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CASTLETOWN, a seaport village in Portland Isle, Dorset; 4½ miles S by E of Weymouth. It has a post office under Weymouth, a hotel, and a stone wharf and pier.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a seaport village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
Administrative units: | Dorset AncC |
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