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Dorset is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States.The population was 2,133 at the 2020 census. [3] Dorset is famous for being the location of Cephas Kent's Inn, where four meetings of the Convention that signed the Dorset Accords led to the independent Vermont Republic and future statehood.
The Dorset Village Historic District encompasses a significant portion of the village center of Dorset, Vermont.Centered at the junction of Church Street, Kent Hill Road, and Vermont Route 30, the village was developed between the late 18th and early 20th centuries, and has a number of well-preserved unusual features, including sidewalks of marble from local quarries.
The history of Poole, a town in Dorset, England, can be traced back to the founding of a settlement around Poole Harbour during the Iron Age. The town now known as Poole was founded on a small peninsula to the north of the harbour. Poole experienced rapid growth as it became an important port following the Norman Conquest of England.
Dorset is the primary settlement and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Dorset, Bennington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census , the CDP had a population of 360, [ 2 ] out of 2,133 in the entire town.
The Dorset House is an exhibit building at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, United States; it houses the museum's collection of 900 wildfowl decoys. [1]In 1953, Shelburne Museum purchased Dorset House, dismantled it, and reconstructed it on the museum grounds to house the collection of decoys, punt guns, and prints of sporting scenes.
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Kingland Road in Poole town centre. The Lighthouse is on the right, the bus station is on the left. Poole town centre is an area of Poole, Dorset. It is just to the west of Poole Park. [1] Poole Old Town is home to many historic buildings like the 15th-century Scaplen's Court, the 18th-century Custom House and the Victorian St James' Church.
The emblazonment of the coat of arms of Poole used by the Borough Council from 1976. The coat of arms of Poole was first recorded by Clarenceux King of Arms during the heraldic visitation of Dorset in 1563. [1] The arms were recorded again at the visitation of 1623, but neither visitation noted the colours of the arms. [2]