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The Moule family and Fordington

1A Cornhill, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1BA

  • 21 Sep 2025
  • | In person
  • | Walk / Tour

Learn about the Reverend Moule and his work to tackle poverty and illness in Fordington.

Come and join the chairman and academic director of the Thomas Hardy Society, Mark Damon Chutter, to learn more about the Reverend Henry Moule and his family who lived in Fordington Vicarage . Moule invented the earth closet and was instrumental during the cholera epidemic in Mill Street during the Nineteenth Century. The Moule family were close friends with the novelist and poet Thomas Hardy . Mark’s family lived in the Old Vicarage from 1942-1971

Timings

Sunday 21 September:
12.30-1.30pm

Location & directions

1A Cornhill, Dorchester, Dorset, DT1 1BA

Directions:
The walk will start at the Discover Dorchester gazebo next to the Town Pump in South Street, Dorchester.
Contact on day:
Tony Hurley
Telephone number:
+441305249091

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
**NOT FOUND**
Booking conditions:

Accessibility details

The tour will involve walking around town.

Additional information

A good degree of mobility is required.

Max number of people:
20
Estimated duration:
1 hour(s)

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