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Dancing Lodge, Dorset

Historical Description

Dancing Lodge, a stone beach, under an amphitheatre of cliff, on the coast of Dorsetshire, 2½ miles NE of St Alban's Head, and 4SE of Corfe Castle. It is the floor of a quarry, and takes its name from the dancing motion it gives to the waves. The coast in its vicinity is very grand.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyDorsetshire 
DioceseBristol1542 - 1836
DioceseSalisbury1836 -

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.


Land and Property

The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Dorset is available to browse.


Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the Dorset County Chronicle and the Sherborne Mercury online.

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