Weymouth, a market-town and watering-place in Dorsetshire, 8 m. S. of Dorchester; has a fine beach and an esplanade over a mile in length; it came into repute from the frequent visits of George III.
Population (circa 1900) given as 13,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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