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The River Frome is a river in Dorset in the south of England. At 30 miles (48 km) long it is the major chalkstream in southwest England. It is navigable upstream from Poole Harbour as far as the town of Wareham.
Dorchester is the county town of Dorset, England. It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic market town, Dorchester is on the banks of the River Frome to the south of the Dorset Downs and north of the South Dorset Ridgeway that separates the area from Weymouth, 7 miles (11 km) to the south. The civil parish includes the small town of Poundbury and the suburb of Fordington.
Milborne St Andrew is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southern England. It is situated on the A354 road, 9 miles northeast of the county town Dorchester, in a winterbourne valley on the dip slope of the Dorset Downs. In the 2011 census the parish had 472 dwellings, 453 households and a population of 1,062.
South Dorset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Richard Drax, a Conservative. The constituency was created as a consequence of the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, although the area covered has changed since then.
West Dorset is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2019 by Chris Loder, a Conservative.
Dorchester was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Dorchester in Dorset. It returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1295 to 1868, when its representation was reduced one member.
The High Sheriff of Dorset is an ancient High Sheriff title which has been in existence for over one thousand years. Until 1567 the Sheriff of Somerset was also the Sheriff of Dorset.
Dorchester may refer to:
The Southampton and Dorchester Railway was an English railway company formed to join Southampton in Hampshire with Dorchester in Dorset, with hopes of forming part of a route from London to Exeter. It received Parliamentary authority in 1845 and opened in 1847. It was promoted by Charles Castleman of Wimborne Minster, and became known as Castleman's Corkscrew because of the meandering route it followed.
Sir Nathaniel Napier, of Middlemarsh Hall and Moor Crichel in Dorset, was an English Member of Parliament (MP).
John Whiteway was an English wool merchant and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1660.
James Gould (1593–1676) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1676.
James Gould of Dorchester, Dorset was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1677 and 1695.
Christopher Erle was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1629.
John Pitt of Encombe House, Dorset was a British MP for 35 years from which there remains one reported speech to Parliament.
Richard Wright, MP of Sherborne, Dorset, was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Dorchester in 1597 and for Queenborough.
William Adyn, of Dorchester and Bingham's Manor, West Stafford, Dorset, was an English politician and draper.
The following have been elected mayors of Dorchester, Dorset, England:
Robert Browne, of Frampton, near Dorchester, Dorset, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1720 and from 1737 to 1741.
All Saints Church is a former Church of England church in Dorchester, Dorset, England. Designed by Benjamin Ferrey and built in 1843-45, the church is a Grade II* listed building.
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