Purbeck District
—  Non-metropolitan district  —
Purbeck shown within Dorset
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South West England
Non-metropolitan county	Dorset
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Wareham
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Purbeck District Council
• Leadership	Leader and Cabinet (TBA (council NOC))
• MPs	Annette Brooke Richard Drax
Area
• Total	156.1 sq mi (404.4 km2)
Area rank	102nd (of 326)
Population (2010 est.)
• Total	45,200
• Rank	322nd (of 326)
• Density	290/sq mi (110/km2)
• Ethnicity	98.8% White
Time zone	GMT (UTC0)
• Summer (DST)	BST (UTC+1)
ONS code	19UG
OS grid reference	SY9223587441
Website	www.dorsetforyou.com

Purbeck is a local government district in Dorset, England. The district is named after the Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula that forms a large proportion of the district's area. However the district extends significantly further north and west than the traditional boundary of the Isle of Purbeck along the River Frome. The district council is based in the town of Wareham, which is itself north of the River Frome.

The district was formed under the Local Government Act 1972 on 1 April 1974, from the former municipal borough of Wareham, Swanage urban district and Wareham and Purbeck Rural District.

Its name is recorded in 948 AD as Anglo-Saxon Purbicinga = "of the people of Purbic", where Purbic may be a former Celtic name, or may contain a supposed Anglo-Saxon word *pur = "male lamb".

Settlements[link]

Settlements with a population over 2,500 are in bold.

• Affpuddle, Arne
• Bere Regis, Bloxworth
• Chaldon Herring, Church Knowle, Coombe Keynes, Corfe Castle
• East Lulworth, East Stoke
• Harman's Cross
• Kingston, Kimmeridge
• Langton Matravers, Lytchett Matravers, Lytchett Minster
• Morden, Moreton
• Ridge
• Steeple, Stoborough, Stoborough Green, Studland, Swanage
• Turners Puddle
• Wareham, West Lulworth, Winfrith Newburgh, Wool, Worgret, Worth Matravers
• Upton Lytchett Minster and Upton

Places of interest[link]

• Ballard Down, Blue Pool, Brownsea Island
• Chaldon Down, Chapman's Pool, Clouds Hill, Corfe Castle
• Dancing Ledge, Dunshay Manor, Durdle Door, Durlston Country Park
• Godlingstone Heath, Godlingstone Manor
• Hambury Tout
• Jurassic Coast (A World Heritage Site)
• Lulworth Castle, Lulworth Cove
• Kimmeridge
• Nine Barrow Down
• Old Harry Rocks
• Poole Harbour, Purbeck Heritage Coast
• Smedmore Hill, South West Coast Path, St Aldhelm's Head, Studland Bay, Swanage Railway, Swyre Head
• Tyneham
• Worbarrow Tout, Wareham Forest, Winspit, Wytch Farm

See also[link]

• Purbeck Marble
• Purbeck Ball Clay

External links[link]

• National Coastwatch Institution St Alban's Head Website
• Dorset Pictures by Dorset Photographers Roger Lane and Roger Holman
• Links to all the Museums on the Isle of Purbeck

Coordinates: 50°41′9.60″N 2°6′35.71″W / 50.686°N 2.1099194°W / 50.686; -2.1099194

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Samuel "Sammy" Nelson (born April 1, 1949 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Ireland former football player, who joined London club Arsenal on his 17th birthday in 1966.^[1]

Originally a left-winger, Nelson was later moved back into defence to become a left back. He was a regular in Arsenal's reserve side for several seasons, before making his first-team debut against Ipswich Town on October 25, 1969. However, he was understudy to the Gunners' established left back, Bob McNab, and it wasn't until McNab was injured in the 1971–72 season did he become a regular in the side. Even then, whenever McNab returned from injury, Nelson was forced to step down to being reserve.

In the meantime, Nelson had made his debut for Northern Ireland, as a sub against England on April 21, 1970. Nelson went on to win 51 international caps, including two of Northern Ireland's matches in the 1982 FIFA World Cup.^[2]

McNab left Arsenal in the summer of 1975, and Nelson finally became Arsenal's first-choice left back. For the next five seasons he was a near ever-present in the Arsenal side, and he played in all three of the Gunners' successive FA Cup finals (1978, 1979 and 1980 – but only winning the middle of the three) as well the Gunners' 1980 Cup Winners' Cup loss on penalties to Valencia.

An aggressive, hard-tackling full back, Nelson was a crowd favourite and known for his cheeky sense of humour.

With the arrival of England international Kenny Sansom at the club in 1980, Nelson once again found himself in the reserves. He left Arsenal in 1981 to join Brighton & Hove Albion. He played 339 first-class matches for the Gunners in total, and scored 12 goals.

Nelson spent two seasons at Brighton; although unable to save the side from relegation in 1982–83, he did reach another Cup final (his fourth) that season, losing to Manchester United 4–0 in a replay, after a 2–2 draw in the final. Nelson retired from football that summer, and after spending a season as a coach at Brighton, he left the game completely and went into the insurance industry. He is currently a tour guide at Arsenal's Emirates Stadium as part of their "Legends Tour".

Nelson is married to Helen and they have a daughter named Emily and a two sons named Peter & James. Emily is married to English cricketer Matthew Prior, and they have a son named Jonathan.

References[link]

v t e Northern Ireland squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup 1 Jennings 2 J. Nicholl 3 Donaghy 4 McCreery 5 C. Nicholl 6 J. O'Neill 7 Brotherston 8 M. O'Neill (c) 9 Armstrong 10 McIlroy 11 Hamilton 12 McClelland 13 Nelson 14 Cassidy 15 Finney 16 Whiteside 17 Platt 18 Jameson 19 Healy 20 Cleary 21 Campbell 22 Dunlop Coach: Bingham