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Dorset and Shaftesbury

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Difference between Dorset and Shaftesbury

Dorset vs. Shaftesbury

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. Shaftesbury is a town and civil parish in Dorset, England.

Similarities between Dorset and Shaftesbury

Dorset and Shaftesbury have 40 things in common (in Unionpedia): A350 road, Anglo-Saxons, Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, Blackmore Vale, Blandford Forum, Bridport, Chalk, Clubmen, Common Brittonic, Conservative Party (UK), Cranborne Chase, Cretaceous, Dissolution of the Monasteries, Dorchester, Dorset, Dorset County Council, English Civil War, English Heritage, Gillingham, Dorset, Gold Hill, Shaftesbury, Industrial Revolution, Liberal Democrats (UK), Monmouth Rebellion, Non-League football, Norman conquest of England, North Dorset, North Dorset (UK Parliament constituency), Parliament of the United Kingdom, River Stour, Dorset, Salisbury, Scheduled monument, ..., Shaftesbury Abbey, Sherborne, St Mary's School, Shaftesbury, Thomas Hardy, Thomas Hardy's Wessex, Trent, Dorset, United Kingdom census, 2011, Wareham, Dorset, West of England line, Wiltshire. Expand index (10 more) »

A350 road

The A350 is a north-south primary route in southern England, that runs from the M4 motorway in Wiltshire to Poole in Dorset.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons were a people who inhabited Great Britain from the 5th century.

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Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is an area of countryside in England, Wales or Northern Ireland which has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value.

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Blackmore Vale

The Blackmore Vale (less commonly spelt Blackmoor) is a vale, or wide valley, in north Dorset, and to a lesser extent south Somerset and southwest Wiltshire in southern England.

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Blandford Forum

Blandford Forum, commonly Blandford, is a market town in the North Dorset district of Dorset, England, sited by the River Stour about northwest of Poole.

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Bridport

Bridport is a market town in Dorset, England, inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the Asker.

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Chalk

Chalk is a soft, white, porous, sedimentary carbonate rock, a form of limestone composed of the mineral calcite.

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Clubmen

Clubmen were bands of local defence vigilantes during the English Civil War (1642–1651) who tried to protect their localities against the excesses of the armies of both sides in the war.

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Common Brittonic

Common Brittonic was an ancient Celtic language spoken in Britain.

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Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom.

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Cranborne Chase

Cranborne Chase is a chalk plateau in central southern England, straddling the counties Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.

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Dissolution of the Monasteries

The Dissolution of the Monasteries, sometimes referred to as the Suppression of the Monasteries, was the set of administrative and legal processes between 1536 and 1541 by which Henry VIII disbanded monasteries, priories, convents and friaries in England and Wales and Ireland, appropriated their income, disposed of their assets, and provided for their former personnel and functions.

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Dorchester, Dorset

Dorchester is the county town of Dorset, England.

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Dorset County Council

Dorset County Council (DCC) is the county council for the county of Dorset in England.

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English Civil War

The English Civil War (1642–1651) was a series of armed conflicts and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers") over, principally, the manner of England's governance.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.

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Gillingham, Dorset

Gillingham is a town and civil parish in the Blackmore Vale area of Dorset, England.

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Gold Hill, Shaftesbury

Gold Hill is a steep cobbled street in the town of Shaftesbury in the English county of Dorset.

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Industrial Revolution

The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.

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Liberal Democrats (UK)

The Liberal Democrats (often referred to as Lib Dems) are a liberal British political party, formed in 1988 as a merger of the Liberal Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), a splinter group from the Labour Party, which had formed the SDP–Liberal Alliance from 1981.

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Monmouth Rebellion

The Monmouth Rebellion, also known as The Revolt of the West or The West Country rebellion, was an attempt to overthrow James II, the Duke of York.

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Non-League football

Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country.

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Norman conquest of England

The Norman conquest of England (in Britain, often called the Norman Conquest or the Conquest) was the 11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army of Norman, Breton, Flemish and French soldiers led by Duke William II of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.

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North Dorset

North Dorset is a local government district in Dorset, England.

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North Dorset (UK Parliament constituency)

North Dorset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Simon Hoare, a Conservative.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Parliament of the United Kingdom, commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament, is the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom, the Crown dependencies and overseas territories.

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River Stour, Dorset

The River Stour is a river which flows through Wiltshire and Dorset in southern England, and drains into the English Channel.

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Salisbury

Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England, with a population of 40,302, at the confluence of the rivers Nadder, Ebble, Wylye and Bourne.

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Scheduled monument

In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.

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Shaftesbury Abbey

Shaftesbury Abbey was an abbey that housed nuns in Shaftesbury, Dorset.

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Sherborne

Sherborne is a market town and civil parish in north west Dorset, in South West England.

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St Mary's School, Shaftesbury

St Mary's School is an independent Roman Catholic day and boarding school for girls located in a rural setting near Shaftesbury, Dorset, England.

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Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and poet.

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Thomas Hardy's Wessex

The English author Thomas Hardy set all of his major novels in the south and southwest of England.

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Trent, Dorset

Trent is a village and civil parish in northwest Dorset, England, situated in the Yeo valley northwest of Sherborne and four miles northeast of Yeovil.

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United Kingdom census, 2011

A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.

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Wareham, Dorset

Wareham is an historic market town and, under the name Wareham Town, a civil parish, in the English county of Dorset.

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West of England line

The West of England line (also known as the West of England Main Line) is a British railway line from, Hampshire, to Exeter St Davids in Devon, England.

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Wiltshire

Wiltshire is a county in South West England with an area of.

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Dorset and Shaftesbury Comparison

Dorset has 515 relations, while Shaftesbury has 127. As they have in common 40, the Jaccard index is 6.23% = 40 / (515 + 127).

References

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