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Page last updated at 14:48 GMT, Thursday, 26 November 2009

The Rest and Welcome Inn, Melbury Osmond
Thomas Hardy's ode to local inn
A landlord is tracing his pub's possible connection to Thomas Hardy, having discovered a reference to it in a Hardy tale.

The Herrison Hospital building - taken in November 2009 The history of Herrison Hospital
It was the Dorset County Asylum - the first part was opened at Forston House, near Charminster, in 1832.

Vegetation growing from the wall prior to its removal Gold Hill's wall gets a weeding
Gold Hill, the steep cobbled road in Shaftesbury, has had its ancient wall cleaned as part of new plans to help its preservation.


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