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BOSCOMBE CHINE, a narrow water-worn ravine on the coast of Dorset; 2 miles E of Bournemouth. Boscombe Lodge, the seat of Sir Percy Shelley, Bart., is adjacent.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a narrow water-worn ravine" (ADL Feature Type: "canyons") |
Administrative units: | Dorset AncC |
Place: | Boscombe |
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