Dorsetshire

//ˈdɔː(ɹ)sɪtʃɪə(ɹ)// name

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    Dorset. archaic

    "Towards the end of the first world war, construction was begun on a branch to connect Bovington Camp with the London & South Western Railway at Wool, Dorsetshire."

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"The Purbeck beds follow the line of the Jurassic outcrop from Dorsetshire, through the Vale of Wardour, Swindon, Garsington, Brill and Aylesbury."

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