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|text='''Bridport''' is a market town in [[Dorset]]. Located near the coast at the western end of Chesil Beach, where the River Brit is joined by the Asker and Simene. It stands on the world heritage "Jurassic Coast" and Chesil Beach. The loose clay cliffs in the area are abundant with fossils making the area popular with fossil hunters. | |text='''Bridport''' is a market town in [[Dorset]]. Located near the coast at the western end of Chesil Beach, where the River Brit is joined by the Asker and Simene. It stands on the world heritage "Jurassic Coast" and Chesil Beach. The loose clay cliffs in the area are abundant with fossils making the area popular with fossil hunters. | ||
The town is famous for its rope-making, which was once its major industry. From its reputation came the expression "stabbed with a Bridport dagger", which to say "hanged"; the hangman's rope being made at Bridport. Bridport once throve too as a fishing port. The port is no longer in existence although the harbour at West Bay is a mile away.}}<noinclude> | The town is famous for its rope-making, which was once its major industry. From its reputation came the expression "stabbed with a Bridport dagger", which to say "hanged"; the hangman's rope being made at Bridport. Bridport once throve too as a fishing port. The port is no longer in existence although the harbour at West Bay is a mile away.}}<noinclude>{{FP data}} | ||
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BridportBridport is a market town in Dorset. Located near the coast at the western end of Chesil Beach, where the River Brit is joined by the Asker and Simene. It stands on the world heritage "Jurassic Coast" and Chesil Beach. The loose clay cliffs in the area are abundant with fossils making the area popular with fossil hunters. The town is famous for its rope-making, which was once its major industry. From its reputation came the expression "stabbed with a Bridport dagger", which to say "hanged"; the hangman's rope being made at Bridport. Bridport once throve too as a fishing port. The port is no longer in existence although the harbour at West Bay is a mile away. (Read more) |