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Isle of Purbeck

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Isle of Purbeck peninsula, c.12 mi (20 km) long and c.8 mi (13 km) wide, Dorset, S England, between Poole Harbour and the English Channel. St. Albans Head is the most southerly point of the rocky shore. Ranges of chalk hills cross the peninsula from east to west. The region is noted for the production of Purbeck marble and china clay. Purbeck was a favorite hunting ground of Saxon and Norman kings. The larger district of Purbeck was named after this peninsula.

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Purbeck, Isle of

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Purbeck, Isle of Dorset. Purbicinga 948, Porbi 1086 (DB). ‘Beak-shaped ridge frequented by the bittern or snipe’. OE pūr + *bic. In the earliest spelling the name is combined with a form of OE -ingas ‘dwellers in’.

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