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Abbotsbury (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 40 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.6667 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 36 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.6000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Remains of a Benedictine monastery founded here ca. 1026; famous swannery also here. |
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| Abbotsbury (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Abbodesbyrig (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1045 |
| Abedesberie (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086. |
| Abodesberie (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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