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Dorchester (/ ˈ d ɔːr tʃ ɛ s t ər / DOR-ches-tər) is the county town of Dorset, England.It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic market town, Dorchester is on the banks of the River Frome to the south of the Dorset Downs and north of the South Dorset Ridgeway that separates the area from Weymouth, 7 miles (11 km) to the south.
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Dorset (/ ˈ d ɔːr s ɪ t / DOR-sit; archaically: Dorsetshire...
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Dorchester, Dorset, the county town of Dorset Dorchester (UK...
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Dorchester is the county town of Dorset, England. It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic market town, Dorchester is on the banks of the River Frome to the south of the Dorset Downs and north of the South Dorset Ridgeway that separates the area from Weymouth, 7 miles (11 km) to the south. The civil parish includes the experimental community of Poundbury and ...
Dorchester is the county town (seat) of Dorset. The ancient town (then known as Durnovaria) was a sizable Roman British centre, and many remains of the period (including mosaics and ruined villas) have been found. In the south an amphitheatre at Maumbury Rings dates from pre-Roman times; Maiden Castle (2 miles [3 km] southwest), a vast ...
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13 Tolpuddle Martyrs Museum, Dorchester Road, Tolpuddle, Dorset, DT2 7EH, ☏ +44 1305 848 237. Apr-Oct: Tu-Sa 10AM-5PM, Su 11AM-5PM; Nov–Mar: Th-Sa 10AM-4PM, Su 11AM-4PM. A museum charting the history of the Tolpuddle martyrs and their struggle for labour rights in the early 19th century.
The Tolpuddle Martyrs were deported from Dorchester to Australia in 1834 following their attempts to form a trade union. Wednesday is market day in Dorchester, where “every street, alley and precinct announces old Rome”. (Thomas Hardy, from his novel ‘The Mayor of Casterbridge’). Hardy was born in 1840 at Higher Brockhampton, near ...
