News from Lower Bockhampton
JG16287. 23.04.2015. Margaret Marande (left) launches the latest edition of The Hardy Way with her supporters, from left, Liz Ampairee(daughter), Giles Nicholson(Dorset Countryside), Helen Alnge (Chair, Hardy Society) and Andrew Leah (Vice Chair, Hardy ...
JG16287. 23.04.2015. Margaret Marande (left) launches the latest edition of The Hardy Way with her supporters, from left, Liz Ampairee(daughter), Giles Nicholson(Dorset Countryside), Helen Alnge (Chair, Hardy Society) and Andrew Leah (Vice Chair, Hardy ...
"Thomas Hardy is a world famous great artist. He is the greatest figure to come out of Dorset in the world of arts. "Lower Bockhampton, along with Higher Bockhampton and Dorchester, in central to the Hardy story feature in his novels under disguised names.
Plans for a housing development near the old home of Dorset author Thomas Hardy have been dropped. Kingston Maurward College wanted to build 70 houses on parkland at Lower Bockhampton, near Dorchester. It said "several important issues" were ...
Yale University has now joined the campaign to protect the village of Lower Bockhampton in Dorset after campaigners, including Downton Abbey creator Julian Fellowes, said it would be 'obliterated' if a new housing development were to go ahead.
Hardy went to school in Lower Bockhampton, which became “Melstock” in his novel Under The Greenwood Tree. It is also the place where he first encountered an 18-year-old milkmaid, who was the inspiration for the main character in his 1892 work Tess Of ...
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Zip Code from Lower Bockhampton
DT2 8PZ
Lower Bockhampton
DT2 8QA
Lower Bockhampton
Hotels
Yalbury Cottage Yalbury Cottage
Lower Bockhampton
DT2 8PZ Dorchester
Yellowham Farmhouse Yellowham Farmhouse
Yellowham Wood
DT2 8RW Dorchester, Dorset
The Casterbridge The Casterbridge
49 High East Street
DT1 1HU Dorchester