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What does Purbeck mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word Purbeck? Here's what it means.

Proper noun
  1. A peninsula in Dorset, England
  2. A local government district in Dorset.
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Only in the west, on the Isle of Purbeck, did some minor southward drainage develop across the monocline.
A startling image shows Salisbury nave at high level from behind a glossy black Purbeck marble column and capital which dominate the foreground.
By contrast, also at Chelsea, Mark Gregory's stunning design to incorporate a garden home office had Purbeck stone stepping stones making a pathway over a still pool.
In south and east Dorset this resulted in the formation of two enormous structures, known as the Weymouth and Purbeck anticlines or upfolds.
The Needles, along with Old Harry Rocks on Purbeck, represent the edges of this breach.
The remainder is less straightforward and includes Portland and Purbeck stone, other limestones, calcareous clays and shales.

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