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 HM Prison Dorchester was a local men's prison, located in Dorchester in Dorset, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service, and closed in January 2014. History Erected during the 19th century, the prison buildings are a ...

, a men's prison located in Dorchester in Dorset, England closed in December 2013 * Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, a village *

The Dorchester The Dorchester is a five-star luxury hotel on Park Lane and Deanery Street in London, to the east of Hyde Park. It is one of the world's most prestigious and expensive hotels. The Dorchester opened on 18 April 1931, and it still retains its ...

, a luxury hotel in London

Canada

Dorchester, New Brunswick Dorchester is a formerly incorporated village and the shire town of Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. It is named for Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, an 18th-century Governor-General of the old Province of Quebec. It is located on t ...

, 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 Dorchester is a town in Ontario whose name first applied to the township and honours Sir Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester (1724-1808). The name was changed from Dorchester Station on May 3, 1961. Dorchester is the residential and commercial core of t ...

, 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) Dorchester was a provincial electoral district in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of the province of Quebec, Canada. It was created for the 1867 election (and an electoral district of that name existed earlier in the Legislative Assembly of th ...

, 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 is a village in Macoupin County, Illinois, United States. The population was 133 at the 2020 census. Geography Dorchester is located in southern Macoupin County at (39.08759, -89.88660). It is northwest of Wilsonville, southwest ...

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 feet ...

* Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts **

Dorchester Avenue (Boston) Dorchester Avenue (sometimes called Dot Ave) is a street in Boston, Massachusetts, running from downtown south via South Boston and Dorchester to the border with Milton, where it ends. Built as a turnpike, the Dorchester Turnpike, it is mostly st ...

Dorchester Pottery Works Dorchester Pottery Works is a historic site at 101-105 Victory Road in Dorchester, Massachusetts, a neighborhood of Boston. The Dorchester Pottery Works was founded in 1895 by George Henderson and made stoneware. The Dorchester Pottery Works closed ...

, an historic site in Massachusetts *

Dorchester, Nebraska Dorchester is a village in Saline County, Nebraska, United States. It is thirty-eight miles southwest from the Lincoln, Nebraska metropolitan area. The population was 596 at the 2020 census. History Dorchester was platted in 1870 when the Burlin ...

* Dorchester, New Hampshire *

Dorchester, South Carolina Dorchester was a town in the Province of South Carolina. Situated on the Ashley River about from Charleston, it was founded in February 1696 by followers of Reverend Joseph Lord from Dorchester, Massachusetts. They named it after their home ...

Dorchester, Texas Dorchester is a city in Grayson County, Texas, United States. The population was 148 at the 2010 census, up from 109 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sherman– Denison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Dorchester is located in ...

Dorchester, Wise County, Virginia Dorchester is an unincorporated community and coal town located in Wise County, Virginia Wise County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. The county was formed in 1856 from Lee, Scott, and Russell Counties and named for Henry ...

Dorchester, Wisconsin Dorchester is a village in Clark and Marathon counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, along the 45th parallel. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 876 at the 2010 census. Of this, 871 were in Cla ...

* Dorchester County, Maryland *

Dorchester County, South Carolina Dorchester County is a county located in U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2020 census, the population was 161,540. Its county seat is St. George. Dorchester County is included in the Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina, North C ...

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 AEC Armoured Command Vehicle was a series of command vehicles built by the British Associated Equipment Company (AEC) during the Second World War . History During the Second World War, the United Kingdom was the only country to develop and wi ...

* 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 The Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul, more usually called Dorchester Abbey, is a Church of England parish church in Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, about southeast of Oxford. It was formerly a Norman abbey church and was built on the s ...

, 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 Dorchester Publishing was a publisher of mass market paperback books. Although mostly known for romance, Dorchester also published horror, thriller and Western titles. Publication lines Dorchester was the original publisher of the '' Hard Case ...

, 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