Dorchester remained a compact town within the boundaries of the old town walls until the latter part of the 19th century because all land immediately adjacent to the west, south and east was owned by the Duchy of Cornwall. The land composed the Manor of Fordington. The developments that had encroached onto it were Marabout Barracks, to the north of Bridport Road, in 1794,[30] Dorchester Union Workhouse, to the north of Damer's Road, in 1835,[31] the Southampton and Dorchester Railway and its station east of Weymouth Avenue, in 1847,[32] the Great Western Railway and its station to the south of Damer's Road, in 1857,[32] the waterworks, to the north of Bridport Road, in 1854,[33] a cemetery, to the west of the new railway and east of Weymouth Avenue, in 1856,[34] and a Dorset County Constabulary police station in 1860, west of the Southampton railway, east of Weymouth Avenue and north of Maumbury Rings.[35]