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The new screen adaption of Far from the Madding Crowd opens this week, and the fact that several local locations were used in the movie – Sherborne, West Bay, Mapperton House and Forde Abbey all feature – is testament to how little the Dorset landscape has changed since Thomas Hardy wrote the novel, nearly 150 years ago.
In the book, Bathsheba Everdene inherits a farm in Weatherby (in real life, Puddletown). For those without a similar inheritance, here are six of the best Dorset properties on the market.
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.jpg "River Frontage - Upwey House, Weymouth")
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.jpg "Garden - The Tithe Barn, Wimborne")
.jpg "Conservatory - The Tithe Barn, Wimborne")
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.jpg "St Aldhelm's Chapel, Wimborne")
.jpg "Reception Room - St Aldhelms, Wimborne")
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.jpg "Dining Room - Poxwell Manor, Dorchester")
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