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    May 30, 2023 2 minutes

    ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES

    DORSET HISTORY CENTRE

    a Bridport Road, Dorchester DT1 1RP

    t 01305 250550

    e archives@dorsetcouncil. gov.uk

    w dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/libraries- history-culture/ dorset-history- centre

    The county archive’s catalogue at includes useful research guides and featured collections, which currently include the archives of the Herrison Hospital, which opened in August 1832, the Bankes family of Kingston Lacy and Corfe

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