The King's Arms,

High East Street, Dorchester

In the opening chapters of The Mayor of Casterbridge (1886) Elizabeth-Jane and her widowed mother Susan Newsome watch Michael Henchard's mayoralty dinner through the bow window of the King's Arms, Casterbridge -- the fictional version of Dorchester [PVA].

Photograph and text 2002 by Philip V. Allingham

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