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Colliton Street, DORCHESTER, DT1 1XH

From North Square. No 6 French Restaurant http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4042167 is on the right.

Colliton St is a small back street that runs parallel to the high street but slightly further north. It runs from North Square in the east to Glyde Path Rd.

These are cottages on the northern side of Colliton St which runs east from Glyde Path down to North Square.

These cottages are on a small green square in between High West Street and Colliton St. They are named after the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity which is opposite them. On the left just visible in the foreground is Grey School Passage

From the Dorchester Gallery, a nice Victorian Hall containing Roman Mosaics and many artefacts - www.dorsetcountymuseum.org

Located on his house in Colliton Street just behind the High Street, the plaque reads as follows:- The Residence of John White Who lived 1575 until 1648 Rector of Holy Trinity and St Peter's Dorchester1606-1648 He is buried in the porch of St Peter's Fellow of New College Oxford 1600-1606. He organised the National Relief campaign after the great fire of Dorchester in 1613; from 1620 he organised, raised the funds and procured the charters for three companies which established the colony of Massachusetts. The settlers sailed in 1624-1626 on 'Fellowship', 'Amytic' and 'Pilgrime'; in 1628 on 'Peeter', 'Happy Entrance' and 'Abigail'; and in 1629-30 on 'Arabella', 'Lyons Whelp', and 'Mary and John'. From 1640 to 1646 he also resided in London, where he was a leading member and chairman of the Assembly of Divines. In 1642 this house was plundered and his library stolen by a party of Prince Rupert's Horse. From 1643 he was rector of St Mary's Lambeth where the devil is said to have appeared in his bedroom. After a long wait White remarked "If Thou has nothing to do I have", and turned away and went to sleep.

This modest building in Colliton St which seems to have had the front door bricked up at some time was the residence of John White rector of St Peters Dorchester, and one of the most influential people in the establishment of the state of Massachusetts in the late 1620's. He lived from 1575 until 1648 and is buried in the porch at St Peters.

A small passage off High St Dorchester next to the church.

A view of the east wall and the main block in the course of having the roof renovated