Geo-Trips :: Dorchester, Casterbridge: Hardy a problem...
Dorchester
A walk from Junction of High West Street and Glyde Park Road, Sat, 29 Apr 2023 by Basher Eyre
In my O-level year are set book was The Mayor of Casterbridge, and the family came to look for all the landmarks in the real town of Dorchester. 46 years on and we came again. From the High Street west we walked down to the river, along to the Old Mill, back up to the High, over into Church Street along Durngate Street back onto Cornhill and back to the start. It's one of those timeless places you hope never gets carbunclized, to quote the new King.
Click the blue circles to see a photograph taken from that spot and read further information about the location. The blue lines indicate the direction of view. There is also a slideshow of this trip. ( )
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Looking from High West Street into Glyde Park Road
Shadows in Glyde Park Road
Looking from Glyde Park Road into Colliton Street
Junction of Glyde Park Road and Colliton Street
County Hall: late April 2023
Glyde Park Terrace: late April 2023
Looking northwards in Glyde Park Road
Glyde Court: late April 2023
Scaffolding on a house in Glyde Park Road
Approaching a bend in Glyde Park Road
Bend in Glyde Park Road
Steps from Glyde Park Road to the river
Thatched cottage in Glyde Park Road
The Mill Stream in late April. 2023
Curve in the Mill Stream
Passing the site of the old prison at the Mill Stream
4,000 new homes- NIMBY
Sign seen from the Mill Stream
Houses in Frome Terrace
Farmland behind the Mill Stream
Signs of spring in Frome Terrace
Top end of Friary Hill
Houses in Friary Hill
Looking from North Square into Friary Hill
Cars outside Friary Court
Junction of North Square and Friary Lane
Looking from North Square into Friary Lane
Looking north-northwest along Friary Lane
Garages in Friary Lane
Woods Furniture in Friary Lane
Rear of Edwards & Keeping seen from Friary Lane
Looking from Friary Lane across High East Street towards All Saints' Church
Looking from Church Street across High East Street towards Woods Furniture
Bin in Church Street
All Saints' Churchyard: late April 2023
Looking eastwards in High East Street
Rear of Myra's in Church Street
The Dorset Shepherd: late April 2023
Looking east in Durngate Street
The Old Warehouse, Durngate Street
Blue plaque in Durngate Street
For more about Roberts see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Roberts
Toni & Guy, Durngate Street
Walnut Grove, Durngate Street
Burger van in Cornhill
Looking towards the Corn Exchange from Cornhill
Looking from Church Street into Durngate Street
Churchyard at Holy Trinity (RC)
Cyclists in High West Street
Hats off to the cherubs at St Peter, Dorchester
Shop to let in Cornhill
St Peter, Dorchester: Easter display
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