Seatown comprises a small number of houses, a holiday park, some holiday cottages and The Anchor pub. The small River Winniford or Wynreford[1] runs into the sea here. Seatown beach is popular with fossil collectors, with rock of Late Jurassic/Early Cretaceous. The beach is privately owned; it is free to access but parking is charged.
'Furmity'—a mix of wheat, dried fruit and sugar, often with added spirits—was one of the products sold at a Whit Monday Fair which used to be held in Seatown. In Thomas Hardy's 1886 novel The Mayor of Casterbridge, the character Michael Henchard got drunk on laced furmity and sold his wife while inebriated.[1]
seatown, coastal, hamlet, dorset, england, english, channel, approximately, miles, west, southwest, bridport, lies, within, civil, parish, chideock, november, 2008, with, golden, backgroundlocation, within, dorsetos, grid, referencesy420918unitary, authoritydo. Seatown is a coastal hamlet in Dorset England on the English Channel approximately 3 miles 4 8 km west southwest of Bridport It lies within the civil parish of Chideock SeatownSeatown in November 2008 with Golden Cap in the backgroundSeatownLocation within DorsetOS grid referenceSY420918Unitary authorityDorsetShire countyDorsetRegionSouth WestCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townBridportPostcode districtDT6PoliceDorsetFireDorset and WiltshireAmbulanceSouth WesternUK ParliamentWest DorsetList of places UK England Dorset 50 43 22 N 2 49 22 W 50 7227 N 2 8229 W 50 7227 2 8229The coast at Seatown is part of the Jurassic Coast a World Heritage Site stretching for 96 miles 154 km The surrounding area is also designated part of the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Golden Cap the highest point on the south coast of England lies 1 mile 1 6 km to the west Seatown comprises a small number of houses a holiday park some holiday cottages and The Anchor pub The small River Winniford or Wynreford 1 runs into the sea here Seatown beach is popular with fossil collectors with rock of Late Jurassic Early Cretaceous The beach is privately owned it is free to access but parking is charged Furmity a mix of wheat dried fruit and sugar often with added spirits was one of the products sold at a Whit Monday Fair which used to be held in Seatown In Thomas Hardy s 1886 novel The Mayor of Casterbridge the character Michael Henchard got drunk on laced furmity and sold his wife while inebriated 1 Notable residents editHugh Stoker angling authorReferences edit a b Roland Gant 1980 Dorset Villages Robert Hale Ltd pp 123 4 ISBN 0 7091 8135 3 External links editSeatown Dorset Fossils Discovering Fossils Dorset Beaches West Dorset Seatown Dorset Beaches Newsquest Media Group nbsp This Dorset location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Seatown amp oldid 1166482510, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
