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Places of Interest

Thomas Hardy’s Cottage

Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Woodsford Castle

Castle

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Athelhampton Hall

Castle

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Athelhampton Hall is a castle.

Places in the Area

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

Photo: Mike Searle, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

Tolpuddle

Village

Photo: Gillian Moy, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tolpuddle is a village in the civil parish of Burleston and Tolpuddle, in Dorset, England, on the River Piddle from which it takes its name, 8 miles east of Dorchester, the county town, and 12 miles west of Poole.

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