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Purbeck beds
Purbeck beds Pur"beck beds` [So called from the Isle of Purbeck in England.] (Geol.) The strata of the Purbeck stone, or Purbeck limestone, belonging to the O["o]litic group. See the Chart of Geology.
Purbeck stone
Purbeck stone Pur"beck stone` (Geol.) A limestone from the Isle of Purbeck in England.

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- Purbeck may refer to: Elizabeth Purbeck and Jane Purbeck, 18th century British novelists Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in the English county of Dorset Purbeck...
- Elizabeth Purbeck and Jane Purbeck were English sisters and co-authors during the Romantic era who published six novels between 1789 and 1802. Elizabeth...
- The Isle of Purbeck is a peninsula in Dorset, England. It is bordered by water on three sides: the English Channel to the south and east, where steep...
- The Purbeck Hills, also called the Purbeck Ridge or simply the Purbecks, are a ridge of chalk downs in Dorset, England. The ridge is formed by the structure...
- Purbeck. The labels Purbeck Limestone, Purbeck stone, Purbeck series and Purbeck strata were all used by Webster in 1816, with Purbeck Beds first used by...
- Viscount Purbeck of Dorset on 19 July 1619. The marriage proved a disaster; Anthony Weldon reports Buckingham as having said that "his brother Purbeck had...
- Purbeck was a local government district in Dorset, England. The district was named after the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula that forms a large proportion...
- Purbeck Marble is a fossiliferous limestone found in the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in south-east Dorset, England. It is a variety of Purbeck stone...
- The Purbeck School is a coeducational secondary school and sixth form located in Wareham in the central southern area of Dorset, England, on the Isle...
- Purbeck stone refers to building stone taken from a series of limestone beds found in the Upper Jur****ic to Lower Cretaceous Purbeck Group, found on the...