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Dorchester on Thames (or Dorchester-on-Thames) is a village and civil parish in Oxfordshire, about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Wallingford and 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Oxford. The town is a few hundred yards from the confluence of the River Thames and River Thame. A common practice of the scholars at Oxford was to refer to the river Thames ...
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The Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul, more usually called Dorchester Abbey, is a Church of England parish church in Dorchester on Thames, Oxfordshire, about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Oxford. It was formerly a Norman abbey church and was built on the site of a Saxon cathedral .
Daisy Stephens - BBC News. January 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM. The fire service was called at 07:38 GMT on Saturday [Gill Parratt] ... Dorchester, Portland, Bere Regis, Maiden Newton, Wareham, Bridport ...
The Bishop of Dorchester, along with the Bishop of Buckingham and the Bishop of Reading, assists the Diocesan Bishop of Oxford in overseeing the diocese. The title takes its name from the town of Dorchester-on-Thames in Oxfordshire , and was first used by the historic Bishops of Dorchester: at first for a West Saxon diocese (see Bishop of ...
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The see of Leicester was transferred to Dorchester, now in Oxfordshire, sometime between 869 and 888. After an interruption, the see of Lindsey was resumed until it was united with the bishopric of Dorchester in the early 11th century. The diocese was the largest in England, extending from the River Thames to the Humber Estuary.
Day's Lock and the River Thames curving along the tree line to the left On the eastern bank to the north-east is the historic town of Dorchester with its ancient Abbey . The river follows a long bend round to Clifton Hampden .