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Iwerne Courtney (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 55 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.9167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 12 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.2000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located at the foot of Hambledon Hill where General Wolfe trained his troops before scaling the Heights of Abraham to attack Quebec in 1759; there is an Iron Age fort on Hambledon Hill as well. |
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| Iwerne Courtney (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Shroton (C,V,English,U)
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| Werne (H,V,Anglo-Saxon-P,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
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Dorset (county) (P) |
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