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In the early 20th century, Shire Hall in Dorchester was the local facility for dispensing justice and the meeting place of Dorset County Council. [1] After deciding the Shire Hall was inadequate for their needs, county leaders chose to procure a new county headquarters: the site selected had previously been open land known as "Colliton Park" which had once been occupied by the monastic ...
The Roman Town House in Dorchester is a Roman ruin within Colliton Park, Dorchester, Dorset, England. Dorset County Council acquired Colliton Park in 1933 as the site for the construction of County Hall. The Town House was discovered in 1937/38 during an archaeological investigation carried out by the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological ...
There are six tree-lined walks: North Walk and Colliton Walk in the north-west; West Walks and Bowling Alley Walk in the south-west; South Walks and Salisbury Walk in the south-east. [ 1 ] There is a surviving fragment of the Roman wall, on Albert Road near the corner of Princes Street.
County Hall, Colliton Park, Dorchester, DT1 1XJ: Website; www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk: Dorset Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Dorset in ...
A Scania built fire engine of the Dorset service.. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service is the former statutory Fire and Rescue Service for the area of Dorset, South West England.The Service Headquarters were located in Colliton Park, Dorchester, but as of October 2008 moved to a new purpose built location in Poundbury.
Dorset County Council was the county council of Dorset in England. It was created in 1889 and abolished in 2019. ... the council chose to build a new County Hall at ...
The site, on the west side of The Grove between the barracks and the boundary of Colliton Park, was given by the Duchy of Cornwall. [ 3 ] Christ Church was designed by Mr. Edward Mondey of Dorchester and built by Mr. John Wellspring of Fordington under Mondey's supervision. [ 4 ]
Dorchester (/ ˈ d ɔːr tʃ ɛ s t ər / DOR-ches-tər) 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 South Dorset Ridgeway that separates the area from Weymouth, 7 miles (11 km) to the south.