The list below gives the Wessex town names created by Thomas Hardy and there real Dorset equivalents
WessexDorsetWeatherbyPuddletownMellstockStinsford / BockhamptonCasterbridgeDorchesterAngleburyWarehamYalbury WoodYellowham WoodKnollseaSwanageSandbourneBournemouthEast EgdonAffpuddleBudmouth RegisWeymouthOwermoigneNether MoyntonSticklefordTincletonRingsworthRingsteadPort BredyBridportEversheadEvershotChalk NewtonMaiden NewtonShottsfordBlandford ForumHolmestokeEast / West Holme and East StokeRushy PondLulworth Cove, and Higher CrowstairsIsle of SlingersIsle of PortlandEnminsterBeaminsterKingsbereBere RegisMarkhamDunsterWest WessexDevonOuter WessexCornwall Â
- Dorset Maps