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Thomas Hardy's Heart

Stinsford, Dorset

A writer split between two graves, and a story about a cat.

When Thomas Hardy died in 1928, he wanted to be buried in Stinsford, his family's Dorset parish. But he was so famous that the nation wanted him in Westminster Abbey.

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When
1928
Where
50.7150, -2.4000
Group
Mysterious graves

Visiting

St Michael's churchyard, Stinsford, near Dorchester. Hardy's birthplace is nearby.

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