Dorchester, Dorset
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Dorchester (Dorset)
The county town of Dorset is rich in history. From the vast Neolithic ramparts of Maiden Castle, to Maumbury Rings and the Roman town house with its surviving mosaic floor. It has an excellent shopping centre and fascinating weekly market on a Wednesday. Dorchester has close links with the author, Thomas Hardy, born at nearby Higher Bockhampton. At the County Museum visitors can discover much about Dorset including Thomas Hardy. Other attractions in Dorchester include a Dinosaur Museum and Tutankhamun exhibition.Nearby Villages are:- Moreton – Its Georgian Gothic church, bombed in WW 2, has been reconstructed with beautifully etched windows by Laurence Whistler. Lawrence of Arabia is buried in the nearby graveyard. Cerne Abbas –There are many attractive buildings around a pretty village centre and the famous chalk giant on the hillside Puddletown - A large village in the Piddle Valley with pretty thatched cottages in the square and 15th century church. The village named “Weatherbury” in the novels of Thomas Hardy. Athelhampton’s 15th C House and Gardens are nearby. Tolpuddle – famed for the Tolpuddle Martyrs who were deported from here to Australia in 1834 for forming a trade union. Visit the Martyr’s Museum in the village.
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