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Shorter Dorset Hardy Country Tour
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"Discover Thomas Hardy Country", published by the West Country Tourist Board.
Touring Hardy Country
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HISTORY CORNER
George, Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV, was executed by drowning in ...
22 December, 1135
Stephen I crowned as king
Stephen had no claim to the throne, which should have gone to his cousin Matilda, daughter of Henry I
The second surviving son of Charles I and Henrietta Maria, he ruled only 3 years before being deposed