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Portland, Isle of

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A rocky peninsula in the SW. of Dorsetshire, connected by Chesil Bank and the Mainland; is famous as the source of great quantities of fine building limestone; here is also a convict-prison opened 1848, accommodating 1500 prisoners.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Portland, Isle of'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​p/portland-isle-of.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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