Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Kimmeridge

Kimmeridge, par. and vil., Dorset, near bay of same name, 6½ miles S. of Wareham, 1570 ac., pop. 170; P.O.; produces a peculiar bituminous shale, of which small pieces of a circular form have been found and called Kimmeridge coal-money; they vary in size and are of great antiquity; Kimmeridge Valley is 4½ miles long.


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

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Feature Description: "parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Kimmeridge AP/CP       Dorset AncC
Place: Kimmeridge

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