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Purbeck District

Former non-metropolitan district in England

Summary

Former non-metropolitan district in England

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subdivision_type2Region
subdivision_type3Non-metropolitan county
subdivision_type4Status
subdivision_type5Admin HQ
subdivision_nameUnited Kingdom
subdivision_name1England
subdivision_name4Abolished
government_typeNon-metropolitan district council
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subdivision_name2South West England
subdivision_name3Dorset
subdivision_name5Wareham
established_date11 April 1974 until 1 April 2019
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Purbeck was a local government district in Dorset, England. The district was named after the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula that forms a large proportion of the district's area. However, it extended significantly further north and west than the traditional boundary of the Isle of Purbeck which is the River Frome. The district council was based in the town of Wareham, which is itself north of the Frome.

The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974, from the former municipal borough of Wareham, Swanage urban district and Wareham and Purbeck Rural District. The district and its council were abolished on 1 April 2019, together with the other four districts outside the greater Bournemouth area, to form a new Dorset unitary authority.

Its name is recorded in 948 AD as Anglo-Saxon Purbicinga, meaning "of the people of Purbic", where Purbic may be a former Celtic name, or may contain a supposed Anglo-Saxon word *pur or "male lamb".

Settlements

:Settlements with a population over 2,500 are in bold.

  • Affpuddle, Arne
  • Bere Regis, Bloxworth
  • Chaldon Herring, Church Knowle, Coombe Keynes, Corfe Castle
  • East Lulworth, East Stoke
  • Harman's Cross
  • Kingston, Kimmeridge
  • Langton Matravers, Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster
  • Morden, Moreton
  • Ridge
  • Steeple, Stoborough, Stoborough Green, Studland, Swanage
  • Turners Puddle
  • Wareham, West Lulworth, Winfrith Newburgh, Wool, Worgret, Worth Matravers
  • Upton Lytchett Minster and Upton

Places of interest

  • Ballard Down, Blue Pool, Brownsea Island
  • Chaldon Down, Chapman's Pool, Clouds Hill, Corfe Castle
  • Dancing Ledge, Dunshay Manor, Durdle Door, Durlston Country Park
  • Godlingstone Heath, Godlingstone Manor
  • Hambury Tout
  • Jurassic Coast (A World Heritage Site)
  • Lulworth Castle, Lulworth Cove
  • Kimmeridge
  • Nine Barrow Down
  • Old Harry Rocks
  • Poole Harbour, Purbeck Heritage Coast
  • Smedmore Hill, South West Coast Path, St Aldhelm's Head, Studland Bay, Swanage Railway, Swyre Head
  • Tyneham
  • Worbarrow Tout, Wareham Forest, Winspit, Wytch Farm

References

References

  1. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. (25 May 2018). "The Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018".
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