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a Historic Building in the town of Higher Bockhampton, in the county of Dorset

Thomas Hardy's cottage in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset

About Hardy's Cottage

Home of poet and novelist Thomas Hardy until the age of 34.
Under the Greenwood Tree and Far from the Madding Crowd were written here.

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