Dorchester

Dorchester may refer to:

Geography

England

• Dorchester, Dorset, the county town of Dorset; central to the organisation of the emigration of Puritans to North America during the 17th century
• Dorchester, Oxfordshire, also known as Dorchester-on-Thames

Canada

• Dorchester, New Brunswick, shire town of Westmorland County
• Dorchester, Ontario, a rural community in Middlesex County
• Dorchester (provincial electoral district), a former Quebec provincial electoral district

United States

• Dorchester, Illinois
• Dorchester, Iowa
• Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts
• Dorchester, Nebraska
• Dorchester, New Hampshire
• Dorchester, South Carolina
• Dorchester, Texas
• Dorchester, Wisconsin
• Dorchester County, Maryland
• Dorchester County, South Carolina

Business

• Dorchester Publishing, a book publisher in the United States

Military

• Dorchester Armour, a variant of Chobham armour used on modern battle tanks
• USS Dorchester, the name of several United States Navy ships
• USAT Dorchester, a United States Army transport ship
• HMS Dorchester, A Royal Navy Capital ship of the Second World War
• "Dorchester", a nickname for the AEC Armoured Command Vehicle

People

• Dudley Carleton, 1st Viscount Dorchester (1573–1632), English diplomat
• 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

Religion

• Bishop of Dorchester (historic)
• Bishop of Dorchester (Anglican)
• Dorchester Abbey, in Dorchester, Oxfordshire
• Dorchester Friary, in Dorset, England

Ships

• USS Dorchester, the name of more than one United States Navy ship

Sports

• Dorchester Town F.C., an association football club from Dorchester, Dorset

Structures

• The Dorchester Hotel, an expensive luxury hotel in London
• The Dorchester Penitentiary, a medium-security federal prison in Canada
• The Dorchester Pottery Works, a historic site in Massachusetts

Transportation

• Dorchester Boulevard, a thoroughfare located in Westmount, Quebec, and formerly in Montreal, where it has been renamed René-Lévesque Boulevard.
• Dorchester Avenue, originally build as a turnpike, Dot Ave is a street in Boston, Massachusetts, running from downtown south via South Boston and Dorchester to the border with Milton, where it ends.

Astronomy

• 3858 Dorchester, an asteroid