Links
to other sites: Alliance
Of Literary Societies www.allianceofliterarysocieties.org.uk Cooperative
of organisations working in defence of literary heritage. Athelhampton
House and Gardens www.athelhampton.co.uk East
of Puddletown, near Dorchester, Dorset.
This 15th C house was often visited by Thomas Hardy.
BBC
Audiobooks
www.bbcaudiobooks.co.uk
New
recordings of Hardy's novels
Bere
Regis ('Kingsbere') Village Website www.bereregis.org A
treasure trove of contemporary & historical information & photographs
about the village. Boscastle,
Cornwall
www.boscastlecornwall.org.uk
Dorchester
www.visit-dorchester.co.uk
Detailed
information on places to visit, forthcoming attractions, accommodation etc.
Dorset
County Council www.dorset-cc.gov.uk Detailed
information on the County of Dorset including arts events. The
Dorchester Library with the Thomas Hardy Collection. Dorset
County Museum
www.dorsetcountymuseum.org
The
Dorset County Museum traces the natural, archaeological, social, and geological
history of Dorset from Prehistory to the present day. The website holds information
about the galleries, collections, special exhibitions and events. Dorset
and East Devon Coast www.jurassiccoast.com On
13th December 2001 UNESCO World Heritage Committee announced that the
Dorset and East Devon Coast is now officially listed as a natural World Heritage
Site. Dorset
Wildlife Trust (DWT) www.wildlifetrust.org.uk/dorset The
Trust works to preserve and protect the habitat and wildlife of the county. Edmund
Blunden www.edmundblunden.org For
information on the life, times and work of the 20th Century poet Edmund Blunden Footscape www.footscape.co.uk Footscape
self-guided walking holidays on the Jurassic Coast Heart
Of Dorset www.heartofdorset.easynet.co.uk A
selection of farm and country holiday accommodation throughout Dorset. Keep
Military Museum www.keepmilitarymuseum.org The
Military Museum Of Devon & Dorset tells the stories of the soldiers and their
families who have served in the regiments over the past three hundred years. There
are spectacular views of Thomas Hardy’s ‘Casterbridge’ and surrounding area from
the battlements. National
Trust Hardy’s
Cottage Max
Gate www.nationaltrust.org.uk Thomas
Hardy was born at Hardy’s Cottage, Bockhampton in June 1840. He
lived at Max Gate from 1885 until his death in 1928. Isle
Of Portland Pictures
www.isleofportlandpictures.org.uk/Surnames/Stopes
Contact:
Geoff Kirby
Pictures
of Thomas Hardy visiting Marie Stopes, the Family Planning pioneer, at her lighthouse
home on Portland, Dorset Waterstone
Books www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/home.do Staff
at the Dorchester store are an eclectic bunch at varying stages of evolution and
a wide range of interests and abilities. Someone somewhere will know the answer
to your question and eagerly lead you to the excellent range of Thomas Hardy’s
works. Oxford
World’s Classics www.oup-usa.org/owc/onlineresources.html Online
resources, an excellent guide and search engine for Thomas Hardy. Poetry
Book Society
Contact:
James Knapton, Membership & Sales Officer
Fourth Floor, 2 Tavistock Place,
London WC1H 9RA Tel: 0207833 9247 UK
Railways On The Net www.rail.co.uk/ Details
of train services. www.victorianfiction.com
http://www.victorianfiction.com
Source
or research information on every important publication from 1830 to 2007 on every
field of Victorian Fiction. The
Victorian Literary Society http://victorian.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/concordance/hardy Hyper-concordance
- excellent resource for Hardy students. Victorian
Web www.victorianweb.org West
Dorset Tourism www.westdorset.com West
Dorset is the heart of Thomas Hardy’s ‘Wessex’. Browse this site for details of
Tourist Information Centres, coast and countryside and the towns of
Dorchester, Sherborne, Bridport , Beaminster and Lyme Regis. Weymouth
& Portland www.weymouth.gov.uk Details
of services and information for Weymouth and Portland. www.winningwriters.com
http://www.winningwriters.com/
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