A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BLACKMOOR-VALE, the valley of the Cale river, on the mutual border of Somerset and Dorset; southsouth-eastward from Wincanton toward Sturminster. It is flanked by hill ranges, often 4 miles asunder; and has a rich, tenacious, marshy soil, notable as pasture land, and for the vigorous growth of oaks. It was originally called White Hart forest, from an incident in a hunt by Henry III.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "the valley of the Cale river" (ADL Feature Type: "valleys") |
| Administrative units: | Dorset AncC Somerset AncC |
| Place names: | BLACKMOOR VALE | WHITE HART FOREST |
| Place: | Blackmoor Vale |
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