The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Dorchester

Dorset (County [UK]), Dorsetshire (County [UK]), England


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Description of institution: Dorchester is the county town of Dorset, England. Dorchester lies on the banks of the River Frome, in the Frome Valley, just south of the Dorset Downs and north of the South Dorset Ridgeway, that separates the area from Weymouth URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorchester,_Dorset Print Sources linked to this location: Subject of discourse or work of art - British curiosities in nature and art exhibiting an account of natural and artificial rareties, both ancient and modern, ... And an appendix, concerning the posts, markets, and their fairs.
Visited - Geschichte der Deutschen in England von den ersten germanischen ansiedlungen in Britannien bis zum ende des 18. jahrhunderts..