Portesham (England)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Portesham (England)
Coordinates
W0023400 W0023400 N0504000 N0504000 (geonames )
Associated country
Great Britain
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 151521610
Wikidata: Q2683476
Library of congress: nb2005004674
Uk: 006176866
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 50°40ʹ00ʺN 002°34ʹ00ʺW)
  • Ordnance Survey WWW Site, 5 May 2005(Portesham, Dorset, village, 50°40.0ʹN, 2°33.5ʹW)
  • Possum village lives, 2003:t.p. (Portesham)
  • Ordnance Survey WWW Site, 5 May 2005(Portesham, Dorset, village, 50⁰40.0ʹN, 2⁰33.5ʹW)
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Wikipedia description:

Portesham, sometimes also spelt Portisham, is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated in the Dorset Council administrative area approximately 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Weymouth, 6 miles (10 km) southwest of the county town Dorchester, and 2 miles (3 km) northeast of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site at Chesil Beach. The parish is quite large, covering several outlying hamlets and what were once their manors. In the 2011 census it had a population of 685 in 316 households and 342 dwellings.

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