Culture Dorchester, Dorset



statue of thomas hardy beside grove, north of high west street


the author , poet thomas hardy based fictional town of casterbridge on dorchester, , novel mayor of casterbridge set there. hardy s childhood home east of town, , town house, max gate, owned national trust , open public. hardy buried in westminster abbey, heart removed , buried in stinsford.


william barnes, west country dialect poet, rector of winterborne came, hamlet near dorchester, 24 years until death in 1886, , ran school in town. there statues of both barnes , hardy in town centre; barnes outside st. peter s church, , hardy s beside top o town crossroads.


john cowper powys s novel maiden castle (1936) set in dorchester , powys intended rival of mayor of casterbridge. powys had lived in dorchester child, between may 1880 , christmas 1885, when father curate there. then, after returning america in june 1934, had lived @ 38 high street, dorchester, october 1934 until july 1935, when moved wales.


performing arts , museums

dorset county museum


dorchester arts, based in former school building, runs seasonal programme of music, dance , theatre events, participatory arts projects socially excluded groups , biannual dorchester festival. dorchester arts arts council national portfolio organisation . dorchester arts has been resident @ corn exchange since 2015.


dorchester museums include roman town house, dinosaur museum, terracotta warriors museum, dorset teddy bear museum, keep military museum, dorset county museum. , tutankhamun exhibition. of these museums took part in museums @ night event in may 2011 in museums across uk opened after hours. durnovaria silver band based in fordington methodist church hall.








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