We could not match "PORLOCK" in our simplified list of the main towns and villages, or as a postcode. There are several other ways of finding places within Vision of Britain, so read on for detailed advice and 20 possible matches we have found for you:

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• If you are looking for hills, rivers, castles ... or pretty much anything other than the "places" where people live and lived, you need to look in our collection of Historical Gazetteers. This contains the complete text of three gazetteers published in the late 19th century — over 90,000 entries. Although there are no descriptive gazetteer entries for placenames exactly matching your search term (other than those already linked to "places"), the following entries mention "PORLOCK":

  Place name	County	Entry	Source
  Ashley-Combe	Somerset	Ashley-Combe , seat of the Earl of Lovelace, Somerset, 2 miles W. of Porlock.	Bartholomew
  ASHLEY-COMBE	Somerset	Porlock, Somerset. It stands on the coast, on a high narrow terrace, looking out on Porlock bay and Wales. A glen	Imperial
  BATH and WELLS	Somerset	Porlock, West Quantoxhead, Raddington, Sampford-Brett, Selworthy, Skilgate, Stock-Pero, Tolland, Treborough, Withycombe, and Wootton-Courtney; the vicarages of Brompton	Imperial
  Bossington	Somerset	Bossington , tithing, Porlock par., W. Somerset, on E. side of Porlock Bay.	Bartholomew
  BOSSINGTON	Somerset	Porlock parish, Somerset; on the E side of Porlock bay. Bossington hamlet, about a mile inland, is strikingly picturesque. Bossington	Imperial
  Culbone	Somerset	Culbone , coast par. and vil., W. Somerset, near Porlock Bay, 15 miles NW. of Watchet, 1502 ac., pop. 37.	Bartholomew
  CULBONE, or Kilner	Somerset	Porlock bay, near the boundary with Devon, 8½ miles W by N of Minehead, and 15 WNW of Watchet	Imperial
  Dunkery Beacon	Somerset	Dunkery Beacon , highest point of Exmoor, Somerset, 4½ miles S. of Porlock, alt. 1707 ft.	Bartholomew
  GREENALEINH	Somerset	promontory in Somerset; overhanging Minehead. It terminates a range of wild hills extending from Porlock; and is 690 feet hinh.	Imperial
  Hancombe	Somerset	Hancombe , vil., Porlock par., W. Somerset, 5 miles W. of Minehead.	Bartholomew
  Hurlstone Point	Somerset	Hurlstone Point , crag, on E. side of Porlock Bay, W. Somerset.	Bartholomew
  HURLSTONE POINT	Somerset	crag on the E side of Porlock bay, in Somerset. It is the termination of a hilly range which lines the coaST.	Imperial
  Lucott Hill	Somerset	Lucott Hill , Somerset, in NW. of Exmoor, 3¾ miles SW. of Porlock, alt. 1512 ft.	Bartholomew
  MINEHEAD	Somerset	Porlock.—The parish includes the manor of Bratton, and the hamlets of Periton, Vineford, and Woodcombe. Acres, 4,581; of which	Imperial
  Oreston Point	Somerset	Oreston Point , craggy promontory, on coast of Somerset, 2 miles NE. of Porlock.	Bartholomew
  ORESTON POINT	Somerset	ORESTON POINT , a small, high, craggy promontoryon the coast of Somerset; 2 miles N N E of Porlock.	Imperial
  Porlock	Somerset	Porlock , par. and vil., Somerset - par., 6019 ac. (355 water), pop. 765; vil., 1½ mile S. of Porlock Bay and 6 miles	Bartholomew
  PORLOCK	Somerset	Porlock, Porlock-Weir, Bossington, and Yearnor; extends somedistance along the coast; and has a port or quay, with alittle trade	Imperial
  SOMERSET, or Somersetshire	Somerset	Porlock, and about 8 other places; and an enormous tumulus, at Uphill. The Roman Fosse way and other Roman roads	Imperial
  YEARNOR	Somerset	YEARNOR , a tything in Porlock parish, Somerset: 5½ miles W of Minehead. Real property, £1,813. Pop., 27.	Imperial

  It may also be worth using "sound-alike" and wildcard searching to find names similar to your search term:
  
  



• Place-names also appear in our collection of British travel writing. If the place-name you are interested in appears in our simplified list of "places", the search you have just done should lead you to mentions by travellers. However, many other places are mentioned, including places outside Britain and weird mis-spellings. You can search for them in the Travel Writing section of this site.



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