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Dorset has five main types of land, of which the chalk belt, covering almost a third of the county, has had the greatest influence on its history; it stretches from the Hampshire and Wiltshire borders to Askerswell, west of Dorchester.
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Bax, A., Fairfield, S. (1978). Dorset. In: The Macmillan Guide to the United Kingdom 1978–79. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81511-1_12
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