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Wool is a sizable village on the River Frome, in the Purbeck area of south Dorset. Beside the river is Woolbridge House, a 17th-century manor that was the 'Wellbridge House' of Thomas Hardy's 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'. In the novel, Tess and Angel Clare spent their honeymoon here before Tess revealed her shameful past and Angel deserted her
Wool, Dorset, England
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Heritage Highlight: 16th century Woolbridge House
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A lovely village in the Purbeck area of south Dorset, Worth Matravers was the location of the first radar station in Britain. Of much older construction is the late Saxon church of St Nicholas, which boasts a fine Norman chancel arch and interesting medieval carvings.
Worth Matravers, Dorset, England
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Heritage Highlight: 12th century St Nicholas Church
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