A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
CHAPMAN'S POOL, a small bay on the coast of Dorset; immediately west of St. Alban s head, and 3½ miles S of Corfe-Castle. A lofty eminence of Kimmeridge clay, rising from cliffs, overhangs it; and contains beds of bituminous shale which have long been in slow combustion.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a small bay" (ADL Feature Type: "bays") |
| Administrative units: | Dorset AncC |
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