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Village in Somerset, England
Porlock is a coastal village in Somerset, England, 5 miles (8 km) west of Minehead. At the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1,440. In 2017
Porlock
Figure in literature
The "person on business from Porlock" was an apocryphal unwelcome visitor to Samuel Taylor Coleridge during his composition of the poem "Kubla Khan" in
Person on business from Porlock
Person_on_business_from_Porlock
Harbour settlement in Somerset, England
Porlock Weir is a harbour settlement approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the inland village of Porlock, Somerset, England. "Porlock" comes from the
Porlock_Weir
Road in Exmoor, England
Porlock Hill is a road west of Porlock, Somerset. It is part of the A39, connecting Porlock to Lynmouth and Barnstaple in Devon and is the steepest A-road
Porlock_Hill
Neolithic stone circle in Somerset, England
Porlock Stone Circle is a stone circle located on Exmoor, near the village of Porlock in the south-western English county of Somerset. The Porlock ring
Porlock_Stone_Circle
Topics referred to by the same term
Porlock is a coastal village in Somerset, England. Porlock may also refer to: A character in The Valley of Fear, a Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur
Porlock_(disambiguation)
Bay in Somerset, England
Porlock Bay is on the Bristol Channel, between Hurlstone Point and Porlock Weir in Somerset, England. The coastline includes shingle ridges, salt marshes
Porlock_Bay
Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the Royal Navy and Finnish Navy
HMS Porlock Bay was a Bay-class anti-aircraft frigate of the British Royal Navy, named for Porlock Bay on the northern coast of Somerset. Commissioned
HMS_Porlock_Bay
Road in south west England
north coast of Somerset, Devon and Cornwall through Williton, Minehead, Porlock, Lynmouth, Barnstaple, Bideford, Stratton, Camelford, Wadebridge and St
A39_road
Church in West Somerset, UK
The Church of St Dubricius in Porlock, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade I
Church of St Dubricius, Porlock
Church_of_St_Dubricius,_Porlock
Museum in Porlock, Somerset, England
Dovery Manor Museum, also known as Porlock Museum, is a local museum in Porlock, Somerset, England. The building was built as a Manor house in the late
Dovery_Manor_Museum
English actress (born 1944)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Television roles include Emma Porlock in the Dennis Potter serial Cold Lazarus (1996), Maud in the miniseries
Frances_de_la_Tour
Poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
from the dream until he was interrupted by "a person on business from Porlock". The poem could, according to Coleridge, not be completed according to
Kubla_Khan
1970 novel by Frederick Buechner
The Entrance to Porlock is the fifth novel by the American author and theologian, Frederick Buechner. It was first published in 1970 by Atheneum, New
The_Entrance_to_Porlock
English actor (1919–1975)
1957. In January 1975, Gregson died suddenly from a heart attack near Porlock Weir, Somerset, aged 55, whilst on holiday, walking on the path to St.
John_Gregson
1996 British television drama series
broadcasting Feeld's memories on TV, and proposes to Porlock that her team work for him. Porlock is unaware that a member of her team, Fyodor Glazunov
Cold_Lazarus
National park in South West England
Park, which includes the Brendon Hills, the East Lyn Valley, the Vale of Porlock and 55 km (34 mi) of the Bristol Channel coast. The total area of the Exmoor
Exmoor
British fiction and screenplay writer (1900–1980)
Philip MacDonald (5 November 1900 – 10 December 1980) was a British-born writer of fiction and screenplays. He is known for his Anthony Gethryn series
Philip_MacDonald
English mathematician (1815–1852)
and a house in London. They spent their honeymoon at Ashley Combe near Porlock Weir, Somerset, which had been built as a hunting lodge in 1799 and was
Ada_Lovelace
Long-distance footpath in Somerset and Devon, England
from Coleridge Cottage at Nether Stowey. Originally the route finished at Porlock but on 21 May 2014 an extension to Lynmouth was launched. Walkers have
Coleridge_Way
Free horses of domesticated horse ancestry
Semi-feral Exmoor ponies on Porlock common, Exmoor: They are gathered each year to remove foals and assess stock.
Feral_horse
English actress (born 7 November 1982)
Company in Crooked Dances, a new play by Robin French, as the character Katy Porlock. In 2018, she appeared as Captain Sandrine Shaw in the BBC Two miniseries
Jeany_Spark
Arch bridge in Somerset, England
royal forest of Exmoor near Doone Valley, carrying the minor road from Porlock Hill to Oare. It crosses Weir Water and is located down a steep, wooded
Robber's_Bridge
Station for search-and-rescue operations at Lynmouth, Devon
into Porlock. More horses were obtained from local farmers to bring the team up to about 20 (although four died during the journey). At Porlock the road
Lynmouth_Lifeboat_Station
7th episode of the 1st season of 3 Body Problem
2024 (2024-03-21) Running time 58 minutes Guest appearances Adrian Edmondson as Denys Porlock Gerard Monaco as Collins Hélène Vivies as Lecompte Stephen Rahman-Hughes
Only_Advance
American sci-fi television series
as Ayla (season 2) Gerard Monaco as Collins Adrian Edmondson as Denys Porlock John Dagleish as Felix Alfie Allen (season 2) David Yip (season 2) Jordan
3_Body_Problem_(TV_series)
1970s British political and sex scandal
Martin, just north of Barnstaple. Newton explained that he had to drive to Porlock, about 25 miles (40 km) away, and suggested that Scott accompany him—he
Thorpe_affair
American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient
military decoration for valor, for his actions on March 8, 1943, near Porlock Harbor, New Guinea. Watson and six other Black Americans who served in
George Watson (Medal of Honor)
George_Watson_(Medal_of_Honor)
2016 British TV series or programme
de Courcy Kate O'Flynn as Lady Alexandrina de Courcy Tom Bell as Lord Porlock Nicholas Rowe as Mortimer Gazebee Alex Price as Reverend Caleb Oriel Cressida
Doctor_Thorne_(TV_series)
Promontory of land on the coast of England
between Porlock Weir and Minehead in the Exmoor National Park on the coast of Somerset, England. Hurlstone Point marks the boundary between Porlock Bay and
Hurlstone_Point
1999 novel by John le Carré
Superintendent Porlock was Tiger's accomplice in all his corrupt dealings, but Brock is painfully aware that he cannot bring Porlock down without Tiger's
Single_&_Single
Genus of flowering plants in the dogwood family Cornaceae
Merit (confirmed 2017): 'Eddie's White Wonder' 'Norman Hadden' 'Ormonde' 'Porlock' The species Cornus mas is commonly cultivated in southeastern Europe for
Cornus
Geological formation in England
Lynmouth Bay east to Porlock Weir, including Foreland Point and Culbone Hill and also from Hurlstone Point to Minehead. The Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh
Exmoor_Group
Village in Somerset, England
Bossington is separated from Porlock Bay by a shingle beach, through which flows the River Horner, forming part of the Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh Site of
Selworthy
2nd episode of the 1st season of 3 Body Problem
appearances Ben Schnetzer as Young Mike Evans Adrian Edmondson as Denys Porlock Eve Ridley as Follower Yu Guming as Yang Weining Deng Qiaozhi as Lei Zhicheng
Red_Coast
Aspect of the Harry Potter universe
rock. Poltergeist – A spirit that often haunts a particular building. Porlock – A small satyr-like creature that guards horses. Puffskein – A small,
Magical creatures in Harry Potter
Magical_creatures_in_Harry_Potter
Bay in Dyke Ackland Bay, Papua New Guinea
Porlock Bay is a bay within Dyke Ackland Bay, Oro Province of Papua New Guinea named by Captain John Moresby after Porlock Bay in Somerset, England. The
Porlock_Bay,_Papua_New_Guinea
British children's television series (1989–1994)
scenes were filmed in woods at Porlock, near Minehead, and the castle scenes were filmed in Cleeve Abbey. The beach at Porlock features in some of the episodes
Maid_Marian_and_Her_Merry_Men
Church in Culbone, Somerset, England
Malcolm Welshman (4 November 2011). "A tiny church called Culbone, near Porlock". somerset-life.co.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2013. "Ricketts, William Charles"
Culbone_Church
Species of flowering plant
Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021. Synonyms; Hebe 'Porlock Purple', Parahebe catarractae 'Porlock Purple', Parahebe 'Greencourt' v t e
Veronica_catarractae
Neolithic stone complex in Cumbria, England
Oxfordshire: Devil's Quoits Rollright Stones Stonor Park Stone Circle Somerset: Porlock Stone Circle Stanton Drew stone circles Withypool Stone Circle Wiltshire:
Shap_Stone_Avenue
Village in Devon, England
Hall, carrying thirteen crew and five apprentices, was in trouble off Porlock Weir on the north Somerset coast, owing to a severe gale that had been
Lynmouth
Autobiography of Stephen Fry
Philip Delves (11 October 1997). "Fry on the wall". The Times. p. 18. Porlock, Harvey (19 October 1997). "Critical List". The Sunday Times. p. 18. Kakutani
Moab_Is_My_Washpot
1934 film by Edgar Selwyn
the 1933 novel X v. Rex by Philip MacDonald (under the pen name Martin Porlock), was remade in 1952 as The Hour of 13. London police constables are being
The_Mystery_of_Mr._X
British politician (1929–2014)
Porlock Hill in Somerset, scene of Newton's attempted shooting of Scott
Jeremy_Thorpe
English cleric and publisher (c. 1577–1626)
Author, then in ill health, had retired to a lonely farm-house between Porlock and Linton, on the Exmoor confines of Somerset and Devonshire. In consequence
Samuel_Purchas
1995 UK local government election
Porlock and Oare (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative E Purvis 394 Conservative J David 382 Liberal Democrats G Perkins 348 Liberal Democrats
1995 West Somerset District Council election
1995_West_Somerset_District_Council_election
Luccombe, Luxborough, Minehead, Monksilver, Nettlecombe, Oare, Old Cleeve, Porlock, Sampford Brett, Selworthy, St Decumans, Stogumber, Stogursey, Stoke Pero
List of poor law unions in England
List_of_poor_law_unions_in_England
Zimbabwean-American actor (b. 1981)
3, Serious Money". BBC. Retrieved 30 July 2016. "BBC World Drama - The Porlock Poisoner". The Beebotron. 13 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2016. "BBC
Nyasha_Hatendi
1858 novel by Anthony Trollope
schemes to set Frank Gresham up with the wealthy Martha Dunstable Lord Porlock, eldest son and heir to the Earl de Courcy Lords George and John, younger
Doctor_Thorne
Genus of flowering plants
blooms early in the season, though many are not fully hardy. The cultivar 'Porlock' has received the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society
Genista
Megalithic tradition of monuments
stone circles known from Dartmoor, there are only two known from Exmoor: Porlock Stone Circle and Withypool Stone Circle. The contrast between the number
Stone circles in the British Isles and Brittany
Stone_circles_in_the_British_Isles_and_Brittany
Stone circle in Dorset, England
Oxfordshire: Devil's Quoits Rollright Stones Stonor Park Stone Circle Somerset: Porlock Stone Circle Stanton Drew stone circles Withypool Stone Circle Wiltshire:
Kingston_Russell_Stone_Circle
English writer and newspaper columnist (born 1950)
Biography (1985)[full citation needed] How Can We Know? (1985) Penfriends from Porlock (1988) Tolstoy: A Biography (1988) C. S. Lewis: A Biography (1990) Against
A._N._Wilson
use Albatross metaphor Lake Poets Pantisocracy Person on business from Porlock Coleridge's theory of life Organic form Romantic epistemology Suspension
List of poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
List_of_poems_by_Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge
16th-century English politician
Sedborough (1515/16-1551), of Porlock, Somerset, was an English politician. Sedborough was the eldest son of William Sedborough of Porlock and Joan, a sister and
Silvester_Sedborough
of his wife Elizabeth. His effigy lies in the Church of St Dubricius, Porlock in Somerset, alongside that of his wife. Although he died in 1418, his
John Harington, 4th Baron Harington
John_Harington,_4th_Baron_Harington
Story by Ursula K. Le Guin
emanations from the forest drive Porlock to verbally lash out at Osden, and admit to trying to kill him in the forest. Porlock attempts to assault Osden again
Vaster than Empires and More Slow
Vaster_than_Empires_and_More_Slow
Historic England. Retrieved 28 February 2015. "Porlock Allotment stone alignment and cairn, 450 m west of Porlock stone circle". National Heritage List for
List of scheduled monuments in West Somerset (H–Z)
List_of_scheduled_monuments_in_West_Somerset_(H–Z)
Stone circle in Scottish Borders, Scotland
Oxfordshire: Devil's Quoits Rollright Stones Stonor Park Stone Circle Somerset: Porlock Stone Circle Stanton Drew stone circles Withypool Stone Circle Wiltshire:
Ninestane_Rig
Army-chartered Dutch cargo ship was bombed and sunk by Japanese bomber aircraft off Porlock Harbor, New Guinea with the loss of five of those aboard. 158 survivors
List of shipwrecks in March 1943
List_of_shipwrecks_in_March_1943
English actor, comedian, musician and writer (born 1957)
& Friends Toad (voice role) Animated series 2024 3 Body Problem Denys Porlock Series 1; 3 episodes Kidnapped: The Chloe Ayling Story Phil Green 4 episodes
Adrian_Edmondson
Hamlet in Somerset, England
two-mile walk from Porlock Weir, and some four miles from Porlock itself. The village is situated in a sheltered spot, near the coast of Porlock Bay. The slopes
Culbone
Village in Somerset, England
(533 m) Dunkery Beacon, and is about one mile south of the A39 road between Porlock and Minehead. The parish includes the hamlets of Stoke Pero and Horner
Luccombe,_Somerset
1915 Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur I. Keller. Sherlock Holmes receives a cipher message from Fred Porlock, a pseudonymous double agent of Professor Moriarty. Holmes deciphers the
The_Valley_of_Fear
English actor (born 1938)
name John Hammond, during the 1990s, he also ran "The Little Gallery" in Porlock Weir, Somerset, UK, where he sold his paintings and those of other local
Marcus_Hammond
Japanese actor (born 1993)
Lives - Yūsuke Yotsuya Listeners - Ritchie Moriarty the Patriot - Fred Porlock 2021 86 - Kiriya Nouzen Amaim Warrior at the Borderline - Gashin Tezuka
Yūto_Uemura
Fictional character
many other fictional characters from Arthur Conan Doyle works, as Fred Porlock and Parker (two Moriarty Gang Members), Joseph Conrad’s Charles Marlow
Colonel_Moran
1992 anthology by Frederick Buechner
pain and adolescence, explored elsewhere in works such as The Entrance to Porlock (1970); 'Buechner invents a new etymology that suggests adolescence means
The_Clown_in_the_Belfry
English post-punk band
from this third incarnation of the band were collected in 2007 on “The Porlock Factor: Psych Dreams and Other Schemes 1985–1990” on Cherry Red Records
Glaxo_Babies
Historical Hundred of Somerset, England
Luccombe, Withycombe, Wootton, Luxborough, Almsworthy, Oare, Dunster, Porlock, Langham, Selworthy, Wilmersham, Allerford, Bickham, Broadwood, Holne,
Hundred_of_Carhampton
Species of legume
Porcelain' Flowers are cream in colour with petals hosting rosy pink edges. 'Porlock' Flowers are crimson in colour with mauve wings and maroon veins. 'Turquoise
Lathyrus_belinensis
Heritage railway line in Somerset, England
prompted the promotion of a connecting line from Williton to Minehead and Porlock, a line designed to attract tourists to Exmoor. Shortly afterwards, a Bristol
West_Somerset_Railway
1995 British film
coastal and sailing scenes towards the end of the story were filmed in Porlock Weir. The film was scored by Zbigniew Preisner and the music subsequently
Feast_of_July
English actor (1912–1975)
Money or Your Wife (1960) as Hubert Fry Follow That Horse! (1960) as Hugh Porlock Very Important Person (1961) as Woodcock, Entertainments Officer Nearly
Richard_Wattis
Fitzwarren & Stapelgrove (3) Old Cleeve & District (2) Periton & Woodcombe (1) Porlock & District (1) Priorswood (3) Quantock Vale (1) Rockwell Green (1) South
List of electoral wards in Somerset
List_of_electoral_wards_in_Somerset
Pill, Pilton, Pitcombe, Pitminster, Pitney, Podimore, Polsham, Pooltown, Porlock, Portbury, Portishead, Prestleigh, Preston, Preston Bowyer, Preston Plucknett
List_of_places_in_Somerset
Launch: Part 3 - Ashton Lane 02-Dec-70 1052 The Overland Launch: Part 4 - Porlock Hill 03-Dec-70 1053 The Overland Launch: Part 5 - The Last Mile 04-Dec-70
List_of_Jackanory_episodes
Pondicherry Pontypool Poole Popham Popinjay Poppy Porcupine Porgey Porlock Porlock Bay Porpoise Port Antonio Port Arthur Port Colborne Port d'Espagne
List of ship names of the Royal Navy (O–Q)
List_of_ship_names_of_the_Royal_Navy_(O–Q)
1971 novel by Frederick Buechner
writes, ‘though he is certainly brother to Tip Ringkoping [The Entrance to Porlock (1970)], Theodore Nicolet [The Final Beast (1965)], and Peter Cowley [The
The_Book_of_Bebb
English music journalist & rock musician
The Bewilderbeat Years 1978–1980, CD-compilation, Cherry Red, 2006 The Porlock Factor: Psych Dreams and Other Schemes 1985–1990, CD-compilation, Cherry
Rob_Chapman_(journalist)
Stone circle in Dorset, England
Oxfordshire: Devil's Quoits Rollright Stones Stonor Park Stone Circle Somerset: Porlock Stone Circle Stanton Drew stone circles Withypool Stone Circle Wiltshire:
Nine Stones, Winterbourne Abbas
Nine_Stones,_Winterbourne_Abbas
1960 British film by Alan Bromly
Dick Lanchester Cecil Parker as Sir William Crane Richard Wattis as Hugh Porlock Mary Peach as Susan Turner Dora Bryan as Miss Bradstock Raymond Huntley
Follow_That_Horse!
Valley in north Devon, England
an account of the geological features of the coast-line extending from Porlock in Somerset to Boscastle in North Cornwall (1969 facsimile ed.). Bath:
Peppercombe
Country estate in Somerset, England
Bossington is separated from Porlock Bay by a shingle beach, through which flows the River Horner, forming part of the Porlock Ridge and Saltmarsh Site of
Holnicote_Estate
American author and poet
Cthulhu's Reign 2010 "The Redfield Girls," Haunted Legends 2010 "The Men from Porlock," The Book of Cthulhu (Night Shade Books) 2011 "The Carrion Gods in Their
Laird_Barron
Hill in Somerset, England
Hexmoor". Dunkery lies just four miles (6.4 km) from the Bristol Channel at Porlock. The shortest route of ascent goes from the car park at Dunkery Gate, and
Dunkery_Hill
M6 Toll College Road, Dulwich Marine Drive, Llandudno Penmon, Anglesey Porlock Hill, Somerset Sandwich Bay, Kent Aldwark Bridge (1772) Dartford Crossing
Toll_roads_in_Great_Britain
Watergate Bay Padstow Bay Bude Bay Barnstaple Bay (Bideford Bay) Morte Bay Porlock Bay Bridgwater Bay Weston Bay Ladye Bay Cardiff Bay Swansea Bay Rhossili
List of bays of the British Isles
List_of_bays_of_the_British_Isles
1947 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
title was quite volatile, as Nabokov originally titled it The Person from Porlock before soon electing for Game to Gunm. It would undergo further changes
Bend_Sinister_(novel)
British actor (born 1942)
The Forsyte Saga Jolyon "Jolly" Forsyte 1968 The Wednesday Play Roger Porlock Episode: "Rebel in the Grave" 1974 Great Expectations Pip TV film 1977
Michael_York
Steeplechase horse race in Britain
Line Time Leader 2023 Premier Magic Its On The Line Shantou Flyer 2022 Billaway Winged Leader Mighty Stowaway 2021 Porlock Bay Billaway Staker Wallace
St James's Place Festival Hunter Chase
St_James's_Place_Festival_Hunter_Chase
Village in Somerset, England
village near Wedmore, the other a tiny hamlet in Selworthy parish between Porlock and Minehead. In 1931, the civil parish had a population of 80. On the
Blackford,_Somerset
British Liberal Party politician and political author
of Rosebery between 1892 and 1895. Acland was born at Holnicote, near Porlock, Somerset. He was educated at Rugby School and Christ Church, Oxford, and
Sir Arthur Dyke Acland, 13th Baronet
Sir_Arthur_Dyke_Acland,_13th_Baronet
Village and civil parish in Somerset, England
arch bridge in the royal forest of Exmoor, carrying the minor road from Porlock Hill to Oare. It crosses Weir Water and is located down a steep, wooded
Oare,_Somerset
UK Parliament constituency (since 2024)
Minehead Central; Minehead North; Old Cleeve & District; Periton & Woodcombe; Porlock & District; Quantock Vale; South Quantock; Watchet & Williton; Wiveliscombe
Tiverton_and_Minehead
Auxiliary) Yunnan, and APc-22 departed Milne Bay on 2 September, bound for Porlock Harbor, New Guinea. Victoria and her escorts reached that port on the 3rd
USS_Victoria_(AO-46)
American novelist
(1947) "The Martian Circe" (1947) "The Model Shop" (1947) "The Person from Porlock" (1947) "The Alien Machine, featuring Cal Meacham" (1949) "Production Test"
Raymond_F._Jones
Region of England
Porlock, Exmoor
South_West_England
Irish poet and playwright (1907–1963)
Yorkshire to gather sound effects for his final radio play, Persons from Porlock. Caught in a storm on the moors, he did not change out of his wet clothes
Louis_MacNeice
PORLOCK
PORLOCK
Surname or Lastname
English (Gloucestershire)
English (Gloucestershire) : possibly a habitational name from Porlock in Somerset, recorded in Domesday Book as Portloc, being named with Old English port ‘harbor’ + loca ‘enclosure’.
PORLOCK
PORLOCK
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly Northumbria)
English (chiefly Northumbria) : occupational name for a tender of animals, normally a cowherd or shepherd, from Middle English herde + man ‘man’. The surname is also found in Ireland, where it dates back to around the 14th century.Scottish : status name from Old English hīredman ‘retainer’, denoting a member of a lord’s household and followers, the hīred.German (Herdmann) : occupational name for a tender of animals (see Herder).
Girl/Female
Hindu
Granter of issues
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Happy
Boy/Male
Hindu
Ornamented, Lord Krishna
Male
Celtic
, (the Lord); Apollo, Jupiter.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Marilyn, MARYLYN means "rebel-lake."
Boy/Male
Arabic
Ample; Abundant
Boy/Male
Gaelic Irish
Little wolf.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Cook.Americanized spelling of German Koke or Koch.
Girl/Female
Indian
Innocent
PORLOCK
PORLOCK
PORLOCK
PORLOCK
PORLOCK