Fleet, Dorset

Fleet, Dorset

Fleet is a hamlet and parish in south Dorset, England, situated two miles west of Weymouth. The village is named for The Fleet, the nearby lagoon behind Chesil Beach. J. Meade Falkner's smuggling novel, "Moonfleet" is set in the village. On 24 November 1824 strong winds and a storm surge caused waves to breach Chesil Beach, and many of the buildings in the village were destroyed. Moonfleet Manor is situated in the village of Fleet.

External links

* [http://www.weymouth-dorset.co.uk/fleet.html History of Fleet]
* [http://www.weymouth-pictures.co.uk/dor/wey/fle/pic_fleetvillage.htm Pictures of Fleet village]
* [http://www.stantonetal.com/genealogy/showmap.php?cemeteryID=1&tree= Fleet Genealogy]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Fleet (Dorset) — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Fleet es una aldea y parroquia del sur de Dorset, Inglaterra, ubicada 2 millas al oeste de Weymouth. El pueblo debe su nombre a la laguna Fleet, emplazada detrás de Chesil Beach. La novela sobre contrabando Moonfleet …   Wikipedia Español

  • Fleet (Begriffsklärung) — Fleet hat folgende Bedeutungen: meist städtische Wassergräben in Norddeutschland; siehe Fleet Vereinigung von Treibnetzen, siehe Treibnetzfischerei Medikament zur Darmspülung vor einer Koloskopie Englisch allgemein für Flotte: Im Geschäftsleben… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Dorset, Ontario — Dorset Dorset is a small community located on the boundary between the Lake of Bays Municipality in Muskoka District and the Algonquin Highlands Township in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. Dorset was originally called Cedar Narrows. In 1859… …   Wikipedia

  • Dorset — Wappen Geografische Lage in England Geografie Status: Zeremonielle und Verwaltungsgrafschaft Region …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Fleet — may refer to:Places Fleet is a geographical name: *Fleet, a village in Dorset, England, sited on The Fleet, a lagoon *Fleet, in the county of Hampshire, England * a Fleet, in Kent, inlet, creek, a name for saline waterways in the Thames marshes * …   Wikipedia

  • Fleet — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Fleet puede referirse a: Frederick Fleet, marinero y militar británico que sobrevivió a la tragedia del Titanic. Fleet, una aldea y parroquia ubicada en Dorset, Inglaterra. Starfleet, el nombre en inglés de la Flota… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Dorset — Para otros usos de este término, véase Dorset (desambiguación). Dorset Condado del Reino Un …   Wikipedia Español

  • Dorset Garden Theatre — Coordinates: 51°30′51″N 0°6′29″W / 51.51417°N 0.10806°W / 51.51417; 0.10806 …   Wikipedia

  • Fleet — This interesting name has two possible origins, the first of which is an Anglo Saxon locational surname from any of the places called Fleet in Dorset, Hampshire, Kent and Lincolnshire. The places are variously recorded in the Domesday Book of… …   Surnames reference

  • Dorset Garden —    In Salisbury Court in Fleet Street (P.C. 1732 Boyle, 1799)./Not named in the maps …   Dictionary of London

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”