You might recognise this charming riverside village as the location for the tv series ’Midsomer Murders’. Dorchester has an ancient history too with a magnificent medieval abbey church, and much for the outdoor enthusiast in the Sinodum Hills nature reserve.
Riverside village A charming, riverside, Oxfordshire village five miles from Wallingford, and nine miles from Oxford, Dorchester-on-Thames is steeped in history. Close to an Iron age hillfort, it was formerly a Celtic market centre, and a Roman town, but it was the advent of Christianity that truly put Dorchester-on-Thames on the map. St Birinus baptised the Saxon King Cynegils in 635 and established an Episcopal see that covered most of England.
Medieval abbey Building commenced in 1140 on an Augustinian monastery of which the magnificent medieval abbey church remains, still in use today for worship, music and events. Dorchester today is a village of interesting and charming buildings, reflecting many architectural styles, and recently been a location for the television series ’Midsomer Murders’.
