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  • In the evening of the same day, the King — now riding as servant before another young lady — set off for a public-house at a place called Charmouth, where the captain of the vessel was to take him on board.

    A Child's History of England 2007

  • In the evening of the same day, the King -- now riding as servant before another young lady -- set off for a public-house at a place called Charmouth, where the captain of the vessel was to take him on board.

    A child`s history of England 1852

  • Examples of significant paleontology discoveries not known from anywhere else include Dimorphodon macronyx, one of the earliest flying reptiles and Scelidosaurus harrisoni "the Charmouth Dinosaur".

    Dorset and East Devon Coast, United Kingdom 2008

  • Shortly after losing sight of Charmouth, the travellers entered into Devonshire, and drew near the ancient town of

    The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale 2008

  • The children had hunted for fossils along the shore of Charmouth Bay, tiny, coiled ammonites encrusted with iron pyrites—pure gold, they pretended.

    Day of the Dandelion Peter Pringle 2007

  • Arthur made small talk about his family holidays in Lyme, about collecting fossils at Charmouth and walking on Golden Cap; he did not want to upset Miss Richards before she had finished her tale.

    Day of the Dandelion Peter Pringle 2007

  • It was arranged that the ship should wait outside Charmouth in the Charmouth Roads, and that the passenger should be brought out in a small boat about midnight on the day arranged.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • Charmouth had been one of the Roman stations and the scene of the fiercest battles between the Saxons and the Danes in 833 and 841, in the reigns of Egbert and Ethelwolf, in which the Danes appeared to have been victorious, as they were constantly being reinforced by fellow-countrymen arriving by sea.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • Charmouth, rooms were taken at the inn, and a reliable man was engaged who at midnight was to be at the appointed place with his boat to take the Prince to the ship.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

  • Charmouth practically consisted of one long street rising up the hill from the river, and on reaching the top after getting clear of the town we had to pass along a curved road cut deeply through the rock to facilitate coach traffic.

    From John O'Groats to Land's End Robert Naylor

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