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Theatre Renamed after the war) was destroyed in a fire;
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1651:Egmont Point
1646:Egmont Bight
1599:Hobarrow Bay
1461:Chaldon Hill
1369:Weymouth Bay
1351:
1168:Chesil Beach
1121:The Spittles
1041:Weston Mouth
1016:Danger Point
839:New Brighton
780:Former piers
669:
591:Southampton
565:South Parade
447:Bognor Regis
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215:Weymouth Bay
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197:The new pier
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44:Please help
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1691:Anvil Point
1526:Bindon Hill
1496:Pinion Rock
1481:Durdle Door
1456:White Nothe
1427:Perry Ledge
1392:Jordan Hill
1387:Furzy Cliff
1294:King's Pier
1289:Durdle Pier
1254:Pulpit Rock
1244:Mutton Cove
1219:Chesil Cove
1081:Ware Cliffs
854:Scarborough
764:Isle of Man
755:St Julian's
714:Aberystwyth
556:Portsmouth
472:Cleethorpes
457:Bournemouth
358: /
106:August 2012
1763:Categories
1641:Swyre Head
1604:Kimmeridge
1594:Brandy Bay
1564:Cow Corner
1541:Arish Mell
1506:Stair Hole
1501:Dungy Head
1471:Swyre Head
1466:Bat's Head
1422:Bran Point
1412:Black Head
1299:Folly Pier
1201:Chickerell
1191:Abbotsbury
1158:Eype Mouth
1143:Golden Cap
1099:Lyme Regis
1071:Pinhay Bay
1046:Branscombe
1021:Ladram Bay
1006:Otter Cove
983:East Devon
906:Colwyn Bay
885:Portobello
869:Withernsea
823:Morecambe
655:Grand Pier
642:Teignmouth
595:Royal Pier
536:Lowestoft
515:Wellington
497:Felixstowe
492:Eastbourne
426:Blackpool
343:50°36′33″N
284:1993: The
254:1908: The
219:Nothe Fort
76:newspapers
1619:Hen Cliff
1584:Gad Cliff
1432:Ringstead
1402:Broadrock
1374:Greenhill
1304:Salt Pans
1284:Jurassica
1269:Cave Hole
1224:Tar Rocks
1196:Gore Cove
1131:Charmouth
1126:Black Ven
1051:Beer Head
1026:High Peak
996:Sandy Bay
814:Fleetwood
793:Brighton
729:Llandudno
724:Beaumaris
665:Bandstand
661:Weymouth
627:Southwold
622:Southport
606:Southend
600:Town Quay
540:Claremont
527:Herne Bay
510:Britannia
502:Gravesend
346:2°26′48″W
225:Key dates
157:esplanade
141:peninsula
33:does not
1676:East Man
1666:West Man
1536:Mupe Bay
1329:Weymouth
1239:Blacknor
1229:Clay Ope
1176:West Bay
1116:Lyme Bay
1031:Sidmouth
933:Category
878:Scotland
859:Shanklin
832:West End
691:Scotland
682:Yarmouth
677:Worthing
670:Pleasure
650:Birnbeck
587:Skegness
560:Clarence
552:Paignton
522:Hastings
477:Clevedon
452:Boscombe
304:See also
143:between
1711:Swanage
1671:Winspit
1589:Tyneham
1148:Seatown
890:Trinity
827:Central
809:Coatham
787:England
739:Swansea
734:Penarth
637:Swanage
615:Railway
582:Sandown
467:Clacton
430:Central
420:England
258:opened;
90:scholar
54:removed
39:sources
1091:Dorset
1066:Seaton
844:Redcar
819:Lytham
771:Ramsey
719:Bangor
698:Dunoon
482:Cromer
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899:Wales
707:Wales
545:South
532:Hythe
440:South
435:North
151:, in
139:is a
97:JSTOR
83:books
1061:Beer
911:Rhyl
802:West
610:Pier
572:Ryde
487:Deal
217:and
147:and
69:news
37:any
35:cite
48:by
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