Dorchester

Dorchester may refer to:

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