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Occasional nuggets of knowledge related to Dorchester and its history

DORSET ELECTIONS 2 – By Ian Gosling

DORSET ELECTIONS (PART 1)  – by Ian Gosling

GERMAN PRISONERS OF WAR IN DORCHESTER

APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC FOLLOWING THE POST ON THE ROYAL FAMILY AND DORCHESTER – by Ian Gosling

THE FROME – ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE PROSPERITY OF DORCHESTER (PART 1)

THE ROYAL FAMILY AND DORCHESTER

IN THE STEPS OF THE TOLPUDDLE MARTYRS

THE BASTARD BROTHERS IN DORCHESTER

DORCHESTER AND THE SPANISH ARMADA – IS THIS THE SOURCE FOR THE HARDYE SCREEN?

HORSES: THEIR IMPACT ON THE TOWN

DORCHESTER’S STREETS AND UTILITIES

Dorchester Jails

DORCHESTER TOWN PUMP – JANUARY 2024

THE ROYAL HOSPITAL AT GREENWICH AND DORSET (by Ian Gosling) 

FATHER HUGH GREEN: THE LAST OF DORCHESTER’S CATHOLIC MARTYRS – NOVEMBER 2023

DORCHESTER WORKHOUSES – October 2023

THE HISTORY OF MAUMBURY RINGS – SEPTEMBER 2023

TERRACED HOUSING IN DORCHESTER

ASSEMBLY ROOMS, THEATRES AND CINEMAS IN DORCHESTER

PUBLIC OPEN-AIR SCULPTURES IN DORCHESTER

THOMAS HARDY VICTORIAN FAIR

QUEEN VICTORIA’S BUST (JUNE 2023)

DORCHESTER TIME

FORDINGTON SLUMS, FILTH AND CHOLERA

 

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