Dorchester, Dorset, England

E360853
civil parish town

Dorchester, Dorset, England is a historic market town in southwest England that serves as the county town of Dorset and is closely associated with the writer Thomas Hardy.

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Label Occurrences
Dorchester, Dorset, England canonical 3
Dorchester, Dorset 2

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil parish ⓘ
town ⓘ
associatedWithWriter Thomas Hardy ⓘ
coordinateLatitude 50.7167 ⓘ
coordinateLongitude -2.4333 ⓘ
country England ⓘ
dialCode 01305 ⓘ
distanceToEnglishChannel approximately 7 miles ⓘ
distanceToWeymouth approximately 8 miles ⓘ
featuredInWork The Mayor of Casterbridge ⓘ
governingBody Dorset Council ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Maiden Castle ⓘ
hasBirthplaceOf Thomas Hardy ⓘ
hasEvent Dorchester Market ⓘ
hasFeature historic market town ⓘ
hasLandmark Dorchester County Hall ⓘ
Maumbury Rings ⓘ
Max Gate ⓘ
Roman Town House ⓘ
Shire Hall ⓘ
hasMuseum Dinosaurland Fossil Museum ⓘ
surface form: Dinosaur Museum

Dorset County Museum ⓘ
Dorset Teddy Bear Museum ⓘ
Terracotta Warriors Museum ⓘ
The Keep Military Museum ⓘ
hasParishCouncil Dorchester Town Council ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Dorchester South railway station ⓘ
Dorchester West railway station ⓘ
hasReligiousBuilding Holy Trinity Church, Dorchester ⓘ
St Peter’s Church, Dorchester ⓘ
hasTwinTown Bayeux ⓘ
surface form: Bayeux, France

Lübbecke, Germany ⓘ
historicalEra Roman Britain ⓘ
literaryName Casterbridge ⓘ
locatedIn Dorset ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form: South West England

United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedOnRiver River Frome ⓘ
marketCharterStatus market town ⓘ
MaxGateWasHomeOf Thomas Hardy ⓘ
near Jurassic Coast ⓘ
Maiden Castle ⓘ
population approximately 20,000 ⓘ
postalTown Dorchester ⓘ
postcodeArea DT ⓘ
region Dorset Downs area ⓘ
surface form: Dorset Downs
role county town of Dorset ⓘ
RomanName Durnovaria ⓘ
servedByRailLine Heart of Wessex Line ⓘ
South West Main Line ⓘ
surface form: South Western Main Line
UNESCOStatusNearby Jurassic Coast ⓘ
surface form: Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dorchester → namedAfter → Dorchester, Dorset, England ⓘ
Denzil Holles → placeOfDeath → Dorchester, Dorset, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dorchester, Dorset
Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony → namedAfter → Dorchester, Dorset, England ⓘ
Dorchester Company → basedIn → Dorchester, Dorset, England ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dorchester, Dorset
Dorchester neighborhood of Boston → namedAfter → Dorchester, Dorset, England ⓘ