""Dorset, maritime County, on south coast of England; is bounded
north by Somerset and Wilts, east by Hants, south by the English Channel,
and west by Devon; length, east and west, 52 miles; breadth, north and south,
37 miles; coastline, 75 miles; area, 627,265 acres; population 191,028.
The main features of the coast are Poole Harbour, St Alban's Head, and the
singular projection called the Isle of Portland." from Bartholemew's Gazetteer of the British Isles,
1887
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