Dorchester may refer to:

Geography

England

Dorchester, Dorset Dorchester ( ) is the county town of Dorset, England. It is situated between Poole and Bridport on the A35 trunk route. A historic market town, Dorchester is on the banks of the River Frome to the south of the Dorset Downs and north of the ...

, the county town of Dorset ** Dorchester (UK Parliament constituency), a former parliamentary constituency in Dorset ** HM Prison Dorchester, a men's prison located in Dorchester in Dorset, England closed in December 2013 * Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, a village * The Dorchester, a luxury hotel in London

Canada

* Dorchester, New Brunswick, shire town of Westmorland County *

Dorchester Parish, New Brunswick Dorchester is a civil parish in Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. For governance purposes it is divided between the city of Dieppe; the villages of Dorchester and Memramcook; the Indian reserve of Fort Folly 1; and the local serv ...

* Dorchester, Ontario, a rural community in Middlesex County *

Dorchester (electoral district) Dorchester was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1968. It was created by the ''British North America Act'', 1867, which preserved the existing electoral distric ...

, a current federal electoral district in Quebec * Dorchester (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district *Dorchester Boulevard, former name of part of René Lévesque Boulevard in Montreal *

Dorchester Penitentiary The Dorchester Penitentiary ( French: Pénitencier de Dorchester) is a Canadian federal corrections facility located in the village of Dorchester, New Brunswick. It shares a property with Westmorland Institution and Shepody Healing Centre. ...

, a medium-security federal prison

United States

* Dorchester, Illinois *

Dorchester, Iowa Dorchester is an unincorporated community in northwestern Allamakee County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads just off Iowa Highway 76, north of the city of Waukon, the county seat of Allamakee County. Its elevation is 738 ...

* Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts ** Dorchester Avenue (Boston) ** Dorchester Pottery Works, an historic site in Massachusetts * Dorchester, Nebraska * Dorchester, New Hampshire * Dorchester, South Carolina * Dorchester, Texas * Dorchester, Wise County, Virginia * Dorchester, Wisconsin * Dorchester County, Maryland * Dorchester County, South Carolina

Military

* USS ''Dorchester'', the name of several United States Navy ships * SS ''Dorchester'', a War Shipping Administration troop transport ship torpedoed February 3, 1943, noted for four Army Chaplains that gave up their life vests to save others * A fictional 'HMS ''Dorchester'' featured in the Norman Wisdom film '' The Bulldog Breed'' * "Dorchester", a nickname for the AEC Armoured Command Vehicle * Dorchester armour, a variant of Chobham armour used on modern battle tanks

People

* Troy Dorchester (born 1970) Canadian chuckwagon racer

Alternate name

* The Duke of Dorchester a.k.a. Pete Doherty (born 1945), professional wrestler * Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, a military commander in the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War, later Commander-in-Chief, North America, Governor of Quebec, and Governor General of Canada * Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester (1573–1632), English diplomat

Titles

Marquess of Dorchester A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...

* Countess of Dorchester *

Earl of Dorchester Earl of Dorchester, in the County of Dorset, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1792 for Joseph Damer, 1st Baron Milton. He was a politician but is best remembered for the reshaping of Milton Abbey and the creat ...

Viscount Dorchester A viscount ( , for male) or viscountess (, for female) is a title used in certain European countries for a noble of varying status. In many countries a viscount, and its historical equivalents, was a non-hereditary, administrative or judicial ...

* Baron Dorchester

Religion

*Historic bishops of Dorchester: **For the bishops in Wessex, see

Bishop of Winchester The Bishop of Winchester is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Winchester in the Church of England. The bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire. The Bishop of Winchester has always held ''ex officio'' (except dur ...

**For the bishops in Mercia, see Bishop of Lincoln *

Bishop of Dorchester The modern Bishop Suffragan of Dorchester in the Diocese of Oxford, usually contracted to Bishop of Dorchester, is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The ...

, modern episcopal title * Dorchester Abbey, in Dorchester, Oxfordshire *

Dorchester Friary Dorchester Friary, also known as Dorchester Priory, was a Franciscan friary formerly located in Dorchester, Dorset, England. The friary stood on the north side of the town (), on the banks of the River Frome, a little east of the site of Dorche ...

, in Dorset, England

Other

* 3858 Dorchester, an asteroid * Dorchester Publishing, a book publisher in the United States *

Dorchester Town F.C. Dorchester Town Football Club are a semi-professional football club, based in Dorchester, Dorset, England. They currently play in the . The club is affiliated to the Dorset County Football Association and is a FA chartered Standard club. They ...

, an association football club from Dorchester, Dorset * Dennis ''Dorchester'', a motorcoach autobus made by Dennis