title: Dorchester
text: # 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
  