Dorset Museum looked after the archive until it moved to the Dorset History Centre in 2018. A project to unveil thousands of items from Thomas Hardy's archive is set to launch. Dorset History Centre ...

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Dorset History Centre bought the poem at an auction in Chicago The manuscript of a Thomas Hardy poem has been returned to his home county of Dorset after spending almost 20 years in the hands of ...

POOLE Lighthouse presents a pantomime featuring historical connection to Dorset this festive season. Dorset history will feature in this year’s Lighthouse Poole pantomime, Dick Whittington, which runs ...

ENJOY a winter treat at the Dorset History Centre - an afternoon of delight in the spoken word, celebrating seasonal poetry and prose.

A new series of lunchtime talks has been launched by Dorset History Centre. The 'From the Stacks' series is designed to offer a relaxed and accessible way for people to learn about Dorset's history.

DORSET has received more than £100,000 to work on and protect 'huge' archives of the water industry in the county. The county’s archive service, based at the Dorset History Centre in Dorchester, has ...

Dorset has an extensive and rich history, but do you know how its towns and villages got their place names? Here are five Dorset places and the story of how they got their names. The Romans ...

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