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BINGHAM-MELCOMBE, the seat of the Bingham family in Dorset; on an affluent of the Piddle river, 9 miles NE of Dorchester. It was the birthplace of Sir Richard Bingham, who fought at the siege of St. Quintin, and has a monument in Westminster Abbey.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "the seat" (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites") |
| Administrative units: | Dorset Ancient County |
| Place: | Bingham Melcombe |
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