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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 .
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
Alchester had a strategic location in Roman Britain at a crossroads on the Silchester–Dorchester on Thames–Towcester road and the Cirencester–St Albans road (Akeman Street). Recent excavations have shown that it was the site of one of the earliest legionary fortresses in Roman Britain after the invasion of 43 AD .
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 ...
Burcot lies on the main road from Dorchester to Abingdon, now the A415. Bus services are confined to schooldays. [11] The village has a thatch-roofed pub, The Chequers, which has developed into a restaurant. [12] The nearest retail facilities are at the shopping centre in Dorchester, less than two miles away. The former school is now a private ...
The Orchestra has held its own music festival each year at Dorchester Abbey in Oxfordshire since 2003, and also promotes concerts in London. These have included a one-hour series of early evening concerts at Cadogan Hall as well as performances at St John's, Smith Square , the South Bank Centre and regular appearances at the BBC Proms .