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West Dorset é um distrito de administração local e um círculo eleitoral com representação no parlamento britânico situado em Dorset, Inglaterra. O seu conselho tem sede em Dorchester. História.
West Dorset. West Dorset was a local government district in Dorset, England. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and was a merger of the boroughs of Bridport, Dorchester and Lyme Regis, along with Sherborne urban district and the rural districts of Beaminster, Bridport, Dorchester and Sherborne.
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Dorset deriva seu nome da cidade do condado de Dorchester. Os romanos estabeleceram o assentamento no século I e chamaram-no Durnovaria, que era uma versão latinizada de uma palavra brittônica comum, possivelmente significando "lugar com seixos do tamanho de um punho". Os saxões chamaram a cidade de Dornwaraceaster (o sufixo -ceaster sendo o antigo...
Parte da costa de Dorset forma o Costa Jurássica, a Costa Jurássica consiste de penhascos dos períodos Triássico, Jurássico e Cretáceo, documentando 180 milhões de anos de história geológica.
Bibliografia
1. Blamires, Harry (1983). A Guide to twentieth century literature in English. London: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-416-36450-7 2. Chaffey, John (2004). The Dorset Landscape, Its Scenery and Geology. Tiverton, Devon: Devon Books. ISBN 1-871164-43-5 3. Cullingford, Cecil N. (1980). A History of Dorset. Chichester, West Sussex: Phillimore & Co. ISBN 0-85033-255-9 4. Darby, H.C.; Finn, R. Welldon (2009). The Domesday Geography of South-West England. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 97...
Dorset (/ ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t / DOR-sit; archaically: Dorsetshire / ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t. ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər / DOR-sit-sheer, -shər) is a ceremonial county in South West England.It is bordered by Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north and the north-east, Hampshire to the east, the Isle of Wight across the Solent to the south-east, the English Channel to the south, and Devon to the west.
1983–present: The District of West Dorset except the ward of Owermoigne. The West Dorset constituency covers most of the West Dorset district and includes the towns of Dorchester , the county town of Dorset; Bridport , Lyme Regis and Beaminster to the west; and Sherborne to the north.
Dorset is a county located in the middle of the south coast of England. It lies between the latitudes 50.512°N and 51.081°N and the longitudes 1.682°W and 2.958°W, and occupies an area of 2,653 km 2 (1,024 sq mi). It spans 90 kilometres (56 mi) from east to west and 63 kilometres (39 mi) from north to south.
West Bay, originally known as Bridport Harbour, is a small harbour settlement and resort on the English Channel coast in Dorset, England, sited at the mouth of the River Brit approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south of Bridport. The area is part of the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site.
