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| | Dorchester |
 | | DORCHESTER, a borough and market-town, having separate jurisdiction, in the division of Dorchester and county of Dorset, 120 miles south-west by west from London. |
 | | The town of Dorchester is pleasantly situated on a slight elevation near the river Frome, and consists principally of three spacious streets, which are well paved and lighted. |
 | | Dorchester was called by the Romans Durnovaria, and Durinum. Hutchins, in his history of Dorsetshire, says that the first part of the name Dorchester is from Dur, or Dwr, in ancient British, water, which seems the best opinion. |
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