existed in this part of that country prior to the Norman… … Wikipedia
Bertie Corbett — Infobox Person name = Bertie Oswald Corbett image size = 240px caption = B.O.Corbett school founder and footballer for England birth date = 1875 birth place = Thame death date = 1967 death place = Portesham education = Oxford University… … Wikipedia
List of Grade I listed buildings in Dorset — There are over 6000 Grade I listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the county of Dorset, sub divided by district.Christchurch* Waterloo Bridge, Christchurch * Christchurch Castle * The Constable s House,… … Wikipedia
Culture of Dorset, England — This article is about culture in the English county of Dorset. For Pre Inuit culture in Arctic North America, see Dorset culture. Dorset ( /ˈdɔr … Wikipedia
Abbotsbury — Infobox UK place official name= Abbotsbury local name= Abbotsbury country= England crown dependency = region= South West England region1= static static image caption= area footnotes= area total sq mi= area total km2 = population= 505 [Census,… … Wikipedia
West Dorset — is a local government district and parliamentary constituency in Dorset, England. Its council is based in Dorchester. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the boroughs of Bridport,… … Wikipedia
