Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Encombe

Encombe, hamlet and seat of Earl of Eldon, on SE. coast of Dorset, in par. and 2 m. SW. of Corfe Castle.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hamlet and seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Corfe Castle AP/CP       Dorset AncC
Place: Encombe

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