Dorchester

Dorchester may refer to:

Geography

England

• Dorchester, Dorset, the county town of Dorset
  • Dorchester (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliamentary constituency in Dorset
  • HM Prison Dorchester, a men's prison located in Dorchester in Dorset, England closed in December 2013
• Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, a village
• The Dorchester, a luxury hotel in London

Canada

• Dorchester, New Brunswick, shire town of Westmorland County
  • Dorchester Penitentiary, a medium-security federal prison in New Brunswick
  • Dorchester Parish, New Brunswick
• Dorchester, Ontario, a rural community in Middlesex County
• Saint-Prosper-de-Dorchester, a municipality in Quebec
  • Dorchester (federal electoral district), a former federal electoral district in Quebec
  • Dorchester (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district
  • Dorchester Boulevard, former name of part of René Lévesque Boulevard in Montreal, Quebec

United States

• Dorchester, Illinois
• Dorchester, Iowa
• Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Dorchester Avenue (Boston)
  • Dorchester Pottery Works, an historic site in Massachusetts
• Dorchester, Nebraska
• Dorchester, New Hampshire
• Dorchester, South Carolina
• Dorchester, Texas
• Dorchester, Wise County, Virginia
• Dorchester, Wisconsin
• Dorchester County, Maryland
• Dorchester County, South Carolina

Military

• USS Dorchester, the name of several United States Navy ships
• SS Dorchester, a War Shipping Administration troop transport ship torpedoed February 3, 1943, noted for four Army Chaplains that gave up their life vests to save others
• A fictional 'HMS Dorchester featured in the Norman Wisdom film The Bulldog Breed
• "Dorchester", a nickname for the AEC Armoured Command Vehicle
• Dorchester armour, a variant of Chobham armour used on modern battle tanks

People

• Troy Dorchester (born 1970) Canadian chuckwagon racer

Alternate name

• The Duke of Dorchester a.k.a. Pete Doherty (born 1945), professional wrestler
• Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, a military commander in the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War, later Commander-in-Chief, North America, Governor of Quebec, and Governor General of Canada
• Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester (1573–1632), English diplomat

Titles

• Marquess of Dorchester
• Countess of Dorchester
• Earl of Dorchester
• Viscount Dorchester
• Baron Dorchester

Religion

• Historic bishops of Dorchester:
  • For the bishops in Wessex, see Bishop of Winchester
  • For the bishops in Mercia, see Bishop of Lincoln
• Bishop of Dorchester, modern episcopal title
• Dorchester Abbey, in Dorchester, Oxfordshire
• Dorchester Friary, in Dorset, England

Other

• 3858 Dorchester, an asteroid
• Dorchester Publishing, a book publisher in the United States
• Dorchester Town F.C., an association football club from Dorchester, Dorset
• Dennis Dorchester, a motorcoach autobus made by Dennis

See also

• All pages with titles containing Dorchester

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