A01=Jo Draper
Author_Jo Draper
Category=WQH
Dorchester
Dorset
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local history
Phillimore
Thomas Hardy
Wessex
Product details
- ISBN 9781860771750
- Weight: 570g
- Dimensions: 210 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 18 Oct 2001
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Dorchester has a profusion of Neolithic, Bronze- and Iron-Age monuments, including the most impressive hill-fort in Britain at Maiden Castle. After its reduction by Vespasian’s legion the Romans founded the town on the site it still occupies. The medieval town became an important market centre and enclosure in 1874 allowed the growth of suburbs. "In short, Dorchester Past is a must-have ... A town lucky in many ways, not least because it has Jo to tell its story." Dorset Magazine
JO DRAPER has written several books on the county of Dorset, including Dorset: The Complete Guide and (with John Fowles) Thomas Hardy’s England. She lives in Dorchester, in one of the houses illustrated in the book Dorchester (Images of England).
