Lower Bockhampton

Lower Bockhampton is a hamlet in Stinsford, West Dorset District, England. Lower Bockhampton is situated nearby to the village Stinsford, as well as near West Stafford.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kingston Maurward House and Mount Pleasant henge.

Kingston Maurward House

Manor estate

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Kingston Maurward House is a large Grade I listed Georgian English country house set in a 750-acre estate in Dorset situated in the Frome valley two miles east of Dorchester.

Mount Pleasant henge

Archaeological site

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Mount Pleasant henge is a Neolithic henge enclosure in the English county of Dorset. It lies southeast of Dorchester in the civil parish of West Stafford. It still partially survives as an earthwork.

Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, is a small cob and thatch building that is the birthplace of the English author Thomas Hardy. He was born there in 1840 and lived in the cottage until he was aged 34—during which time he wrote the novels Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd —when he left home to be married to Emma Gifford.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dorchester and Woodsford.

Dorchester

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Dorchester is the county town of Dorset. A market town with an undoubtedly long history, Dorchester has connections to Thomas Hardy, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and Roman Britain, and today features a wide range of visitor attractions, independent retailers and eateries.

Woodsford

Hamlet

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Woodsford is a village and civil parish beside the River Frome, Dorset, England, about 4 miles east of the county town Dorchester. Dorset County Council's 2013 mid-year estimate of the parish population is 80. Woodsford is situated 2½ miles east of Lower Bockhampton.

Poundbury

Suburb

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Poundbury is an experimental urban extension on the western outskirts of Dorchester in the county of Dorset, England. The development is led by the Duchy of Cornwall, and had the keen endorsement of King Charles III when he was Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall. Poundbury is situated 3 miles west of Lower Bockhampton.