Place:Dorchester Holy Trinity, Dorset, England

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NameDorchester Holy Trinity
TypeAncient parish, Civil parish
Coordinates50.7087°N 2.4546°W
Located inDorset, England     ( - 1894)
See alsoUggscombe Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred in which the parish was located
George Hundred, Dorset, Englandhundred in which Frome Whitfield had been located
Dorchester, Dorset, Englandborough in which the ecclesiastical parish is located

Dorchester Holy Trinity was one of three ecclesiastical parishes which formed Dorchester, the county town of Dorset, England. In 1610 it absorbed a rural parish named Frome Whitfield which extended to the northeast.

Dorchester Holy Trinity was a civil parish from 1866 until 1894 when it was absorbed into Dorchester St. Peter.

For a description of the church and its location in the town, see Dorchester - Church History, copyrighted by Michael Russell of Online Parish Clerks.

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