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Dorchester

[dawr-ches-ter, -chuh-ster]

noun

  1. a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels.



Dorchester

/ ˈdɔːtʃɪstə /

noun

  1. Latin name: Durnovariaa town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001)

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Dorchester Town FC player and coach Wes Fogden was injured in the first half of the game, which was away at Basingstoke, on Saturday afternoon.

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An FA Trophy game between Basingstoke and Dorchester was abandoned after a footballer suffered a serious injury to his neck.

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Dorchester Town FC said it would provide further updates on Fogden's condition when it was able to.

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She calls him Brooklyn, he calls her Beantown — although Wahlberg, born in Dorchester, is the most Bostonian of all these cops; it doesn’t take an expert to place that accent.

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The documents will be sold at auction at Duke's of Dorchester on 29 January 2026.

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