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, 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 o ...

*Dorchester, Iowa *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, USS ''Dorchester'', the name of several United States Navy ships * SS Dorchester, 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 * Countess of Dorchester * Earl of Dorchester * Viscount Dorchester * Baron Dorchester

Religion

*Historic bishops of Dorchester: **For the bishops in Wessex, see Bishop of Winchester **For the bishops in Mercia, see Bishop of Lincoln *Bishop of Dorchester, modern episcopal title *Dorchester Abbey, in Dorchester, Oxfordshire *Dorchester Friary, in Dorset, England

Other

* 3858 Dorchester, an asteroid * Dorchester Publishing, a book publisher in the United States * Dorchester Town F.C., an association football club from Dorchester, Dorset * Dennis Dorchester, Dennis ''Dorchester'', a motorcoach autobus made by Dennis