Dorchester, High Street 1924
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Our progress down-river reaches Dorchester. It was a Roman town and the seat of an Anglo-Saxon bishopric, and is now dominated by its great late 11th-century Abbey church. Nowadays the by-passed winding High Street is again peaceful. The cottage on the left has been demolished but the others remain, including the rather fine White Hart Hotel, dated 1691 but in fact earlier, a former coaching inn.

An extract from Down the Thames Photographic Memories.

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A Selection of Memories from Dorchester

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Dorchester

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I was born in the village and raised by my grandparents. My grandfather was John McPherson who owned the petrol pumps in the centre of the village. Keith Mallinson.