Dorchester
# Dorchester

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

* Marquess of Dorchester
* Countess of Dorchester
* Earl of Dorchester
* Viscount Dorchester
* Baron Dorchester

## 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
