The Parish of Dorchester website covers four Anglican
churches in the county town of Dorset, St Georges church in Fordington, St Marys
church in Victoria Park, St Peters church in the town centre and St Andrews
church in West Stafford. Dorchester is an ancient Roman town famous for its mid
week market in Weymouth Avenue. The town is situated about 8 miles from the
south coast of England. * The county of Dorset covers approximately 627,265 acres
of land and has a beautiful rolling coastline often referred to as "The Jurassic
coast" of 75 miles. It is bounded north
by the counties of Somerset and Wilts, east by the county of Hants, south by the
English Channel, and west by the county of Devon; length, east and west, 52
miles; breadth, north and south, 37 miles. * Source - [Bartholomew's
Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]. We hope you enjoy your visit to this website and would
appreciate your comments and suggestions. Please feel free to leave a message
for the webmaster once you are in the main website. - Thank you.
