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Dorchester (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 50 43 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 50.7167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 26 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.4333 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on River Frome; once the Roman town of 'Durnovaria;' nearby remains include Roman ampitheater at Mambury Rings and prehistoric fort at Maiden Castle; site of Franciscan priory founded in 1331; was a cloth center in the 16th century; famous citizens include Thomas Hardy and the poet William Barnes; Judge Jeffreys held his Bloddy Assize here after Monmouth's Rebellion. |
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| Dorchester (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Maiden Castle (C,V)
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| Dorecestra (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Dorecestre (H,V,Anglo-Saxon,U,N)
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............ | recorded in the Domesday Book in 1086 |
| Durnovaria (H,O)
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............ | ancient Roman name |
| Durnovarial (H,O)
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Dorset (county) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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settled by Neolithic peoples ca. 2000 BCE |
| city (C) |
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chartered in 1610 |
| county seat (C) |
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| manufacturing center (C) |
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| market center (C) |
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| prehistoric site (H) |
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| ancient site (H) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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