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Dorset (pronounced DOR-sit or [dɔ.sət], and sometimes in the past called Dorsetshire) is a county in the south-west of England, on the English Channel coast. ...
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Swanage a small town in the south east of Dorset, England. It is situated at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck, approximately 10 km south of Poole and 40 km east of Dorchester. The town has a population of 10,124 (2001). Nearby are Ballard Down, Old Harry Rocks and Studland Bay to the north and Durlston Country Park to the south. Ronda, Spain Main street in Bastrop, Texas, United States, a small town A town is a community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ...
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Corfe Castle The Isle of Purbeck, not a true island but a peninsula, is in the county of Dorset, England. ...
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The town was a small port and fishing village until the Victorian era when it became a seaside resort. It also has a long history in quarrying along the cliffs to the south at Durlston, and was one of the largest producers of Purbeck stone and marble. Today, tourism is the main industry, employing many who live in the town, while some 40% of the workforce commute to Poole[citation needed]. Swanage has several pubs in proximity to the town square. The square itself has three takeaway restaurants, though only one has a seated dining area. Fishing is the activity of hunting for fish by hooking, trapping, or gathering. ...
Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...
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The town has a wooden 19th century pier with two branches; one was refurbished in 1999 and the other is derelict. Sightseeing and angling boats operate from the "new" pier. Scuba diving takes place under the piers and at nearby coastal wrecks. Indeed Swanage is considered by many to be the home of British Scuba diving[citation needed] as not only is it one of the most popular sea water training sites for dive schools and clubs to take trainee divers due to the sheltered conditions within the bay, but the dive shop still situated on the pier was the first dive shop ever to open in Great Britain.[citation needed] There is a sandy beach, on Swanage Bay, along the edge of the town. The beach was improved in 2005/6 by construction of new greenheart timber groynes and the placement of 90,000m3 of sand as beach nourishment [1]. Cliffs to the south-east of the town are used by climbers. The town is a gateway town for the Jurassic Coast, a popular world heritage site, and because of this it is a popular destination for educational field trips and romantic meals. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Swanage Pier is an over 100 year old Victorian pier that spans the ocean in the southern area of Swanage Bay near Swanage a small town in the south east of Dorset, England. ...
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History
 Globe at Durlston Country Park An old clock tower from one end of the old London Bridge has been set up at the seashore. A facade from one of the old London guild houses is on the front of the Town Hall. These relics and many more were brought to the town in the nineteenth century by John Mowlem and his nephew George Burt, who became successful builders in London. It is said that the items brought from London were used as ballast for the empty vessels which transported Purbeck stone to London. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 797 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 × 770 pixel, file size: 206 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Swanage Globe, Dorset. ...
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Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
John Mowlem (1788 - 1868) was a stonemason, builder and founder of the construction company Mowlem, Burt and Freeman in England. ...
George Burt (1816-1894) was a successful builder from Swanage, England who worked with and was the nephew of John Mowlem. ...
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The Swanage Railway, a volunteer-run heritage railway, connects the town with Corfe Castle and runs both steam and diesel locomotives. It runs on tracks reconstructed on an alignment abandoned by the national railway system in 1972. Swanage station is decorated with railway memorabilia. ...
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Corfe Castle is a small village and ruined castle ( ) dating back to the 11th century, situated in a gap in the Purbeck Hills, five miles south of Wareham, in Dorset, England. ...
In 877 Alfred the Great fought a sea battle against the Danes in Swanage Bay. A hundred of their ships which had survived the battle were driven by a storm onto Peveril Point. A monument topped by cannon balls was set up in 1882 by John Mowlem to celebrate this event and is situated at the southern end of the promenade (Ward Lock’s). The Danes take Exeter Indravarman II succeeds Jayavarman III as ruler of the Khmer Empire. ...
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Peveril Point Peveril Point is the a promonotory forming the eastern most part of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England, and is part of the town of Swanage. ...
Sport and recreation Swanage has a King George's Field in memorial to King George V, which recently became home to a new skate park (which continues to expand though fund raising by locals) and a new hi-tech play area, funded in a similar way to the skate park. Planning applications have been submitted for a sports pavilion. Additionally, the sea cliffs and quarries to the west of Swanage provide excellent venues for rock climbing. Entrance to the KGV field in Worcester A King Georges Field is a public open space in the United Kingdom dedicated to the memory of King George V (3 June 1865–20 January 1936). ...
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was the first British monarch belonging to the House of Windsor, which he created from the British branch of the German House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. ...
Literature Swanage is called Knollsea in Thomas Hardy’s novels. In “The Hand of Ethelberta” it is described as “…a seaside village lying snug within two headlands as between a finger and thumb”. “Thomas Hardy†redirects here. ...
The Hand of Ethelberta is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1876. ...
Swanage station, the terminus of the Swanage heritage railway. Swanage railway station, Dorset, by user:Steinsky File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Language School A large English Language school, Harrow House, is located in the centre of the town, and provides year round educational courses for students from more than 60 different countries. Harrow House is a school in Swanage, Dorset in the United Kingdom. ...
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There are many beaches in Dorset, southern England, with most of them making up the UNESCO World Heritage Site, The Jurassic Coast. ...
The Jurassic Coast is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. ...
Langton Matravers is a village in the Purbeck district of Dorset, England, just outside Swanage. ...
Corfe Castle is a small village and ruined castle ( ) dating back to the 11th century, situated in a gap in the Purbeck Hills, five miles south of Wareham, in Dorset, England. ...
Harmans Cross is a village in Dorset, England, United Kingdom, situated between Swanage and Corfe Castle. ...
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Bibliography - Cooper, Ilay. (2004). Purbeck Revealed. Bath: James Pembroke Publishing.
- Ward Lock’s (no date). Swanage and South Dorset: Illustrated Guide Books. (Twelfth edition). London: Ward, Locke and Co. Ltd.
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