The King's Arms, High East Street, Dorchester (II). Photograph by Philip V. Allingham. 2002.

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.

Last modified 19 August 2002