Dorchester may refer to:
Geography
England
- Dorchester, Dorset, 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 Penitentiary, a medium-security federal prison in New Brunswick
- Dorchester Parish, New Brunswick
- Dorchester, Ontario, a rural community in Middlesex County
- Saint-Prosper-de-Dorchester, a municipality in Quebec
- Dorchester (federal electoral district), a former 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, Quebec
United States
- Dorchester, Illinois
- 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, 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
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, a motorcoach autobus made by Dennis
See also
- All pages with titles containing Dorchester
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