Dorchester (disambiguation)
- Dorchester (disambiguation)
Dorchester is the name of two towns in England:
*Dorchester, Dorset (the traditional county town of Dorset)
*Dorchester, Oxfordshire (Dorchester-on-Thames, anciently the seat of the Bishop of Dorchester)
Dorchester in Dorset was central in the organisation of the emigration of puritans to North America in the 17th century, which is why:
Dorchester is also the name of some places in Canada:
*Dorchester, Ontario
*Dorchester, New Brunswick
Dorchester is also the name of some places in the United States of America:
*Dorchester, Massachusetts
*Dorchester, Illinois
*Dorchester, Nebraska
*Dorchester, New Hampshire
*Dorchester, Texas
*Dorchester, Wisconsin
*Dorchester County, Maryland
*Dorchester County, South Carolina
Dorchester is also:
* The Dorchester Hotel, an expensive luxury hotel on London's Park Lane
* Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, the first Governor of Canada
* Dorchester Armour, a variant of Chobham armour used on modern tanks
* USS "Dorchester", the name of several ships in the United States military
* USAT "Dorchester", a United States Army transport ship
* "Dorchester", a nickname for the AEC Armoured Command Vehicle
* Dorchester Publishing
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