Worgret

Hamlet in Dorset, England

Human settlement in England
  • Arne
District
  • Purbeck
Shire county
  • Dorset
Region
  • South West
CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townWAREHAMPostcode districtBH20Dialling code01929PoliceDorsetFireDorset and WiltshireAmbulanceSouth Western UK Parliament
  • South Dorset
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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 Purbeck local government district.

Name

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

References

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

External links

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