A report on Dorchester, Dorset
County town of Dorset, England.
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Dorset
21 linksCounty in South West England on the English Channel coast.
County in South West England on the English Channel coast.
The county town is Dorchester, in the south.
Weymouth, Dorset
10 linksSeaside town in Dorset, on the English Channel coast of England.
Seaside town in Dorset, on the English Channel coast of England.
Situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey, 11 km south of the county town of Dorchester, Weymouth had a population of 53,068 as of 2018.
Thomas Hardy
9 linksEnglish novelist and poet.
English novelist and poet.
Thomas Hardy was born on 2 June 1840 in Higher Bockhampton (then Upper Bockhampton), a hamlet in the parish of Stinsford to the east of Dorchester in Dorset, England, where his father Thomas (1811–1892) worked as a stonemason and local builder, and married his mother Jemima (née Hand; 1813–1904) in Beaminster, towards the end of 1839.
Poole
7 linksLarge coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England.
Large coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England.
The town is 21 miles east of Dorchester and adjoins Bournemouth to the east.
Yeovil
8 linksTown and civil parish in the district of South Somerset, England.
Town and civil parish in the district of South Somerset, England.
Yeovil is on the main Roman road from Dorchester to the Fosse Way at Ilchester.
Bridport
4 linksMarket town in Dorset, England, 1.5 mi inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the Asker.
Market town in Dorset, England, 1.5 mi inland from the English Channel near the confluence of the River Brit and its tributary the Asker.
During the reign of King Alfred it became one of the four most important settlements in Dorset – the other three being Dorchester, Shaftesbury and Wareham – with the construction of fortifications and establishment of a mint.
Maiden Castle, Dorset
3 linksMaiden Castle is an Iron Age hillfort 1.6 mi south west of Dorchester, in the English county of Dorset.
Poundbury
2 linksPoundbury is an experimental planned community or urban extension on the outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England.
The Thomas Hardye School
2 linksThe Thomas Hardye School is a secondary academy school in Dorchester, Dorset, England.