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Worth Matravers (England)


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    • e-uk-en
  • Variants

    • Worth (Dorset, England)
    • Parish of Worth Matravers (England)
  • Additional Information

    • Descriptor

        Villages
    • Descriptor

        Populated place
    • Associated Locale

        Great Britain
    • Associated Locale

        Wareham (England : District)
    • Associated Locale

        West Country (England)
    • Associated Language

        English
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  • Sources

    • found: Purbeck papers, 2002:p. 1 (Worth Matravers, Dorset) p. 2 (Worth Matravers village; Worth)
    • found: GEOnet, July 14, 2005(Worth Matravers; PPL, 50°36ʹ00ʺ N, 002°02ʹ00ʺW; UK)
    • found: Ordnance Survey Web site, July 14, 2005:gazetteer (Worth Matravers; Dorset; village, etc.; 50°35.8ʹ N, 2°2.1ʹW)
    • found: GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 50°36ʹ00ʺN 002°02ʹ00ʺW)
    • found: Ladle, Lilian. Multi-period occupation at Football Field, Worth Matravers, Dorset, 2018:title page (Worth Matravers, Dorset) page 1 (village; south-east Dorset, on high land overlooking English Channel to the south, Purbeck ridge to the north, town of Swanage to the east)
    • found: GEOnet, 18 February 2019(Worth Matravers (approved); variant: Worth; geopolitical entity name: United Kingdom; first-order administrative division name: Dorset; latitude, longitude: 50° 36ʹ 00ʺ N, 002° 02ʹ 00ʺ W (DMS), 50.6 [N], -2.033333 [W] (DD); feature designation: populated place)
    • found: Worth Matravers Parish Council website, 18 February 2019:main page (Worth Matravers; a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset; situated on the cliffs west of Swanage; the parish includes the village of Worth Matravers towards the south of the parish and the hamlet of Harmans Cross to the north (building began in Harman's Cross after the First World War) History and geography of the parish (the Parish of Worth Matravers; prehistoric and Roman occupation; Worth a Saxon settlement; at end of 14th century, became known officially as Worth Matravers after William Matravers, constable of Corfe Castle) - http://www.worthmatraversparishcouncil.org/
    • found: A vision of Britain through time, 19 February 2019(Worth Matravers; John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-1872) described as: Worth-Matravers, a parish, with seven hamlets, in Wareham district, Dorset; now part of Purbeck district) - http://visionofbritain.org.uk/place/14037
    • found: Wikipedia, 18 February 2019(Worth Matravers; village and civil parish in Dorset; village of Worth Matravers towards the south of the parish, which also includes the village of Harman's Cross to the north; the parish forms part of the Purbeck local government district; region: South West; DMS: 50° 35ʹ 48.48ʺ N, 2° 2ʹ 17.52ʺ W; Decimal: 50.5968 [N], -2.0382 [W])
    • found: Wikidata, 18 February 2019(Worth Matravers (Q285555); also known as: Worth Matravers, Dorset; description: village in United Kingdom; instance of: village, civil parish; country: United Kingdom; located in the administrative territorial entity: Purbeck; OS [Ordnance Survey] grid reference: SY975775) - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q285555
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  • Change Notes

    • 2005-07-14: new
    • 2019-02-21: revised
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