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Worgret

Coordinates: 50°40′58″N 2°08′01″W / 50.6828°N 2.1336°W / 50.6828; -2.1336
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Worgret
A352 road at Worgret
Worgret is located in Dorset
Worgret
Worgret
Location within Dorset
OS grid referenceSY907870
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townWAREHAM
Postcode districtBH20
Dialling code01929
PoliceDorset
FireDorset and Wiltshire
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Dorset
50°40′58″N 2°08′01″W / 50.6828°N 2.1336°W / 50.6828; -2.1336

Worgret /ˈwɔːrɡrɪt/ is a hamlet in the English county of Dorset. It is situated immediately to the west of the town of Wareham.

Worgret forms part of the civil parish of Arne, within the Dorset unitary authority.

Name

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Worgret shares its name with a 7th-century Abbot of Glastonbury reported by William of Malmesbury.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Edward Huttom, London, 1919, Highways and Byways of Somerset, p.156.
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