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    Thorncombe /ˈθɔːrnkəm/ is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It was historically, until 1844, an exclave of Devon. It lies five...
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    Thorncombe Beacon is a hill between Bridport and Charmouth in Dorset, England. It lies about 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) west of Eype Mouth and 2 kilometres...
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    Age fort at Hascombe probably included farmers from the Wintershall and Thorncombe Street areas of present-day Bramley, but there is no evidence for early...
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    comparatively minor. In 1844 Stockland was transferred to Devon in exchange for Thorncombe and Holwell was gained from Somerset. In 1896 the Somerset villages of...
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    Sir Thomas Brooke (c. 1355 - 1418) of Holditch in the parish of Thorncombe in Devon (since 1844 in Dorset) and of la Brooke in the parish of Ilchester...
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    original to the period. The property is situated on the northern boundary of Thorncombe Wood. It is only three miles from Max Gate, the house that Hardy designed...
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    mentions in his general report of his activities that he too had been to Thorncombe parish church, so even when Bentham had home-field advantage, the boy...
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  • really came together when we were living together at Southcombe Farm, Thorncombe, and just eating, sleeping, and breathing the ideas for the album. The...
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    at the Wayback Machine The transcript of a live webchat The Village of Thorncombe in Dorset Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall at IMDb Channel 4 land share project...
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  • was an English first-class cricketer. Wild was born in February 1846 at Thorncombe, Dorset. He later made a single appearance in first-class cricket for...
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