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Dorchester

[ dawr-ches-ter, -chuh-ster ]

noun

  1. a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels.


Dorchester

/ ˈɔːʃɪə /

noun

  1. a town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001) Latin nameDurnovariaˌdjʊənəʊˈveɪrɪə
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The force added Ms Veisi's black Mercedes GLC 200 was located on 15 April in Dorchester Avenue, in the Penylan area.

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"The first few years I was living down here, doing that drive between Dorchester and Bridport or Dorchester and Lyme Regis, at that stretch of the A35, if you're doing it at 23:00 or midnight, it's so dark, it's so deserted," he said.

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Flagstones was discovered in the 1980s during the construction of the Dorchester bypass, with excavations revealing it was formed of a circular ditch made of intersecting pits.

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Archaeological research by the University of Exeter and Historic England has shed new light on the origins of the prehistoric Flagstones monument located near Dorchester, Dorset, during the Neolithic period.

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Dorchester Town player-manager Ashley Vickers was sent off in a 2011 Blue Square Bet South game against Havant & Waterlooville for tackling a pitch invader dressed in a mankini.

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