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To celebrate the 95th birthday of the foundation of the Townswomen’s Guild, the Dorset Federation put on a display of the history of their area.

Dorset History Centre is to work on the conservation of records detailing Wessex Water and its predecessors since the 19th century.

The site, which is under the garden of Max Gate in Dorchester, could be one of the earliest identified archaeological sites in the county town.

The Museum of East Dorset has appointed a new learning and family assistant to help co-ordinate trips to the museum by schools from across the UK.

British historian Ronald Hutton will give a talk at the Museum of East Dorset to coincide with the Wimborne Militia’s 25th anniversary celebrations.

Dorset History Centre has acquired a hand-written poem by the famous writer which is believed to have been kept in America for the past 20 years.

The ‘Earl of Abergavenny’ was a cargo ship that sank off the coast of Weymouth in 1805. The shipwreck has now been given government protection.

Taking place on just one day, this exhibition at Dorset History Centre displays photographs of summers in days gone by.

A free exhibition at the Dorchester-based archive will feature photos of summer holidays in Dorset from the past 150 years.

Bournemouth University archaeologists have recovered two marble slabs that have been lost for nearly 800 years.