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Whitcombe (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 41 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.6833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 24 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.4000 decimal degrees |
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Note: 12th-16th-century church here is where the Dorset poet, William Barnes, preached his last sermon. |
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| Whitcombe (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Widecoma (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Widecome (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Dorset (county) (P) |
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Whitcombe (inhabited place) (P) |
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