Borough Gardens, Dorchester, Dorset Borough Gardens in Dorchester, Dorset, opened in 1896 and retains much of its Victorian grandeur and feel. Borough Gardens includes an ornamental fountain, bandstand, and this
Thomas Hardy’s Grave History | Access Novelist Thomas Hardy’s heart is buried at Stinsford Churchyard, north of Dorchester along with his first wife (Emma nee Gifford) and second wife (Florence
Hardy’s Cottage, Higher Bockhampton, Dorchester History | Access Hardy’s Cottage (Tel: 01305 262366) is in Higher Bockhampton, just outside Dorchester. Hardy was born in 1840 in this small thatched house
