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2 unusual facts about Bridport


Bridport, Vermont

Children in kindergarten through sixth grade attend Bridport Central School at the village center of Bridport, grades 7 and 8 attend Middlebury Union Middle School and grades 9-12 attend Middlebury Union High School in Middlebury.

Gregory Holman Bromley Way

Gregory, born in London on 28 December 1776, was the fifth son of Benjamin Way (1740–1808), FRS, of Denham Place, Buckinghamshire, MP for Bridport in 1765, and of his wife Elizabeth Anne (1746–1825), eldest daughter of William Cooke, provost of King's College, Cambridge.


Arthur Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridport

Arthur Wellington Alexander Nelson Hood, 2nd Viscount Bridport CB (15 December 1839 – 28 March 1924, Vale, Guernsey) was a British Army officer and nobleman.

Mervyn Gill

On retiring from football, Gill was employed by English China Clays, from December 1962 until December 1990, and is now living in his retirement in Bridport, Dorset.

Newbridge Navigator

The company was later brought back to life as N.B. Yachts and the company moved its production facility from Bridport in Dorset UK to Chard in the county of Somerset UK.

One World: A Global Anthology of Short Stories

The collection was put together by Nigerian writers, Ovo Adagha and Molara Wood, and includes stories by notable authors, such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Jhumpa Lahiri as well as many up-and-coming writers such as Petina Gappah, winner of the 2009 Guardian First Book Award, and Elaine Chiew, a recipient of the Bridport Prize.

Sir Philip Colfox, 1st Baronet

He was a Unitarian worshiping in the Chapel in Bridport built by his ancestor Thomas Collins Colfox in 1797.

Thomas Henry Coventry, Viscount Deerhurst

His elder brother George succeeded him as Member of Parliament for Bridport and inherited the earldom in 1751.

Viscount Bridport

Viscount Bridport was Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Navy and also held minor political office from 1939 to 1940 under Neville Chamberlain.

In 1796 he was created Baron Bridport, of Cricket St Thomas in the County of Somerset, in the Peerage of Great Britain, and in 1800 he was even further honoured when he was made Viscount Bridport, of Cricket St Thomas in the County of Somerset, also in the Peerage of Great Britain.

West Bay, Dorset

West Bay, also known as Bridport Harbour, is situated approximately two miles from the centre of Bridport on the Jurassic Coast in Dorset, England, and is at the confluence of the River Brit.


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