Weymouth and Portland
District, England, United Kingdom
Weymouth and Portland, borough, administrative and historic county of Dorset, southern England. It consists of the port of Weymouth (the administrative centre), on the English Channel, and, south of Weymouth, the peninsular Isle of Portland, which culminates in a point at the Bill of Portland.
Bronze Age weapons and Roman interments have been found on the site. Weymouth’s first specific charter (1252) made it a free borough and port for all merchants, and trading soon began with Bayonne and Aquitaine in France. In 1348 the Black Death is thought to have entered England through the port of Melcombe Regis (which was amalgamated with ... (100 of 317 words)